From the Desk of Country Chief Executive CTD India

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1 Vol. 67 August 2016 BE SAFE 67 Issued by HSE Dept. Dear All, If you would like to contribute to this bulletin Be Safe or have any suggestions for improvements please mail at without hesitation. Be Safe is the only motto of Be Safe. Regards, Surajit Dhara Inside This Issue: Message from Country Chief Executive 1 CTD India won WED 2016 Education Award New Initiatives Incident Analysis Training Activities at various branches Environmental data analysis: HI (Jan Jun) & Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill From the Desk of Country Chief Executive CTD India I wish to take this opportunity to Congratulate all of you for winning the "Education award" in a competition amongst all the BV group of entities on World Environment Day. This award is a proof of the level of awareness about the environment amongst all of you. That all of you have chosen to demonstrate same by spreading the awareness amongst the various stakeholders of our organisation speaks volumes of your commitment to the cause of environment. A Special thanks to the employees of Chennai who took extra effort to visit the schools of nearby area and spread awareness amongst the children. A Big thanks is also due to employees of Paradip port who enacted three short skits and took out a cycle procession inside Paradip port colony to raise awareness levels amongst people in the area about the need to protect wildlife and the environment. Special Thanks is also due to employees of Bhubaneshwar who invited the Health minister of Orissa and requested him to plant a sapling outside our office building. Look forward to more such special initiatives from others next year so that we can win the award once again. Caring for the environment and staying safe need to be inculcated as a habit in our daily lives. Every day we come across situations at work place which have the potential to cause accident. Many times we are not aware of them but they nevertheless lurk behind us, waiting to strike us. We need to be careful and use our observational skills to identify these potential dangers that threaten to make our workplace unsafe. Once identified, these potential dangers need to be eliminated by making improvements to our working model or incorporation of special devices. Come let us all work as a team in eliminating all dangers that threaten to make our workplace unsafe. Let us join hands to build a happy, safe work place; a place from where we can return back to our loved ones everyday with a smile on our face.

2 CTD India won World Environment Day 2016 Education Award Recent Initiatives : Emergency Contact Number Sticker Introduced Emergency Contact No. Sticker which are used at Body of all Two Wheelers, Crash Helmet of all 2 wheeler rider s Industrial Helmets used by all field staff Korba Joda Mangalore Jamnagar Chennai Dhanbad Introducing New LED Head Lamp for Night Work Be Safe - 67 (Monthly HSE Newsletter of Commodities Division - INDIA) Vol. 67 2

3 Incident Analysis Year Near hits Without LT With LT LTR ASR Training activities in various branches Adani, Surat Topics: Working at height, Hazardous substance, Confined space entry, Cardinal safety rules Bedi Crushing Shed, Jamnagar Topics: Machinery & Equipment, HSE policies, Driving policy, Cardinal safety Gandhidham Topics: Confined space entry, working over water, Emergency plan and procedure Mahashakti, Mundra Topics: Working over Water, HSE policies, Confined space entry, cardinal safety, PPEs Navalakhi Topics: Confined space entry, Working over water, Manual Handling, PPE, HSE policy Bedi Port Topics: Machinery & Equipment, HSE policies, Driving policy, Cardinal safety Kakinada Topics: Slips, Trips, Field Safety given by BM Vizag Lab Topics: Slips, Trips and Falls Chennnai Office Topics: Mandatory Training Topics Mumbai Office Topics: Slips, Trips Mangalore Topics: Slips, Trips Vizag Office Topics: Slips, Trips Chennnai Lab Topics: Mandatory Training Topics Be Safe - 67 (Monthly HSE Newsletter of Commodities Division - INDIA) Vol. 67 3

