POWERGENERATION PVT.

LTD
Environment, Health and Safety Policy

EHS MANUAL
2014

Concern for environment, workplace safety and practices that promote the
health and well-being of our of employees is our utmost priority

Name of the person responsible for Statutory and Legal compliances

related to EHS

Name:

G.MOHAN

Designation: ASST.MANAGER
Tel:

+91 44 2790 0614

Email:

govindaswamy.mohan@opgpower.com

Mob:

+91 8754508601

Alist of statutorylegal instruments applicable to the Thermal Power Plant

1. Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 amended 1987
2. Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 amended 1988
3. The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, amended 1991
4. Environmental (Protection ) Rules, 1986 (Amendments in 1998, 1999, 2001,
2002, 2002, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2005)
5. Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989, amended 2000
and 2003 Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Transboundary
Movement) Rules, 2008
6. Manufacture Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989
amended 2000
7. Ozone Depleting Substances (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000
8. EIA Notification, 1994
9. Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001
10.Factories Act, 1948

Procedure for carrying out the EHS risk assessment (Aspect-Impact study /
HIRA)

OPG THERMAL POWER PVT LTD GUMMIDIPOONDI

LEVEL IIEnvironmental & Occupational Health SafetyManagement System
Procedure(EHSP)
Doc No
OP-4.3.1
Rev No
00
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK
ASSESSMENT
Date
20-01-2012

Introduction:
The Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS 18001 2007)
standard gives requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S)
management system, to enable an organization to control its OH&S risks and
improve its performance.
This OHSAS standard is applicable to any organization that wishes to
a) Establish an OH&S management system to eliminate or minimize risk to
personnel and other interested parties who could be exposed to OH&S risks
associated with its activities
b) Implement, maintain and continually improve an OH&S management system
c) Assure itself of its conformance with its stated OH&S policy
d) Demonstrate such conformity with the OHSAS standard by :

Make a self determination and self-declaration

Seeking confirmation of its conformance by parties having an interest in
the organization
Seeking confirmation of its self declaration by a party external to the
organization
Seeking certification/ registration of its OH&S management system by an
external organization

Some of the issues that affect those who work on computers need to be understood
in this regard include Repetitive stress injuries (RSI)
Headaches, eye irritation or gradual loss of vision due to continuous exposure to
computer screens, Wrong posture leading to body pain, Psychological imbalances
due to stress at work and chasing impossible targets, variations in the physical
functioning due to inability to balance work and life or work and leisure balance etc.
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Occupational health hazards can be physical in nature arising out of Exposure to

Heat, Light, Noise, Ionizing or ultraviolet Radiation, Vibration. Defective layout and
housekeeping
Chemicals get in to the body through Skin, inhalation, and ingestion
Biological Agents could be present in some workplaces such as Anthrax.

Occupational health hazards can lead to Absenteeism, Alcoholism, accidents etc.

A management system therefore is a minimum requirement for a responsible
organization. Occupational health and safety assessment series 18001 standard is
an enabler in this direction.
Scope:
This applies to all the activities within our premises, involving own employees ,or
other workers (including contractor personnel , temporary workers, ) visitors or any
other person in the work place.

Preparation of Hazard Identification and Risk, Assessment register

HODs and Core Team.

Procedure:
Parameters to be evaluated to identify significant risks associated with the activities
are
1. Likelihood of the event occurring
2. Consequence of risk (severity of the outcome arising from the event)
Risk assessment Rating =(Likelihood of risk * consequence of risk)
Preparation of Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment Register (HIRA)
In order to prepare the HIRA register three major categories are to be taken into
account.
1. Hazard Identification

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2. Risk assessment and

3. Risk Control
The above activity when completed can be in a documented form in text or as a
database, which comprehensively addresses all categories of hazards & risks in a
logical manner.

Normal, Abnormal and Emergency Situations

Each of these activities needs to be assessed to ascertain whether this occurs as a
Normal one (N) or Abnormal (AB) occurrence or Emergency (E) situation.
Abnormal activities/situations are Plant Start Up, Shut down or turbulent situations
in operations.
Emergency situations can be fire, explosion, radiation, toxic release or loss of
containment, which are likely to affect life and property.
Normal activities are considered as Routine Activities. Situations arising out of
normaI /routine activities are termed as Acceptable risks
Abnormal and emergency situations are considered as non routine ones .
The identified risks are asserted to determine their significance and for this purpose
the probability of occurrence and the consequence of risk is taken into consideration.
Non routine activities/ situations leads to Unacceptable risks
Non adherence of legal and other requirements will lead to unacceptable risks

