Chemplast Plant II at Mettur won the Government of Tamil Nadu’s Safety Awards for the years 2006 and 2007. Chemplast bagged the fi rst prize under Scheme I “Highest Reduction in weighted accident frequency rate when compared with previous year” and the second prize under Scheme II “Lowest accident frequency rate when compared with other Industries”, after being appraised by the Factory Inspectorate, Government of Tamil Nadu.
Fisher Sanmar Limited, Karapakkam, Chennai, won the third and second prize for two successive years 2006 and 2007 under the scheme “Longest accident free days”. Flowserve Sanmar Limited received the third prize under the same scheme for the year 2006.
The awards were presented by Tamil Nadu Minister for Labour TM Anbarasan at a function organised by the Inspectorate of Factories and National Safety Council at Chennai Raja Annamalai Manram on 5 March 2010.
The Principal Secretary to the Government for the Department of Labour, T Prabhakara Rao, IAS, presided over the function.
(From l to r) : GK Balaraman, Divisional Manager-Personnel, SEC, K Mohan, President IR - The Sanmar Group, S Ragunathan, Chief Inspector of Factories, Tamil Nadu Minister for Labour TM Anbarasan, T Prabhakara Rao, IAS, and VR Srinivasan, Secretary, National Safety Council, Tamil Nadu Chapter.
(From l to r) : Dr R Palaniappan, Senior General Manager - SHE,\S Venkatesan, President Operations from Chemplast Sanmar Limited, receiving the award from the Minister.