Industrial Hygiene Services (IHS), a group company of Sure
Safety, has done pioneering work as one of the few firms in India to protect
industrial workers against asbestos exposure through various safety measures
Ahmedabad,
Gujarat, May 2, 2012 /India PRwire/ -- Industrial Hygiene Services (IHS), a
group company of Sure Safety, has done pioneering work as one of the few firms
in India to protect industrial workers against asbestos exposure through
various safety measures. IHS anchors and manages asbestos containing materials
(ACM) at Alang Ship Recycling Yard, the world's largest ship breaking yard. The
Ship Recycling Industries Association (SRIA) has outsourced the responsibility
for ACM removal, handling, scrapping and packing job to IHS before and during the
dismantling of any ship at Alang. IHS has decontaminated over 500 ships in 21
months.
According
to research done by the World Health Organisation (WHO) about 125 million
people in the world are exposed to asbestos at the workplace and WHO estimates
that more than 107,000 people die each year from asbestos-related lung cancer,
mesothelioma and asbestosis resulting from occupational exposure. Already
facing heightened risks of cancer, asbestos exposed workers also run a greater
danger of heart disease and stroke stated a British study report published this
April.
Shedding
light on this subject, Mr. Nishith Dand, Director, Sure Safety, said,
"Hi-tech equipments like powered air purifying respirators, negative
pressure mobile enclosure and on-board decontamination tents are set up at the
decontamination site to extract asbestos from the ships at Alang. IHS trained
experts have the proficiency in managing ACM. However, they are also
continuously educated regarding health hazards of ACM and various safety
aspects that need to be followed while working at these decontamination sites
at Alang."
"Sure
Safety with its innovation centre and dedicated R&D team has manufactured
negative pressure mobile enclosures especially designed for asbestos extraction
thus controlling the exposure of the suspended asbestos particles in the
environment and protecting people at large. Due to its mobile nature, this unit
can be taken at the asbestos site, hence completely eradicating the ACM's
transport hazard," he added.
Apart
from innovative solutions at Alang, Sure Safety along with Gujarat Alkalies and
Chemicals Limited (GACL) has also designed an emergency chlorine leakage
control (ECLC) kit to plug chlorine leakage at different industries where
chlorine is manufactured, handled or transported.
Notes
to Editor:
About Industrial Hygiene Services [IHS]:
IHS
with its professional team of certified industrial hygienists, engineers as
well as health and safety professionals is a leading consulting firm known
widely to provide cost-effective solutions to companies towards reduction in
chemical, physical and biological exposures. IHS clients including companies
from industries like pharmaceuticals, engineering units, petrochemical,
petroleum, steel, ship breaking yards, ship building units, and many more.
With
industrialisation taking place at a faster pace in India, industrial hygiene
& occupational health have become one of the key parameters. Industrial
hygiene risk assessment and exposure assessment provide a useful quantitative
baseline data for companies to dwell on and also synchronize their medical
records. Ergonomics assessment, asbestos abatement programmes and engineering
control validations also ensures a more healthy and safe workplace for
employees.
About Sure Safety:
Established
in the year 1996, Sure Safety has carved for itself a 'niche' as an industrial safety
solution provider to meet the ever growing demands of various industries, to
make it a safe work place and protect its men and assets from various hazards.
Company not only manufactures PPE (personal protective equipment) for head to
toe protection, but also provides solutions to protect against the worst seen
or unseen hazards prevalent in industries, be it, because of solids, liquids,
gases or suspended particles in air.
Source:
India PRwire. 2 May 2012
http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/health-care/20120502118838.htm
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