SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant has been awarded the prestigious International Safety Award under Merit category by British Safety Council. This demonstrates and rewards RSP’s commitment to health, safety, and wellbeing throughout 2024. The Award was presented by Mr Jonathan Gawthrop, Trustees and Board Member British Safety Council at a function held in J W Marriott, Mumbai on 29th May 2025. Mrs. Asha S Kartha, CGM Safety and Fire Services received the award on behalf of RSP.
This prestigious recognition is a testament to RSP’s proactive safety culture, stringent protocols, and continuous efforts to create a safe and secure working environment for all its employees and stakeholders. The achievement also highlights RSP’s alignment with global best practices in occupational health and safety.
It is noteworthy that RSP has implemented an array of measures to achieve the strategic goal of Zero Harm. The Steel Plant undertook a massive campaign under Project Nischay to conduct a comprehensive survey, create awareness and bridge the gaps to boost safety at workplace. The efforts helped the plant to record nil fatality days for the financial year 2024-25, the total nil fatality till date being 665 days. RSP recorded the Reportable Loss Time Frequency Rate (RLTFR) of 0.0165 in the Year 2024-25 which is not only best in SAIL but also better than the industry benchmark of 0.08.
Mr. Alok Verma, Director In-Charge (DIC), RSP with the additional charge of DIC, Durgapur Steel Plant and Burnpur Steel Plant congratulated collective over the achievement and has said, “Every person entering the Plant on duty deserves to work in a safe environment and return home to their families unharmed. Safety is not a check box; it is a covenant.”
