An on-site emergency mock drill was conducted at the Chemplast plant at Mettur to educate the workers on ways to secure themselves in the event of an accident. The training included measures to be taken in an emergency situation which was well attended by all workers and officials of all the departments. K Manoharan, Inspector of Factories, Salem, appreciated the training offered and suggested guidelines to workers on precautions to be taken while at work.
Scenes from the on-site emergency mock drill at Chemplast, Mettur.
Chemplast Sanmar received the State Safety Award for the year 2002. The award, instituted by the Government of Tamil Nadu, was given to Plant III at Mettur, where caustic soda, chlorine and chlorinated solvents are manufactured. The award under the Group ‘A’ category was given for the highest reduction in the weighed frequency rate compared to the previous year, employing more than 10 lakh man hours.
While the company’s Plant I at Mettur received the second prize in Group ‘C’ for 2001 and the third place for 2002, the Vedaranyam Salt Works received the second, third and second prizes under Group ‘C’ for 2002 under schemes 1, 2 and 3. T AN Thenappan, Vice President - Operations and L Subramanian, Manager - Safety of Chemplast Sanmar received the awards from P Annavi, Minister for Labour, Government of Tamil Nadu at a function organised at Chennai in March 2005.
M B Pranesh, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Labour and Employment, K A Mohamed Aziz, Chief Inspector of Factories, Government of Tamil Nadu and R Thiruvengadam, Chairman, National Safety Council, Tamil Nadu Chapter, were present at the function.
The Tamil Nadu State Safety Award for the year 2002 was received by T AN Thenappan, (centre) Vice President - Operations, and L Subramanian, Manager - Safety (right), Chemplast Sanmar, Mettur, from P Annavi (left) Minister for Labour, Government of Tamil Nadu, at a function organised by the Tamil Nadu Government at Chennai on 4 March 2005.
“They are with us!”: SEC The response to Soma Basu’s question in The Hindu Metroplus would be that peacocks can be found in good numbers within the
compound of
the Sanmar Engineering
Corporation
units at
Viralimalai. They find a
safe haven in the
green
belts developed by
Sanmar, as can be seen
in
the pictures below.