4 Year Environmental data Analysis: HI (Jan Jun) & 2016 Branch Electrical Unit consumed in KWH (unit) TRAVEL - Four Wheeler (Company & Hired) TRAVEL - Two Wheeler Paper & Stationery Details in KGS TRAVEL - Train 2016 Bharuch Variance -33% 9% -1% 0-100% Bhubaneswar Lab Variance 46% 19% 71% -100% 45% Bhubaneswar Variance Office 19% 45% -53% 214% Chennai Variance -53% 1% 27% -78% -21% Dhanbad Variance 9% 71% 26% -11% 11% Gandhidham Variance -33% 46% 97% Goa Variance 112% 1% 622% 119% -36% not not not Haldia received received received Variance 16% -12% Inadequate Inadequate Inadequate for calculation for calculation for calculation Hospet Variance -27% -26% -43% -31% 1420% Indore Variance -14% Jamnagar Variance -57% -82% -22% 0-100% Be Safe - 67 (Monthly HSE Newsletter of Commodities Division - INDIA) Vol. 67 4

5 Year Environmental data Analysis: HI (Jan Jun) & 2016 Branch Paper & Stationery Details in KGS Electrical Unit consumed in KWH (unit) TRAVEL - Four Wheeler (Company & Hired) TRAVEL - Two Wheeler TRAVEL - Train Joda Variance -51% -27% -16% -51% Kakinada Variance -14% -53% 0-69% not received Kolkata Inadequate Variance 135% 5% 0 4% for calculation Korba Variance 77% 97% 15% 76% Mangalore Variance -47% 27% 0 11% Mumbai Office Variance -36% -1% -95% -98% 394% Mumbai Lab Variance -68% -18% Nagpur Variance -69% -56% -58% Paradip Variance 10% 10% 48% Tuticorin Variance 24% 17% Vizag Variance -35% 12% 203% 221% Be Safe - 67 (Monthly HSE Newsletter of Commodities Division - INDIA) Vol. 67 5

6 Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 Cabinet approves Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 Historical Step towards making roads safe and save lakhs of innocent lives Every year 5 lakh road accidents are reported in the country in which 1.5 lakh people lose their lives. Government is committed to reduce the accidents and fatalities by 50% in five years. To address the issue of road safety, a draft Road Transport & Safety Bill was prepared soon after NDA Government came to power. However, most of the States have expressed reservations. To address the issue of road safety and to improve the facilitation of the citizens while dealing with transport departments, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways constituted a Group of Transport Ministers (GoM) of the States. The GoM headed by Sh. Yoonus Khan, Hon. Transport Minister of Rajasthan held three meetings. A total of 18 Transport Ministers from different political parties participated in these meetings and they have submitted three interim reports. The GoM recommended that to address the pressing issue of road safety and improving transport scenario, Government should immediately bring amendments to the present Motor Vehicle Act. On the basis of recommendations of the GoM and other pressing requirements, MoRTH introduced the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 for consideration of the Cabinet. Today Cabinet Chaired by Hon ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the bill. In the present Motor Vehicle Act, there are 223 Sections out of which the Bill aims to amend 68 sections whereas Chapters 10 has been deleted and a Chapter 11 is being replaced with new provisions to simplify third party insurance claims and settlement process. The important provisions include increase in compensation for Hit & Run cases from Rs to Rs. 2 lakhs. It also has provision for payment of compensation upto Rs 10 lakh in road accidents fatalities. The Bill also proposes insertion of 28 new sections. The amendments mainly focus on issues relating to improving road safety, citizens facilitation while dealing with the Transport Department. Strengthening rural transport, last mile connectivity and public transport, automation and computerization and enabling online services. The Bill propose to improve the transport scenario in the country by permitting the States to grant exemptions in Stage carriage and contract carriage permits for promoting rural transport, public transport, last mile connectivity and for passenger convenience and road safety. The Bill proposes that the State Government can specify a multiplier, not less than one and not greater than ten, to be applied to each fine under this Act and such modified fine. The bill proposes that the State Government can regulate the activities in a public place of pedestrians and such means of transport. Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India Cabinet Be Safe - 67 (Monthly HSE Newsletter of Commodities Division - INDIA) Vol. 67 6

