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IndianOil bags four OISD Awards
New Delhi   20-Oct-2009
Mr. Sarthak Behuria, Chairman, IndianOil, received four prestigious ‘Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) Awards’ at a glittering function held at SCOPE Convention Centre, here today. Mr. Murli Deora, Hon’ble Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, presented the awards. IndianOil’s Marketing Division received the award for the ‘Most Safe Oil Marketing Company (OMC)’ in the last three years, an award category instituted for the first time by OISD. In the Refinery category, Mathura Refinery bagged the first prize whilst Haldia Refinery secured the third position. The Haldia Barauni Crude Oil Pipeline was awarded the first prize in the ‘Cross Country Pipelines- Crude Oil’ category. Recently, the Safety Department of IndianOil has brought out four engaging and interesting films on safety, titled ‘Work at height’, ‘Use of respiratory equipment’, ‘Use and maintenance of fire fighting equipment and appliances’ and ‘Road safety within premises.’ These films are extensively and regularly screened for employees and contract workmen to keep them alert and updated on safety practices. IndianOil has also recently bagged prestigious awards like the ‘Safety Innovation Award 2009’ instituted by the Safety & Quality Forum, Institution of Engineers (India), Delhi State Centre, for the fifth consecutive year. Haldia & Guwahati Refineries also received the Safety Innovation Award 2009.