Outsourcing in Industry - Concern for Safety
Outsourcing in Mining Industry - Concern for Safety
PC Purohit, Group General Manager,
Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals Ltd, pcpurohit@gmail.com ABSTRACT
Mineral resources are the back bone of any country & its judicious extraction is an art, scientifically known as mining. Most people concede mining as a necessary evil, long recognized as being arduous and liable to injury and disease. After the globalization era since 1991, the things have changed fast. It is difficult to compete in the global market if cost of production is not competitive and timely delivery of quality products is not ensured. To meet these challenges, outsourcing has become an effective tool in such circumstances which not only help in reduction in cost but also help in adopting better mining practices with advance technology without much involvement of capital cost.
In the last three decades, improvements in mining technology, equipment, processes, procedures, and workforce education and training have resulted in greater safety and health. The mine management should consider that while outsourcing the work the agency selected for outsourcing should also be concerned about the safety & health issues of the persons engaged by them in mines. While cutting down the cost, the importance of the human resources value should be given due weightage. The outsourcing cost should be of such magnitude which covers not only the operational cost and cost for maintenance of health, safety and environment in mines by the outsourcing agency, but also reasonable profit to them. The recommendations of 10th Conference in this regard are of vital importance. This safety operating procedure should be implemented by the management and the outsourcing agency religiously for successful implementation of system of outsourcing so as to compete in global era of competitiveness.
This paper is tried to emphasize that how the outsourcing in mining sector becoming more popular option but the mine
PC Purohit, Group General Manager,
Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals Ltd, pcpurohit@gmail.com ABSTRACT
Mineral resources are the back bone of any country & its judicious extraction is an art, scientifically known as mining. Most people concede mining as a necessary evil, long recognized as being arduous and liable to injury and disease. After the globalization era since 1991, the things have changed fast. It is difficult to compete in the global market if cost of production is not competitive and timely delivery of quality products is not ensured. To meet these challenges, outsourcing has become an effective tool in such circumstances which not only help in reduction in cost but also help in adopting better mining practices with advance technology without much involvement of capital cost.
In the last three decades, improvements in mining technology, equipment, processes, procedures, and workforce education and training have resulted in greater safety and health. The mine management should consider that while outsourcing the work the agency selected for outsourcing should also be concerned about the safety & health issues of the persons engaged by them in mines. While cutting down the cost, the importance of the human resources value should be given due weightage. The outsourcing cost should be of such magnitude which covers not only the operational cost and cost for maintenance of health, safety and environment in mines by the outsourcing agency, but also reasonable profit to them. The recommendations of 10th Conference in this regard are of vital importance. This safety operating procedure should be implemented by the management and the outsourcing agency religiously for successful implementation of system of outsourcing so as to compete in global era of competitiveness.
This paper is tried to emphasize that how the outsourcing in mining sector becoming more popular option but the mine