Some important terms and definitions

For full list of terms and definitions please refer to OHSAS 18001 -2007 standard
Occupational Health and safetyConditions and factors that affect , or could
affect ,the health and safety of employees or other workers including temporary
workers and contractor personnel ,visitors ,or any other person in the workplace .
Organizations can be subject to legal requirements for health and safety of persons
beyond the immediate workplace ,or who are exposed to the workplace activities .
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Work PlaceAny physical location in which work related activities are performed
under the control of the organization . When giving consideration to what constitutes
a workplace , the organization should take into account the OH&S effects on
personnel who are, for example ,travelling or in transit ( e.g driving , flying , on boats
or trains ) working at the premises of a client or customer, or working at home )

RiskCombination of the likelihood of an occurrence of a hazardous event or

exposure (s) and the severity of injury or ill health that can be caused by the event
or exposure(s)

Risk AssessmentProcess of evaluating the risk arising from a hazard(s)taking

into account the adequacy of any existing controls, and deciding whether or not the
risk (s) is acceptable.

Acceptable RiskRisk that has been reduced to a level that can be tolerated by the
organization having regard to its legal obligations and its own OH&S Policy.

Unacceptable Risk- Risk that cannot be tolerated/managed in the work place with
respect to its OH & S Policy and legal obligations.

Hazard - Source I situation I or act with a potential for harm in terms of human injury
or ill health or combination of these.

Hazard Identification Process of recognizing that a hazard exists and defining its
characteristics

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Ill Health Identifiable I adverse physical or mental condition arising from and/or
made worse by a work activity and/or work related situation.
Incident - work related event(s)in which an injury or ill health regardless of severity
or fatality occurred ,or could have occurred.
An accident is an incident which has given rise to injury ,ill health or fatality .
An accident , where no injury ,ill health , or fatality occurs may also be referred
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An emergency situation is a particular type of incident .
Safety- Freedom from unacceptable risk of harm (ISO/IEC Guide 2)

1. Likelihood of Risk:
Likelihood of risk/ event is the probability of occurring of that event in any of the
following frequency as per the present level of control measures available:

Likelihood of Risk

Description
The event cannot happen under any circumstances

Impossible

Rare

The event may occur only in exceptional circumstances

Un-Likely

The event could occur at some time

Moderate

The event will occur at some time

The event is expected to occur in most circumstances

Likely

The event will occur in most circumstances

Certain

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2. Consequence of Risk:
In this case, the assessment is made based on the assumption for the worst possible
outcome, which means it is more probable that a minor risk would take place in many
of the occasions.
Following system is used for the rating:

Consequence of Risk
1
2

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Description
No injuries, no financial loss

Negligible

First aid treatment. No loss of service / interruption

Minor

Medical treatment required. (Over 3 days injury).

3

Serious

Moderate loss of service / interruption.

Excessive or permanent injuries (serious fracture, loss of

Major

part, eyesight). Major service interruption

Fatality

Loss of life

From the risk rating the following points can be established:

6
12
18
24

ConsequencesLikelihood
Rare
Impossible
Value
1

UnlikelyModeratLikely
3

Minor

10

Serious

12

15

Major

12

16

20

Fatality

10

15

20

25

Negligible

20

Certain

Moderate risk with as core of < 18 is termed as Acceptable risks.

It has been agreed that all risks cannot be eliminated hence the rating >18 are taken
as unaccepted risk. By introducing OH &S program or any of the control measures
it is attempted to reduce the risk as low level as possible.
Significant A- Activities which has a rating beyond 24 are addressed
immediately by stopping the particular activity . Corrective and Preventive
actions are carried out to ensure the activity is monitored and control
measures are in place to avoid untoward incidents/accident.
High Risks arising out of rating beyond 24 for the particular activity are termed
as Emergency
Low/Moderate is termed as acceptable risks.
These are controlled by the following.
Significant,B,C -Type of Control
Option - 1 Can eliminate immediately
Option - 2 By substitution (ex- Replacing chemicals that can have significant
impact on the human being, etc)
Option - 3 By Engineering Controls( ex providing automation for the activities
that have significant impact)
Option -4-

By adopting Operational Control (Signages /Warnings ,Monitor,

Audit, Training)
Option - 5-

Can eliminate through a Management Program

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Option 6 Option 7

Use of Personnel Protective Equipments

Emergency Preparedness Plan

HIRA Review
HIRA effectiveness is reviewed once in an year. In addition to the review , Safety
committee meeting minutes, the planned and surprised audits, monitoring of
activities on daily basis could be used as a input for review. Any process change or
activity change will give rise to review of HIRA.
Risk Control Measures:
Once the risk assessment process identifies a hazard as significant the next
logical step is to follow adequate control measures. Which includes the following;1. Development of alternative methodology to eliminate the bare risk
2. Development of methodology for substitution of activities/condition to avoid
risk
3. Development of a control procedure, work instruction or creation of awareness
and training so that the existing processes could be well implemented.
4. Development of management program where a new facility needs to be
created in order to control a significant risk. In certain cases, after completion
of management program, a control procedure may become necessary.

