IndianOil Gujarat Refinery taking all precautions to ensure safety during COVID 19

Ensure
safety of employees, contract workers, nearby communities and customers,
ensuring supply of Petrol, Diesel, LPG and other petroleum products

IndianOil
Gujarat Refinery is taking all precautions to ensure safety of employees,
contract workers, nearby communities and customers while ensuring supply of
Petrol, Diesel, LPG and other petroleum products during COVID-19 crisis

IndianOil
Gujarat Refinery is committed to serving the nation in this world crisis
arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gujarat Refinery is taking all precautions
to ensure safety of employees, contract workers, nearby communities and
customers and also  ensuring continuous
supply of the vital fuels – Petrol, Diesel, LPG and other essential petroleum
products to provide emergency and relief to the customers 24×7 unceasingly.

A high level
committee has been constituted to coordinate and monitor all precautionary
measures for COVID-19 and Control Room has been set up with round the clock
functioning for handling contingency and situation monitoring.

Demonstrating
the core value of Care towards all their stakeholders, Gujarat Refinery has
provided nearby Village Panchayats with the face masks and sanitizers for use
by villagers engaged in essential services.

For the
safety of community at large, as per the Government guidelines, Project
activities have been brought to a halt and thereby contract workers have been
reduced by about 75%. They are now engaged only in plant maintenance, power and
water utilities and sanitation and other essential support services to ensure
safe refinery operations.

To ensure the safety of contract workers, biometric attendance system has been stopped while attendance is ensured through Smart Card. Thermal guns are being used at access points to screen the employees and workers.

Hand sanitizers placed at all access points, check & change rooms, canteen and control rooms wherever work stations are available. Social distancing is being maintained ensuring that workers remain at certain distance and don’t work together. Movement of support staff and employees are avoided by providing necessary services like food at their workplaces.

Sanitation/
hygiene measures at all offices and installations through cleaning activities
have been augmented in offices, control rooms, check & change rooms,
washrooms and other such public places. Cleaning twice daily ensured with
regular inspection of the areas. Sanitisation of transport facilities are also
being ensured.

Safety tips pertaining to COVID-19 is being spread in the city through FM Radio channels. Safety advisories are being disseminated through PA system in township and inside the Battery Area for sensitization of contract workers and employees.

Dissemination of Public Health messages specific to Novel Coronavirus is being done prominently at all oil installations including retail outlets through Posters in Gujarati, Hindi and English, Video messages, Digital displays, besides distribution of leaflets in Hindi and Gujarati to contract labour at Projects & Main Gates and also to domestic helps staying in out-houses.

Sensitization
workshops and awareness programmes for employees and township residents are
done through Digital mode using Digital screens, emails, Video conferencing and
digital platforms. All these efforts to ensure safety of workers and the
community is being done by the Gujarat Refinery employees with the spirit of
service to the nation in the belief of “Har Ek Kaam Desh Ke Naam”.

Protocol of
Work from Home for non-essential services has being applied while ensuring that
the plant is operated safely and efficiently. Refinery is ensuring
continuous  liaisoning with local police,
District Administration and City Police Commissioner to report the status and
update action on advisories with prompt action from time to time is being
ensured.