National Safety Day-2017 and the foundation day of the National Safety Council was celebrated at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) here on Wednesday.
Dr Neeraj Atray, Senior Scientist, informed the gathering that the National Safety Council was formed on March 4, 1966. The then President of India, Dr S Radhakrishnan, had given a clarion call in December 1965 at a conference on industrial safety regarding the need to mitigate accidents at workplaces. The day of the formation of the council was later designated as National Safety Day and is being celebrated as such since 1972. It was the 46th National Safety Day celebrations today.
Dr Anjan Ray, Director, CSIR-IIP, Dehradun, gave a safety pledge to employees and all present and said as an institute devoted to research in petroleum, “we understand that although petroleum, petroleum products and petro-chemicals are essential for the growth of the nation, any error in its use, experiment or production can cause great loss”.
Ray reminded all present about the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 and Japan’’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster of 2011. He said the IIP is a miniature of the industry and should be careful about the harmfulness of chemicals while dealing with them.
Dr Geeta Khanna, president of the IMA, was introduced by Dr Neeraj Atray. Dr Geeta Khanna gave a technical presentation on safety and health. She said nutrition was the backbone of health. She talked about various aspects of home safety and explained various precautions to be taken on staircases, tiled floors, rugs, bathroom, kitchen and also in rooms.
Dr Khanna talked about chemical hygiene, emergency preparedness and crisis plans, concept of safety for children, workplace safety, violence, occupational diseases and accident prevention. She said behaviour modification was most importance and should be included in human resource programmes. She also talked about disease prevention, food safety and diet, proper clothing, water safety, public sanitation, road safety and vaccination.
Dr Manoj Srivastava, Principal Scientist, CSIR-IIP, gave a presentation on Volatile Organic Compound Emissions in gasoline retailing operations, solutions for their abatement and CSIR-IIP’’s efforts in this direction. Jaswant Rai, Controller of Administration, CSIR-IIP, proposed a vote of thanks.
Date: March 09, 2017