Specialist - Safety Asian Paints Limited

About Asian Paints Limited

Job Description

Job Purpose

Ensuring industrial Safety at manufacturing plant of Asian Paints Limited

Business Responsibility Areas

Safety Management  :

• Involvement in review of the safety policy annually or whenever required
• Periodic review of the health and safety performance against set goals and objectives
• Comply with all applicable health and safety statutory regulations
• Ensure implementation of the Asian Paints Safety Manual to achieve its health and safety objectives
• Maintain and continually upgrade health and safety standards at the plant.
• Conduct risk assessments, safety audits / inspections at prescribed frequency and take all remedial measures to mitigate fire and safety hazards, arising out of plant operations, within and around the plant
• Define roles and responsibilities of employees in the safety organization of the plant.
• Keep employees informed, educated, trained and retrained on health and safety to ensure safe conduct of their jobs.
• Encourage employee consultation to promote safety and building a safe work culture.
• Ensure that each and every employee including contractors and visitors comply with all safety rules and regulations framed for the plant.
• Implement British Safety Council Five Star rating audit guidelines and ISO 45001
• Implement Behavior Based Safety Program at the plant.
• Implement Process Safety Management Program at the plant
• Ensure safety Induction program for all new entrants and continuous training programs for all employees working in the plant.
• Ensure safety meetings in the plant and closing safety points of such meetings.
• Appropriate action, in case of a violation by an employee, as per rules and procedures framed for the purpose
• Ensure that all safety equipment are maintained in good manner
• Ensure implementation of road safety Initiatives to prevent incidents outside premises for travel between home and work / while on official duty.

Engineering Safety:

• Ensure Safety of the employees during use of work equipment such as machinery in motion, dangerous machines, self-acting machines, casing of new machinery and revolving machinery
• Ensure that all employees and contractors worker are aware about work permit system and are trained.
• Arrange access equipment to work at height/ confined space
• Ensure material safety data sheet for all chemicals available in the plant and train all employees on MSDS.
• Control the exposure of persons and the environment to substance hazardous to health, to prevent injury, illness or damage
• Ensure that there are procedures in place for the examination, inspection, maintenance and safe operation of all mobile (manual and self-propelled) plant or equipment.
• Ensure that adequate controls are in place for the correct provision and use of personal protective equipment to assist in the prevention of injury.
• Incorporate ergonomic principles in all aspects of the working environment in order to prevent injury and ill-health.

Fire Control System

• Identify the hazard and risks for fire within the plant and control them with appropriate measures.
• Ensure that documented procedures and effective systems are in place for safe evacuation of people in the event of a fire.
• Establish systems and procedures for dealing with emergency situations.

Measurement And Control Systems

• Reporting system for incidents is to capture all unintended / unplanned events that have resulted in losses or have the potential to do so
• Ensure that all incidents including near misses and damages are investigated to prevent their re-occurrence.
• Ensure that safety statistics are maintained to measure the safety performance of the organization.

Workplace Implementation

• Ensure that adequate signage is displayed to warn of danger, hazards, and actions to be taken, safe and prohibited areas around the workplace.
• Ensure that identification of the contents and direction of flow of substances, including gases and vapours in pipes and vessels.

Qualifications

• Chemical Eng (Preferred) ; PG - Safety Diploma from CLI

Previous Experience

 10+ years of work experience