Raising Awareness of Health and Safety in the Home
Panki employees ran an interactive session on domestic health and safety for members of their local community.
Johnson Matthey’s process catalyst manufacturing operations in Panki, northern India, set up a scheme to help their employees achieve a better understanding of community issues and to work with the local community to help increase awareness of domestic safety among local householders.
The scheme was devised by employees at Panki in collaboration with the Central Board of Workers Education, a government enterprise that promotes civic responsibility and worker training. A training package on local civic issues was developed and 40 people from Johnson Matthey were given training and advised on how best to help the community tackle the problems.
Panki is a largely industrial area on the outskirts of Kanpur. A residential district close by known as Block B – where 20% of our employees live – was selected for the scheme. After discussion with representatives of the community, three domestic safety issues were identified as topics for the awareness session: LPG gas, supplied in cylinders, is commonly used as a cooking fuel in India but the hazards are not always well understood; likewise the use of electrical appliances is linked to domestic accidents and there is often a lack of awareness of basic health and hygiene issues.
After a visit to the area, the local Johnson Matthey team held an interactive session with members of the Block B community, many of them housewives, in January 2009. The session was held outdoors in a local park and around 60 people attended. The session was well received with participants responding with interest to the safety advice and hygiene dos and don’ts.
The employees who took part did not hesitate to give their own time to the project and there are plans to run a similar project in another area.
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