Building and Sustaining the Safe Work Environment at Vedanta Ltd. Sesa Goa Iron Ore Business

Sesa has got Iron ore mining operations in Goa and Karnataka and a value added business namely manufacturing of Pig Iron, Met coke and Power. As part of this study only the mining operations of Goa are covered. During the year 2015-16 Sesa Iron Ore Business started its journey towards Zero Harm, which means no harm to employees, community and other stake holders surrounding our operations w.r.t Safety, Health and Environment. The management identified the transportation of ore by trucks as the most hazardous activity. The management also undertook the project of reviewing the hazard identification and Risk assessment. Various safety initiatives were taken, most important being the training of all the drivers in defensive driving. The management again reviewed the HIRA post undertaking these initiatives. It was observed that the risk levels significantly came down from intolerable risk to moderate risk.