The Golden Peacock Awards Secretariate has great pleasure in inviting applications from the manufacturing as well as
service organisations in India, including those given below, for the Golden Peacock Occupational Health and Safety
Award (GPOHSA).

• All sectors of agriculture, construction, logistics industry and commerce – both Public and Private undertakings

• Organisations in Voluntary Sector.

• Government and Semi-Government Departments / NGOs

• Educational, Service and Research establishments including monitoring, and laboratories

The Golden Peacock Occupational Health and Safety Award is the coveted and prestigious recognition that your organization could strive
to win. The Golden Peacock Awards Secretariat takes pride in instituting this Annual Award, in furtherance of its aims and objectives.
[The applications for the Awards relate to performance during the previous financial year].

The Awards shall be presented, to organisations adjudged to have attained significant achievements in the field of Occupational Health and Safety.

Throughout this document, the term "OHS" shall be understood to include a fully integrated approach toOccupational Health and Safety (OHS) management.

Occupational Health & Safety: Workplace Risk Assessment & Management

Issues of occupational health and safety (OHS) are present in all types of workplaces large or small, agriculture, manufacturing or industry. Occupational health and safety, signifies promotion and protectionof workers’ health and safety. By occupational health, we mean prevention and control of health hazards. Occupational safety focuses primarily on preventing unwanted and unplanned events and aims to eliminate and minimize injury and illness.

Various types of Hazard that can normally be encountered in a workplace are:

I. Chemical Hazards:- (a) Dust and Fibres, (b) Gases, Vapours, Fumes and Smoke (c) Metals, (d) Solvents.

II. Physical Hazards:- (a) Noise, (b) Vibration (c) Temperature (d) Illumination

III. Biological Hazards:- (a) Bacterial Agent, (b) Rickettsial Type Agent (c) fungi (d) Viruses (e)Parasites

IV. Radiation Hazards:- (a) Physical Demand (b) Non-ionizing Radiation

V. Ergonomic Hazards:- (a)Physical Demand (b) Manual Lifting (c) Work Posture (d) Workplace Design

VI. Psycho-social Hazards:- (a) Job Dissatisfaction (b) Absenteeism, (c) Low Morale (d) Abuse (vertical/physical) (e) Irritation (f) Lack of Motivation (g) Workplace Violence.

All organizations need to have a sound occupational health and safety management system (OHS) in place due to

(i) Moral reasons-it is the right thing to do;

(ii) Legal reason – need to meet compliance;

(iii) Economic reason – OHS improves productivity because good health is good business;

(iv) Credibility reason – OHS enhances the image of the organization in the eyes of all stakeholders.

What are the benefits?

The befits of implementing a systematic and effective OHS management system include the following:

• Reducing the number of personnel injuries through prevention and control of workplace hazards

• Reducing the risk of major accidents

• Ensuring a well-qualified and enthusiastic workforce by fulfillment of increasing expectations of your employees

• Reducing the material loss caused by accidents and in production interruptions

• Reducing insurance costs as well as reducing costs due to absence of employees

• Serving the possibility for an integrated management system including quality, environment and health safety

• Ensuring that appropriate legislation is addressed and acted upon

• Meeting the increasing importance of OH&S for public image

Why This Award?

‘The Golden Peacock Occupational Health and Safety Award’ stimulates and helps organisations to rapidly accelerate the pace of Health and Safety Management System (OHS) in the organisation. It is a powerful self-assessment process and a way to build organisation's brand equity on Health and Safety Management. The preparation for the award helps to inspire and align the entire work force and management functions. The knowledge gained by the organisation in describing and self-assessing its operations lead to an IMPROVED organisational performance.

Aims and objectives of awards in the field of health and safety, is to create awareness and implement strategies for improving OHS management standards. The emphasis is on development, management and country wide awareness of duties of government, corporations, voluntary sector and individuals to maintain Health & Safety by minimizing adverse hazards and risks. The award is recognition of the success achieved in managing Health & Safety concerns.

The Award

The Golden Peacock Occupational Health and Safety Award (GPOHSA) named after India’s national bird the “Peacock”, is to be awarded annually. Each Winner receives an award i.e. a trophy together with a certificate. The award winners can use the Golden Peacock Award logo on their printed and promotional materials for three years. Selected organisations may get a Special Commendation Certificate. The Golden Peacock Occupational Health & Safety Award would be given separately for large and SME organizations. Considering the annual turnover.