Bare Risk
Bare risk is evaluated with the help of HIRAregister.
Residual risk:
It is necessary to be aware of and act upon risk in a proactive manner even
though an organization might have documented a HIRA register and implemented
the same. Circumstances that can lead to residual risk need to be understood
and the same is described below:

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a. Lack of awareness on work procedures by employees, subcontracted or

temporary personnel
b. Lack of clarity of roles and responsibilities of personnel working in the
organization
c. Qualification, competency of personnel and the capability to respond to
situations especially at lower level of the organization.
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and accidents.
e. Lack of Participation, or inability or unwillingness of all personnel present at
the site, to take part in emergency drills
f. No decisions taken at the right time during emergency
g. Poor monitoring of PPEs, tools, tackles and equipments..

Prioritization of Unacceptable Risks:

Safety will be addressed first and then health will be addressed subsequently.
Referred documents/Records:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

leaves

OHSAS 18001-2007
HIRA Procedure
Reports ,findings ,observations from Factories Inspectorate
Factories Act & Rules ( Tamil Nadu )
Employee interviews

Records:
Retention Period
S.n

Name

o
1

Record

Location

years
years

Ref
Hazard Identification and Risk

OP- 4.3.1

Unit MA/HOD

Assessment Study

Unacceptable Risk register

OP 4.3.1 b

Unit MA/HOD

Medical Records of Employees

OP-4.3.1 d

Unit MA/Unit-HR

5 years after emp

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Form 18 ,18 B &

Health Centre/HR
Unit Head

Register 26( Reportable

accident)
5

Permanent

Form 18 A & Register 26

A(Dangerous Occurrences)

Form 12 & Register 15 ( ESI )

Health Centre/Unit

Permanent

HR
Permanent
Health Centre /Unit
HR

Reviewed and Approved by

Prepared and Issued

Unit Head
MR/ MA

Revision : 001
SAFE OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR ONSITE EMERGENCY PLAN
OPG POWER GENERATION PRIVATE LIMITED
OPG POWER GENERATION PRIVATE LIMITED
GUMMIDIPOONDI
ISSUED BY
18.02.2012
D.SABARI HEAD OPERATIONS

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
DISTRIBUTION
COMPANY PROFILE
OBJECTIVES
DEFINITION
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRELIMINARY HAZARD IDENTIFICATION
LIKELY DANGERS TO THE PLANT
REQUIREMENTS OF EMERGENCY PLAN
SEAT OF KEY PERSONS
EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS
EXTERNAL CONTACT NUMBERS
DURING EMERGENCY
RESPONSIBILTIES FOR GENERAL
EMPLOYEES EXCEPT THOSE WHOARE
IN EMERGENCY ORGANISATION ON
HEARING SIREN
EMERGENCYACTION PLAN
SHUT DOWN PROCEDURE
EMERGENCY PERSONNELS
RESPONSIBILITY DURING HOLIDAYS
POST EMERGENCY
CORRECTIVEACTIONS
MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
CIRCULATION
ANNEXURE-1 ORGANISATION CHART OF
EMERGENCY PLAN
ANNEXURE-2 FIRE FIGHTING
ORGANISATION CHART
ANNEXURE-3 FIRST AID ORGANISATION
CHART
EMERGENCYASSEMBLY POINT

1.INTRODUCTION:
OPG Power Ventures Plc (OPGPV) isa company domiciled
and incorporated in the Isle of Man in January 2008. In May 2008, OPGPV was
admitted to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
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The operations of the Group are based in the Indian states of

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subsidiaries.Each plant is contained within a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which
has a debt and equity structure and is an arrangement used frequently in India. Two
of the smaller operating companies in the Group which hold the 19.4 MW gas based
plant in Maywavaram, Tamil Nadu and the 10 MW waste heat recovery plant near
Chennai also in Tamil Nadu, have outside investors so that the economic interest of
OPGPV in each is 43.78% and 33%, respectively.The structure of the companies
which hold each of the coal-based plants in operation or in development ensures that
the economic interest of OPGPV in each of these plants is 99%. These plants
represent well over 90% of the total Group MW capacity in operation or in
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PHGLXP
size projects and incremental approach to development, augments OPGPV
returns.The registered office of OPG Power Ventures Plc is at IOMA House, Hope
Street, Douglas, Isle of Man and the Company Secretary is Philip Scales.

