final sustainability ai hce2013 presentation - kiran
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Developing a Sustainable Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Program at Multiple
Sites of Information Technology Enabled Services in India
K. Chandrasekhar, P. Kondragunta ,
M. Mehta, CIH, CSPInternational Safety Systems, Inc.
Washingtonville, New York; Bangalore, India
Agenda
• Introduction and Background• Methods• Results• Lessons Learned• Conclusions
Introduction and Background• About 25 % of the employment is in the
Information Technology• Potential Risk associated with occupational
health and safety exists• Importance of risk is not recognized as IT is not
industrial manufacturing• EHS risks do exist• EHS program was developed and maintained
over 2 years • Company background
• Employees ~ 30,000.• Cities 5• Sites 12• Professionals trained on EHS 2000 +
Potential Safety Risks• Motor vehicle safety• Construction safety and fall
protection• Electrical safety• Permits
Potential Industrial Hygiene Risk
• Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders– Working on computers– Call centers– Odd working hours
• Chemical, Noise exposures– Sewage treatment plants– Diesel generator sets
• Water and food-borne illness– Cafeteria, canteens
Potential Environmental Risk
• Air emissions from boilers, diesel generators• Sewage treatment plant• Environmental and water discharge permits
Methods
• 12 professionals were involved in establishing, implementing and maintaining EHS Program
• Set Goals and Objectives.• Conduced hazard identification and risk
assessment.• Practical and classroom trainings conducted
for 2000+ professionals in office safety.• Developed written procedures, permit systems
Methods
• Periodical audits– Fire safety– Base kitchen– Motor vehicles– Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), diesel tank
unloading, hazardous waste storage• All the finding and recommendation were
tracked by computerized tracker.
• Overall reduction in audit findings• Renewed certification for Occupational Health and Safety
(OSHAS) 18000 and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14000.
• Reduced incidences of occupational illnesses and injuries • Reduction in energy consumption by almost 10%• Most important significant increase in awareness among the
site employees
Findings
Site A Site B Site C Site D Site E0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
382
103
171
306
175
6131
5835
Q 2011 Q 2012
Comparison of Issues Identified in Q 2011 vs Q 2012
Trend Audits Findings
Comparison of Work Related Cases across PAN INDIA over 9 Quarters
Q1-2010
Q2-2010
Q3-2010
Q4-2010
Q1-2011
Q2-2011
Q3-2011
Q4-2011
Q1-2012
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Site ASite BSite DSite CSite E
Environmental Data Comparison
% change from 2010-2011
% change from 2008-2011
Increase Decrease
-8% 65%
2008 2009 2010 20110
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
2,015,403
964,488
743,605804,689
Diesel Consumption (in liters)
Environmental Data Comparison (cont..)
% change from 2010-2011
% change from 2008-2011
Increase by Increase by
-1% -9%
2008 2009 2010 201110,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
70,000,000
54,178,387
59,870,648 58,692,855 59,246,933
Electricity Consumption in (kWh)
Impact of the Approaches
• Installation of LED lights and movement sensors reduced power consumption by almost 10%.
• Use of hot air blowers in washrooms reduced paper consumption
• Motion sensor based water taps reduced water consumption.
• Reporting of the incidents and root cause analysis helped in addressing causes and thereby reduce accidents
Conclusions
• Environmental safety and health hazards do exist in Information Technology sector
• Development and implementation of EHS program assist in creating awareness and reducing potential EHS risk
• Sustainability of the program will evolve over a period of time once – Systems and procedures are developed – Site professionals are trained– Periodical monitoring is conducted and assistance is provided.
Thank You