The Tata Power Odisha Discoms strongly believe in the safety and security of their employees and customers. The Discoms have implemented a number of safety measures, including training to over 12,000 employees and 20,000 business associates involved in operations and maintenance.
The Discoms' key safety initiatives include a dedicated safety helpline, including smartphone apps, which encourage reporting of unsafe situations so that corrective action can be taken up immediately. The Discoms have implemented a system, Suraksha Kavach, specially for power distribution utilities catering to both urban and rural areas with diverse workforces.
The Discoms have also ensured that all employees and business associates use/ wear PPE kits, create more than 35 practice yards for safety training, fence the open distribution sub-stations and install public address systems on maintenance vehicles to promote safe practices. To ensure animal safety, many DSS have been fenced at various locations including elephant movement zones and regularly organise Chaupadi meetings with villagers to sensitise them.
Major reasons for fatal accidents are due to hooking for theft and animal poaching, construction near live wire, unauthorised work on the network, etc.
