DuPont TM Product ® Name DescriP tor challenge In 2007, DuPont India announced plans to invest more than US$30 million to construct its first research and development center, the DuPont Knowledge Center (DKC) in Hyderabad, India. When the DKC construction project was conceived and approved, workplace safety was a top priority for DuPont with an additional focus on reducing its contractor injuries and instilling safety practices for contract workers. The company’s primary consideration was to hire safe contractors and subcontractors, and then influence and enforce their safe behavior at the construction site. Contractor safety during construction is of major concern to most of the companies in India, as well as elsewhere, when having to deal with issues such as: 1. Lack of lead

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