2.DISTRIBUTION:
The protected copy (read only) of Onsite plan is available in Sharing Documents
Folder in PC to all employees in OPG.
3.COMPANY PROFILE:
A. ABOUT THE COMPANY:
OPG POWER GENERATION PRIVATE LIMITED is locatedat periya obulapuram
road, Gummidipoondi,Chennai-601201.Total strength of the company is 234
including managerial staff.Main activity of the company is producing power
using coal as rawmaterial.
B. OPERATIONSARE CARRIED OUT IN FOLLOWING MAJOR SECTIONS:
1.
2.
3.
4.

COAL HANDLING PLANT.

TURBINE HALL.
BOILER.
SWITCH YARD.

C. MANPOWER:
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SHIFT WISE
SHIFT-1
SHIFT-2
SHIFT-3
GENERAL

EMPLOYEES
22
22
22
180

CONTRACTORS
21
24
24
90

TOTAL
43
46
46
270

D. FACTORY SURROUNDINGS:

NORTH SIDE: OPEN AREA

SOUTH SIDE: POWER SOAP INDUSTRIES
EAST SIDE: OPEN AREAAND KAYILARMEDU VILLAGE
WEST SIDE: KANISHK STEEL AND POWER PLANT.

4.OBJECTIVES:
OnSite emergency preparedness plan has the following objectives
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Safeguard lives and property at site and in its vicinity area.

Contain the incident and bring it under controll
Minimize damage to lives, property and environment;
Rescue and treat casualties;
Evacuate people to safe areas;

5. DEFINITIONS:
ON-SITEEMERGENCY
This is an Emergency occurring within the factory, which will affect the
work situation terribly, cause damage to machinery and materials and
serious injuries to persons within the factory.
OFF-SITEEMERGENCYIf the accident is such that it affects inside the factory are
uncontrollable and it may
spread outside the factory
premises, it is called as Off-site Emergency.
RECOVERY:
Recovery contains those short and long term activities, which
resumes all the systems to normal operations.

6.LEGALREQUIREMENT:
The Emergency plan is a statutory requirement as per provision of sub
section 4B of the factories (amendment) Act,1987.Preparation of ON SITE
Emergency Plan is mandatory under rule 13 of manufacture,storage and
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handling of Hazardous chemicals, rules 1989.The purpose of this On Site

emergency plan is to ensure the life and properties of all concerned and
minimise the damage to the maximum possible extent,in case of
emergency.The occupier shall ensure a mock drill of the on site
emergency plan is conducted atleast once in six months.A detailed
67% report
of mock drill conducted under rule shall be made immediately available to
the inspector and chief inspector of factories.
7.GENERALINFORMATION:
WEATHERCONDITIONSANDREGIONALMETEOROLOGY
The average data collected from the Indian meteorological department from
internet are summarized below
TEMPERATUREANDHUMIDITY
The area experiences more or less moderate weather conditions

Summer

DRYBULB
TEMP
WETBULB
TEMP
RELATIVE
HUMIDITY

Monsoon

Winter

Average
Min0

Max

Min

Max

Min

Max

Min

Max

32.8

29.4

31.1

25.5

25.7

23.5

33.2

27.2

24.4

25.9

23.5

22.1

21.3

RAINFALL
Average rainfall is 1200mm per annum
WINDPATTERN
The wind speed is mostly in the range of 510 km/hr. The predominant wind directions are
West and South-East.

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8. PRELIMINARY HAZARD IDENTIFICATION:

POTENTIALHAZARD
a) Fire Hazards.
b) Bursting of Pressured vessels/receivers/steam pipelines.
c) Electrical fires.
HAZARDSIDENTIFICATION
SL.NO AREAS HAZARD/RISK
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

LDO Storage Fire

Compress or Testing Fire
Oil storage and handlings Fire
Electrical distribution systems
Fire and burn injuries
Pressurised components
Bursting of vessels
Coal Handling Fire
DANGEROUSSUBSTANCES
1.
2.
3.
4.

