On World Day of Safety & Health at Work, Vedanta Aluminium inaugurates Fire Safety Park

New Delhi, May 2, 2023: On the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, inaugurates a Fire Safety Training Park at its plant in Jharsuguda, one of the largest aluminium smelters in the world. The park will help the company’s Industrial & Fire Safety teams to facilitate live, practical safety demonstrations of fire hazards, their prevention and mitigation, to employees and business partners at the plant. With this, the company recommits itself to further enhancing safety and health at the workplace and ensuring total employee wellbeing.

Speaking about Vedanta Aluminium’s endeavours to raise the bar for safety and health at work, Rahul Sharma, CEO, Vedanta Limited – Aluminium Business, said, “At Vedanta Aluminium, the safety and health of our people are of utmost importance to us, and rank as non-negotiable parameters of our operational excellence. Our operations feature best-in-class safety technologies that remind and reinforce safety-first practices at the workplace. This is augmented by behaviour-based safety initiatives that are applicable to each of our employees. Innovations such as the Fire Safety Park help immensely in spreading awareness of safety practices and making them accessible to more people.”

Vedanta Aluminium carried out a week-long series of initiatives at its operations in Jharsuguda, aimed at demonstrating safety practices to its employees and enhancing community preparedness. Recently, a fire prevention training and awareness program on ‘Awareness in Fire Safety for Growth of National Infrastructure’, was also organized in association with the Rotary Club of Jharsuguda for the residents of Jharsuguda.