10-05-2025
Seminar on safety of contract factory workers held in Tiruchi
The importance of ensuring safety awareness amongst contract workers in factories and adoption of safety measures and usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) were discussed at a seminar organised jointly by the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health and Tamil Nadu Chapter of National Safety Council here on Saturday.
The seminar was organised to raise awareness of crucial aspects of occupational safety and equip frontline contract supervisory personnel to prevent workplace accidents, especially among contract workers, a segment often vulnerable due to lack of training and supervision.
Inaugurating the seminar, S. Ananth, Director of Industrial Safety and Health and Chairman of National Safety Council, Tamil Nadu Chapter, said that usage of improper safety gadgets and minor errors resulted in major accidents.
He advised them to take appropriate safety measures, including using proper extension cords to prevent electrical accidents, and urged the authorities to analyse accidents and find out the real causes and to take appropriate measures for preventing them in the future.
R. Siddarthan, Additional Director of Industrial Safety and Health and Chairman of Tiruchi Subcommittee of NSC TNC, highlighted the importance of contract worker safety, stressing the role of industries in integrating contract workers into core safety systems through structured training and supervision as contract workers were mostly affected.
C. Karthikeyan, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Annamalai University, and Kasi Visvanathan, Chief General Manager (Marketing), Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited, urged supervisors to ensure safety awareness, safe method of task and usage of PPE amongst contract workers.
Experts from various agencies elaborated on aspects such as fire safety and emergency preparedness, supervisor's role in accident prevention, electrical safety and risk control and healthy lifestyle for industrial workers. Around 450 participants from various factories across the region participated in the seminar, according to an official press release.
