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Ensuring a Safe and Healthy Work Environment Our integrated SHE policy Striving for ‘Zero Harm’
We have in place a well-articulated Safety is part of the value system at Tata Chemicals. Our emphasis on creating a culture
and integrated Safety, Health and of safety is underlined by our unwavering commitment to the continual improvement
At Tata Chemicals, we have ingrained health and safety as an ethos across our business systems and processes. We believe Environment (SHE) policy. of the organisation’s safety performance. We are focussed on engaging world-class
all accidents are preventable, and the safety and well-being of our people is vital for sustained and sustainable business Ÿ Our SHE policy clearly lays out the health, safety and environment (HSE) practices with the aim of ensuring “Zero Harm” in
growth. Led by our focus on nurturing a Zero Harm workplace environment, we have committed ourselves to the creation of course of action we have chosen to the organisation.
organisation-wide culture of safety.
influence workplace decision-making
We have aligned our health Our safety culture proposition Ÿ It guides our actions related to
and safety focus to the Tata safety, health and environment.
Code of Conduct, which These include activities across all
serves as the foundation for manufacturing locations, mines, Zero Harm Zero Harm Zero Harm to
maintaining high ethical and offices, research laboratories, as well to People to Assets Environment
safety standards that are Making safety and health an integral Creating a workplace where everyone as our supply chain partners
vital to the well-being of our part of the organisational strategy and understands the essence and demonstrates
employees and the success of business operations. the key principles of safe working.
the Company.
We have concertedly adopted a focussed strategy for health and safety
SDGs impacted management to drive our ‘Zero Harm’ commitment. In pursuit of this
objective, we are continually working on building safety leadership
capability at all levels.
Deploying systematic processes and Ensuring the safety of processes, and well
trained personnel, backed by adoption of tested mitigation system deliver superior
global best practices and use of best in business results. Safety is an inherent facet of all Assessing and managing safety risks effectively
class technologies.
stages of the project life cycle,
and is ensured through the At Tata Chemicals, we acknowledge the importance of effective risk management.
implementation of systematic We use our regular assessment process to identify and mitigate safety risks that can
processes. Execution is ensured affect our employees, processes, and operations. Our comprehensive assessment
through trained competent process enables us to make informed decisions that will help protect our people and
personnel, adequate monitoring our business. With this proactive approach, we ensure that our team is always safe and
and close supervision. prepared for any potential risks.

Structured incident reporting, investigation and learning

At Tata Chemicals, incident reporting and investigation is a clearly defined process, aligned to the Tata Group Guidelines
for Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
The objective of every investigation Our standard procedure covers the Employees identify unsafe conditions
is to ensure that all critical factors methodology for the constitution and report them on our e-enabled
involved in an incident are determined of the investigation team and the portal – MDO, which is regularly
through scientific investigation and process required to reach high tracked to ensure risk control. We
analysis. It is further aimed at ensuring degree of accuracy and consistency carry out internal / external audits,
that the key factors are identified to in findings. It also covers the inspections and surprise checks. We
derive the corrective and preventive methodology of implementation of also engage experts to identify gaps
steps which will eliminate recurrence. the corrective and preventive steps, and improvement areas and to ensure
and adequate dissemination of the effective implementation of the safety
learnings garnered from the incident systems that are in place.
to all entities to avoid occurrence of
such incidents at other site.
Corporate Safety Team Meeting
with Contractors

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