Bhilai Steel Plant Study - Blog 11 - Yukta Yogeesh

 

Bhilai Steel Plant, Chhattisgarh



 Introduction

   Eleven times winner of Prime Minister's Trophy for Best Integrated Steel Plant in the country, 40 kms west of Raipur, the capital city of Chhattisgarh, along the Howrah-Mumbai railway line and the Great-Eastern highway, stands Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), India's sole producer & supplier of world class rails for Indian Railways including 260 metre long rails, and a major producer of large variety of wide and heavy steel plates and structural steel. With an annual production capacity of 3.153 MT of saleable steel, the plant also specializes in other products such as wire rods and merchant products. The entire range of TMT products (Bars & Rods) produced by the Plant is of earthquake-resistant grade and superior quality. The plant also produces heavy structural including channels and beams.

 

Qualifications/ Achievements

   BSP has received Integrated Management System (IMS) Certificate by a single certifying agency (M/s DNV), integrating QMS, EMS, OHSAS & SAMS - becoming the first SAIL unit and among few corporate houses in India to achieve this unique distinction.  Among the long list of national awards it has won, Bhilai has bagged the CII-ITC Sustainability award for three consecutive years. BSP won 1st prize in National Energy Conservation Award 2013 in Integrated Steel Sector in recognition of major energy saving initiatives in 2011-12 and '12-13. The Plant again won this award for Year 2014 for achieving a 5% saving in thermal energy consumption and savings of 2% in electrical energy consumption over the previous year.

 

What brought everyone’s eye on BSP

   One of the major government orders that Bhilai Steel Plant received was R260 order. It was for Indian Railways department. R260 rail sections are made of Chromium Vanadium Steel Alloy. It allows the rails to travel on it at a speed of 260 km/hour. They are more Long, ductile, hard and strong than the normal rail sections to carry heavy load without any welding for long distances.

 

Accidents


Some of the accidents that occurred in Bhilai Steel Plant recently are as mentioned below: -

·        (May 24, 2019) A major fire broke out from coke oven even though there was no causality reported.  

·        (Jan 3, 2020) Six workers including a senior officer had fallen ill after inhaling the leaked toxic gas from the blast furnace.

·        (Jan 5, 2020) An electrician had sustained severe burns after hot metal had spilled on him over coke oven.

·        (Jan 8, 2020) A contract worker was crushed to death after he was trapped between 2 couplings when he was trying to fix it.

 

Back to back 3 accidents in a week’s time was a disastrous. A major cause of this is poor maintenance and lack of proper inspection. There is no checking from the government’s side because of preferences due to political relationships. Anyhow, the loss is for the workers.

 

No. Of words – 475

References -
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/73153150.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst


Yukta Yogeesh 

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