WSA Recognizes Tata Steel with Award

During its annual congress the World Steel Association named Tata Steel as one of the three recipients of its Safety and Health Excellence Recognition Award.

The Award related to a Tata Steel safety training program that was introduced for its contract workforce in advance of the construction of the new ‘H’-blast furnace at Jamshedpur. The furnace was built and commissioned without a single injury occurring during the project’s 35 million man-hours.

The company was selected for abiding by three basic guidelines: 

Positive embracing of worldsteel safety and health principles   

Ability to demonstrate a measurable impact upon safety metrics 

Ease of application to other member companies

This is the second time a Tata Steel Group operation has been recognized in only the second year of worldsteel’s Safety and Health Excellence Recognition Awards. 

Last year, Corus was one of the recipients of the award for a Safety & Health Excellence program that it designed for Group Senior Managers, entitled Developing Leadership in Safety and Health.

The success of this initiative led to a similar program being rolled out this year to various departments at Corus steelworks (first the steel melt shops, second the raw materials and iron making departments). On 1 October Corus won the National Training Award — the UK’s most prestigious training award — for its "Felt Leadership" program in health and safety.