Sterlite Copper observes National Safety Day

March 5, 2011 - PRLog -- Sterlite Copper observed 40th National Safety Day on its premises in a grand manner here on Friday. Safety pledge, both in English and Tamil was taken by all the employees as part of safety day celebration.

Hoisting the safety day flag and speaking at the function, Mr.Ramesh Nair, Chief Operating Officer, Sterlite Copper endorsed the perpetual commitment of management towards improvement of health & safety performance in the plant.

“Each and every employee is a safety steward himself, therefore all action taken by an individual should match highest standards of health & safety,” he added. Mr.Ramesh Nair also stressed the importance of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) and urged all the employees to adhere to the laid down rules and regulations.

The company has celebrated Safety month and will continue to focus on increasing awareness on health & safety amongst employees, families and contractor workers. Various competitions including essay writing, slogan writing, 'spot the hazard', posters designing, drawing competitions for all SIIL employees, contract workers and kids were conducted. Mrs.A.Sumathi, Associate General Manager, HSE and Mr. Sandeep Acharya, Head - Safety, Sterlite Copper were also present.

Photo Cut - Line : Mr.Ramesh Nair, Chief Operating Officer, Sterlite Copper addressing the employees during 40th National Safety Day celebration held at Sterlite

For further information, please contact:

Sundar Raj
Head - Public Relations
Sterlite Industries (India) Limited
sundar.raj@vedanta.co.in
Tel:  +91 461 661 2926

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