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Tata Steel Mine Honored with National Safety Award
Oct. 30, 2009 The National Safety Award was given to Tata Steel’s West Bokaro Division—an open cast mine—(Quarry South East) for holding the record of “lowest injury frequency rate” for the year 2007. The award was instituted by Ministry of Labor and Employment, Government of India and Directorate General of Mines Safety, Government of India. This is the third consecutive year that the division’s safe work culture has been acknowledged nationally.
Mohammed Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India, presented the award to Tata Steel representatives Sanjay Kumar Singh, Chief, Quarry South East, and S B K Sharma, President, Rashtriya Colliery Mazdoor Sangh, West Bokaro. A K Ojha, General Manager, West Bokaro Division was also present on the occasion.
West Bokaro Division has three fully mechanized open cast mines that produce 6 million tonnes per annum of raw coal. The division is certified to Environment Management System ISO-14001 (first in coal industry) and has been recognized with several awards including the Qimpro Benchmark Award, National Energy Award, Prime Minister Shram Shree Awards, Green Tech Safety Gold Award, Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Award, and OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series) 18001.
Established in 1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel Group is among the top 10 global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of more than 28 million tonnes per annum. It is the world's second-most geographically diversified steel producer, with operations in 26 countries and a commercial presence in more than 50 countries. The Group, with a turnover of US$29 billion in FY '09, has over 80,000 employees across five continents.