Achieving a higher level of health and safety in an industrial environment is a complex goal, but its essential to a successful workplace
Amal K Babu, HSE Manager, Deloitte talks about the latest challenges to industrial safety and health, the importance of leadership mindset and corporate commitment, life cycle approach to OSH, investment in infrastructure and management systems and the use of technology as a strategic enabler.
Interviewed by Adeesh Sharma & Nisha Biradar
What challenges do you face as an HSE professional?
Latest challenges to industrial safety and health. The key issues are:
- Leadership mindset and corporate commitment.
- Life cycle approach to OSH, investment in infrastructure and management systems.
- Awareness, Education and Training .
- Regulatory framework and compliance .
- Use of Technology as a strategic enabler.
What strategies/solutions you deploy to alleviate those challenges?
Achieving a higher level of health and safety in an industrial environment is a complex goal, but it’s essential to a successful workplace. Because of the myriad components of industrial safety, the detailed organization is critical. Many manufacturing and industrial facilities rely on EHS software to plan, execute, and monitor their strategies.
Everything from updates to safety regulations and procedures to training management can be performed within the software so you have cohesive functionality in your EHS department. In addition, you can track and manage workplace observations, incidents, injuries, and other hazards and monitor them over time. This is a huge helper when it comes to identifying and measuring the impact of ergonomic issues because these are usually manifested over time.
What new HSE initiatives are you planning to implement within your organization in the near future?
Investing a deeper interest in industrial safety is the beginning of a safe, satisfactory workspace. When you take care to eliminate as many obstacles as possible and instill purpose and value in your safety initiatives, you create a place where employees will want to work. And that’s an outcome that everyone can benefit from.