Groups

The Golden Occupational Health and Safety Award would be considered separately for the following categories of products / services:-

1. Telecommunication / IT Sector

2. Education & Training Sector

3. Pharmaceutical and Health Care

4. Food & Beverages and Agriculture Sector

5. Automobile Sector

6. Energy Sector (Incl renewables)

7. Chemical & Fertilizer Sector

8. Oil & Petroleum Sector

9. Coal/Mining and Steel Sector

10. Non-Ferrous Metallurgy Sector

11. FMCG & Consumer Appliances Sector

12. Hotel, Travel and Tourism Sector

13. Transportation – Shipping /Aviation

14. Banking Financial and Insurance Sector

15. Entertainment Industry - TV/Film/Music

16. Social Service / NGOs

17. Government Sector

18. Any other Sector, as the jury deems fit.

Who Can Participate

Manufacturing or Service organization or part of organization (self accounting profit centre site) in the private and public sector or a government department/unit including those covered in the first para above operating in India may participate in GPOHSA.

The evaluation and grading would be done at two levels. First by a Panel of Assessors; visits to the finalists organizations, where required, and then by the jury who may ask for a brief presentation by the selected organizations on the basis of the involvement of organisations in the issues/concerns that are relevant to a particular industry. The environmental issues and concerns may include the following :

• Status of the Safety and Labour Statement / Audit.

• Validity of the legally required consents. (Conformance to legal requirements) First aid and Health care set up

• Facilities for treatment / disposal of effluents / emissions / wastes.

• Management of hazardous chemicals / wastes.

• Emergency preparedness for industrial accidents / chemical hazards.

• Fire – fighting system.

• Specific activities relating to adoption/ development of clean technology, reduction / recycling of effluents / emissions / wastes, reduction in consumption of water / energy / raw materials.

• Safety related improvements in housekeeping, in and around the industry.

• Training / awareness activities in Health & Safety, both in - house and for the neighbourhood / society.

Rules and Regulations

• Decision of the Awards Jury Council on the recommendations of the Jury is final and no appeal or correspondence will be entertained.

• Awards Committee reserves the right to award more than one organisation as the winner and also to withhold award(s), if the required standard is not met.

• Awards Committee accepts no liability for any loss resulting from the disclosure of information concerning an entry to Assessors and Jury members, though all reasonable precautions will be taken to maintain secrecy.

• Awards Committee cannot undertake to return documents or supplementary material submitted with an entry.

• Awards Committee reserves the right to alter the Award Scheme, at any time.

• Finalist Award applicants may also be invited to make a brief presentation to the Jury and/or one of the assessors may be nominated to confirm or clarify certain facts at site.

Short-listed finalists, whose sites have to be visited, will bear the actual cost of the visits. These may cover the cost of one assessor travselling to the site, and accommodation, if required.

Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality

Names of applicants, examination and scoring information developed during the review of applications are regarded as proprietary and are kept confidential. Such information is available only to those individuals directly involved in the assessment and administrative processes.

Golden Peacock Awards Secretariat (GPOHSA) will take all reasonable measures to ensure that applications and information therein are treated in strict confidence. However, in no way can Golden Peacock Awards Secretariate be held responsible for any loss of confidentiality to a third party. Moreover, it cannot be held liable for any damage ( to goods, or persons, financial loss or consequential) incurred through the breach of confidentiality or otherwise by the applicants or any third party.

GPA Secretariate reserves the right, subsequent to the Award Presentations, to publish salient details of the Environment Improvement schemes of the Award Winners, as a step towards sharing of knowledge.

Application Fees

The application fee for processing is as under:

Large Enterprises & Small and Medium enterprises : Rs 39,500/-

The fee should accompany the application, in the form of demand draft / local cheque payable to the ‘Institute of Directors’ payable at New Delhi.

The Golden Peacock Awards Secretariat has now instituted ‘Golden Peacock Occupational Health and Safety Award’ to raise the standards of national occupational health and safety standards in Indian manufacturing and service organisations.