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Safety Officer and Safety Committee etc., are mandated by Factories Act and all the factories that meet the criteria for appointing a safety officer have a Certified (trained) Safety Officer. In most of the companies (whether you like it or not), even though the Safety Officer is supposed to report to the Factory Manager, the function of the Safety Officer comes under the H & R function. So is the case with the Occupational Health physician.
Environmental requirements (for most of the Indian companies, they are consent and authorization conditions) are normally taken care of by Plant Services department, who runs the ETPs and takes care of the maintenance of Chimney etc.
It all depends on who would like to build his empire, HR or Plant Services or other functions. If the company decides to merge OH & S and Environmental functions, if the focus is on compliance with law, it is more likely that the new merged entity is made a part of HR. (If you find SHE under HR, you know that this company is at the lowest level of maturity with respect to Sustainability).
Unless our companies realize that environmental management is a strategic issue, the traditionally strong HR department will have a hold on these "fringe" subjects. Safety will be equated to SHE, by those who are not qualified to handle these functions.
Whether you like it or not, for most of the Indian companies, Safety, Health and Environment are Cost Centres and hence do not have a great say in the functioning of the company. Unless this situation changes it does not matter whether it is HSE or Safety department - OH&S and Environment are one of those lowest of low priority areas for the company.
I don't deny that there are exceptions to the above observation; but the majority will fit into the above description.
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