OSH India 2016 reiterates industry’s potential in India

The 5th edition of Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) India, a two-day safety show, held on 10th and 11th November at Navi Mumbai brought together internationally renowned exhibitors, consultants, business experts and key government officials under one common platform, to discuss global best practices and seek solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in the field of workplace safety and health.

OSH India 2016, in addition to giving an opportunity to health and safety suppliers and service providers from across the world to showcase their innovations and knowledge amidst an industry landscape of vastly untapped India market, featured a two-day power packed conference that shared and ideated on global practice.

The topics of discussion on Day 1 at the conference included:  ‘OSH Challenges in India and the Way Ahead’, ‘Globalisation and The Changing World of Work’, An Integrated Approach to Worker Health’ a case study on ‘How Good leadership Can Drive Improvements in Process Safety’ and presentations on ‘Vision Zero: From Vision to Reality’ and ‘Behaviour Based Safety Management’.

Day 2 included a panel discussion on ‘Women and OSH’ and ‘The Role of Industrial Hygiene in OSH. It also included presentations on ‘Risk Assessment and Risk Governance’, ‘Fire and Electrical Hazard Prevention’, ‘Making Big Differences to Small Businesses’ and ‘Health and Safety Risks in Construction’.

The expo also included an Innovation Zone which is a platform for exhibitors to promote and showcase novel products that will benefit the occupational safety and health industry.  It also comprised a new feature this year – a two-day ‘Live Seminar’, which is a safety awareness forum where safety experts from leading safety product manufacturers discussed and demonstrated,  the latest technologies, trends and topics related to safety at workplace.