‘International Vision Zero Conference’ on Occupational, Safety and Health
The
international conference on the VISION ZERO and its relevance to
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), is being organized from 15th to
17th, March 2017 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi by Directorate General
Factory Advice and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI), Government of India,
Ministry of Labour and Employment and German Social Accident Insurance
(DGUV), Germany in association with International Social Security
Association (ISSA).
The conference aims to focus on the Occupational Safety and Health
issues and challenges in the Manufacturing, Construction and Mining
sector. The conference will provide a forum for promoting safety and
health at work by exchanging knowledge, practices and experience.
The conference will be inaugurated by the Hon’ble Minister of State
(Independent) for Labour and Employment, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, in the
gracious presence of Smt. M. Sathiyavathy, Secretary, Labour and
Employment, Government of India.
The conference is expected to introduce the fast emerging
internationally accepted concept of ‘Vision Zero’ in India thereby
leveraging the efforts of the Government of India to raise the
occupational safety and health standards in the country. The delegates
include safety engineers, experts and professionals from different
Public, Private and MNCs sector, managers, employers from different
segments, occupational physicians and health professionals, supervisors,
workers and members of the safety committees.
There will be three plenary sessions in the conference during the three
days dedicated exclusively to the manufacturing, construction and mines
sectors.
An exhibition on OSH is also being organized during the conference from
15th to 17th March, 2017 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The exhibition
will provide the most efficient platform to support technological
communication and business trade. The exhibition segments will show-case
personal protective equipment (PPEs), health at work, high-risk
prevention, environmental protection at work, etc.
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(Release ID :159150)
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