The FINANCIAL –TRL Krosaki Refractories received the coveted “Golden Peacock Award for Occupational Health and Safety” for the year 2013 from the Institute of Directors, New Delhi. The company has received this prestigious award consecutively twice in a row. It is worthwhile to mention that the company had also received the Golden Peacock Commendation Award for Environment Management in 2011, according to Tata Sons.
Dr AK Chattopadhyay, MD, TRL Krosaki, received the award from Manish Tiwari, Union Minister of State – Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Government of India, in a well-attended function organised at The Ashok hotel, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, at the 15th World Congress on Environment Management on July 19, 2013. Jiban Pattanaik, AGM, operation technology, accompanied Dr Chattopadhyay. The award was adjudged by a high-profile jury under the chairmanship of Justice PN Bhagwati, former chief justice of India and member of the UN Human Rights Commission.
The award was conferred on TRL Krosaki consecutively twice in a row in recognition of its commitment and continuous improvement in occupational health and safety management. The company has won this award in the engineering category, competing with established players in the field, according to Tata Sons.
TRL Krosaki is committed to provide a safe and healthy work environment to its workforce, including contract workmen. Concern for safety, health and environment is ingrained in the company's culture and measures are taken continuously to excel in safety standards and practices.
The launching of the safety excellence journey, the constitution of an apex safety committee under the chairmanship of the MD to oversee progress in safety and health, in-house publications on safety and health, regular medical check-ups for employees, shop floor awareness campaigns, and ergonomics and occupational health classes are some of the measures taken recently to strengthen the company’s occupational health and safety measures. Being the first Integrated Management Services certified refractories company, TRL Krosaki endeavours to continuously exceed statutory norms in terms of environment, occupational health and safety, according to Tata Sons.
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