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Coinciding with the National Safety Day, the Maytas Infra came up with a series of activities at its sites
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While most sectors that come with potential occupational hazards have basic minimum of safety practices in place, the construction industry though booming, appears to lag behind in this aspect. The primary measures to ensure safety of workers involved in construction is a factor that cannot be ignored given the scale of activity the sector is witnessing these days.
Coinciding with the National Safety Day, the Maytas Infra came up with a series of activities at all its 40 sites spread across the country to disseminate information and demonstrate safety measures for workers involved in construction.
Drills were conducted to demonstrate various fall protection systems in place at these sites.
“Almost 40 per cent of fatal accidents on construction sites are due to fall from height and it is imperative that adequate measures are in place to ensure safety of the personnel,” points out M. Mohan Babu , Senior Manager, Health Safety & Environment.
‘Best of practices’
The Maytas Hill County site has been equipped with the best practices to ensure the safety of the workers, he says.
From signages indicating excavation sites to guard rails to safety nets to debris arrestor, provisions are in place and workers too have been provided with personal protection material such as helmets and full body harness for those working at heights.
Training
Training, he says, is the most effective preventive method to avoid accidents. The accidents are possible at workplace but can be avoided with more attention to safety regulations.
Effective training programme and safety measures have been made part of procedures at the site under Sudhir Marreddy, Head, Buildings and Structures, include training each workman working at elevated platforms above 6 feet height.
The features include equipping body belts, harnesses, lanyards and their attachments and component parts such as rope grabbing devices and lifelines, Mr. Babu says.
Says Maytas Infra CEO, P.K. Madhav, “safety is of paramount importance everywhere and specially in the construction industry. We continuously face the interface between man and machines operating in situations which are inherently unsafe and therefore prone to accidents”.
T. LALITH SINGH
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