7 Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 Improving delivery of services to the stakeholders using e-governance is one of the major focuses of this Bill. This include enabling online learning licenses, increasing validity period for driving licenses, doing away with the requirements of educational qualifications for transport licenses are some of the features. The Bill proposes offences committed by Juveniles. The Guardian / owner shall be deemed to be guilty in cases of offences by the Juveniles and Juvenile to be tried under JJ Act. Registration of Motor Vehicle to be cancelled To improve the registration process for new vehicles, registration at the end of the dealer is being enabled and restrictions have been imposed on temporary registration. In the area of road safety, bill proposes to increase penalties to act as deterrent against traffic violations. Stricter provisions are being proposed in respect of offences like juvenile driving, drunken driving, driving without licence, dangerous driving, over-speeding, overloading etc. Stricter provisions for helmets have been introduced along with provisions for electronic detection of violations. To help the road accident victims, Good Samaritan guidelines have been incorporated in the Bill. The Bill also proposes to mandate the automated fitness testing for the transport vehicles with effect from 1st October This would reduce corruption in the Transport Department while improving the road worthiness of the vehicle. The penalties are also proposed for deliberate violation of safety/environmental regulations as well as body builders and spare part suppliers. To bring harmony of the registration and licensing process, it is proposed to create National Register for DrivingLicence and National Register for Vehicle registration through Vahan & Sarathi platforms. This will facilitate uniformity of the process across the country. The process for testing and certification for automobiles is proposed to be regulated more effectively. The testing agencies issuing automobile approvals have been brought under the ambit of the Act. The driving training process has been strengthened enabling faster issuance of transport licenses. This will help in reducing the shortage of commercial drivers in the country. To facilitate transport solutions for Divyang, the bottlenecks have been removed in respect of grant of driving licenses as well as alterations in the vehicles to make it fit for use of Divyang. Hon ble Transport Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari has termed the Motor vehicle (Amendment) 2016 passed by cabinet as biggest reforms in the Road Safety & transport sector. He has expressed his gratitude to Hon ble Prime Minister for his guidance & Support. He has also expressed his special appreciation for the efforts put in by Group of State Transport Ministers to formulate these amendments. He has also expressed his confidence that parliament shall take up the amendments next week and has appealed to all parties to support the bill which a step in right direction to provide safe & public friendly transport eco system Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India Cabinet Be Safe - 67 (Monthly HSE Newsletter of Commodities Division - INDIA) Vol. 67 7

8 Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 Proposed Amendments in Various Penalties under Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill 2016 Section Old Provision / Penalty New Proposed Provision / Minimum Penalties 177 General Rs 100 Rs 500 New 177A Rules of road regulation violation Rs 100 Rs Travel without ticket RS 200 Rs Disobedience of orders of authorities Rs 500 Rs Unautorized use of vehicles without licence Rs 1000 Rs Driving without licence Rs 500 Rs Driving despite disqualification Rs 500 Rs 10, B Oversize vehicles New Rs Over speeding Rs 400 Rs 1000 for LMV Rs 2000 for Medium passenger vehicle 184 Dangerous driving penalty Rs 1000 Upto Rs Drunken driving Rs 2000 Rs 10, Speeding / Racing Rs 500 Rs 5, A Vehicle without permit upto Rs 5000 Upto Rs 10, Aggregators (violations of licencing conditions) 194 Overloading New Rs 2000 and Rs 1000 per extra tonne Rs 25,000 to Rs 1,00,000 Rs 20,000 and Rs 2000 per extra tonne 194 A Overloading of passengers Rs 1000 per extra passenger 194 B Seat belt Rs 100 Rs C Overloading of two wheelers Rs D Helmets Rs E Not providing way for emergency vehicles Rs 2000, Disqualification for 3 months for licence Rs 1000 Disqualification for 3 months for licence New Rs 10, Driving Without Insurance RS 1000 Rs Offences by Juveniles New B Power of Officers to impound documents Offences committed by enforcing authorities Guardian / owner shall be deemed to be guilty. Rs 25,000 with 3 yrs imprisonment. For Juvenile to be tried under JJ Act. Registration of Motor Vehicle to be cancelled Suspension of driving licenses u/s 183, 184, 185, 189, 190, 194C, 194D,194E Twice the penalty under the relevant section Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India Cabinet Be Safe - 67 (Monthly HSE Newsletter of Commodities Division - INDIA) Vol. 67 8