LDO Storage
Electrical Transformer- Oil
Lubricating Oils
Coal

HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AT SITE

CHEMICAL NAME
QUANTITY

AVERAGE

1. LOW DIESEL OIL

2. VARIOUS TYPES OF LUBRICANT OIL

40KL
2KL (FOR
TURBINE 20KL)

SYSTEM RELAVENT COMPONENTS

SYSTEMCOMPONENTS
LDO

METER)
SAFETYRELATEDCOMPONENTS
Fire hydrant system is installed for
extinguishing fire at initial stage to
prevent
spread to other places. Dyke wall facilities to
contain the containment within the area
to avoid any significant aspect.(CAPACITY OF
LDO -90CUBIC

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Oil Storage and Handlings ( Lubricants)

Electrical Distribution System

Pneumatic Vessels & Pressurised

vessels

Coal Handling Plant

Minimum quantity of storage, spillage

containment fire
fighting extinguishers facilities are equipped with
sufficient quantity and also the fire hydrants
system is installed near by the area.
Located at segregated places
Transformer oil is checked annually for stipulated
norms. Effective earthling grid is provided to
distribution system and stimulated annually
MULSIFIER SYSTEM IS INSTALLED FOR
MAJOR TRANSFORMERS
Periodical Maintenance and legal requirements of
Chief Inspector of factories and boiler inspector
inspection and Valid
calibration certificate for pressure gauges and
IIIrd party certification for safety valve.
Fire hydrant system is installed for Extinguishing
fire at initial stages.

11. SEAT OF KEYPERSONS

NAME
Mr.
Mr.Baskar
Mr.Ramalingam
Mr.Mohan
Mr.Pandian
Mr.Sathish
Mr.Parthiban
Mr.Arumugam

LOCATION
O&M office
O&M office
O&M office
DMPlant
Newadmin office
O&M office
O&M office
Security office North
Gate

12. THE EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS

NAME ANDADDRESS OF THEPERSON FURNISHING THEINFORMATION
WORKS: M/S Tulsyan NEC ltd,
,Gummidipoondi,chennai-601201.
NAME
Mr.Sabari
Mr.Pandian
Mr.Mohan
Mr.Baskar
Mr.Arumugam
Mr.Parthiban
Mr.Lakshmi
narayanan
Mr.Ramalingam

DESIGNATION RESPONSIBILITY MOBILE

ASSIGNED
NUMBER
WORKS
Asst.Manager
Incident Controller 8754508602
O&E
Head
1
Manager
External co9500063870
Admin
ordinator Head
Asst.Manager
Utility Service
8754508601
Chemical lab
Head
Asst.Manager
Transport Head
9500063869
Mechanical
Security
Security Head
9840430174
Manager
Senior safety
Safety Team
9500056297
officer
Leader
Male Nurse
First Aid Head
9940803039

Engineer
Electrical
Mr.Sathish
Senior
Engineer inst
Mr.Gothandaraman Senior
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Rescue Team
Head
Communication
Head
FireFighting Team

4
3
950005629
875450860
988422927

13. EXTERNAL AGENCIES CONTACT NUMBER DURING EMERGENCY

SL.NO

DEPARTEMENT

1
2
3

POLICE STATION
FIRE DEPARTMENT
STATE ELECTRICITY
BOARD
DISTRICT COLLECTOR
ELECTRICAL
INSPECTORATE
FACTORIES
INSPECTORATE

4
5
6

DESIGNATION/NAME CONTACT
NUMBERS
INSPECTOR
1091/100
FIRE OFFICER
044-27922701
ASST.ENGINEER
044-27660900
Mr.PALANI KUMAR
ASST.ENGINEER

044-27666746
044-27929278

Mr.PADMANABAN

044-28291525

Site Controller: Mr. Sabari in order of non availablity Mr.G.Mohan

Responsibilities:
The Site Controller will assume the overall responsibility for the factory site and its
personnel. His duties are to:

Will approach emergency site immediately

Instruct Main Incident Controller.
Communicate to higher ups and Govt. authorities, if required.
Assess the magnitude of the situation and decide if staff needs to be evacuate
d from their assembly points to identified safer place,
Exercise direct operational control over areas other than those affected,
Undertake a continuous review of possible developments and assess in
consultation with Key Personnel as to whether shutting down of the plant
operations or evacuation of personnel if required,
Liaise with senior Police, Fire brigade, Medical officers and Factory
Inspectorate and provide advice on possible effects on areas
outside the factory premises,
Look after the rehabilitation of affected persons after discontinuation of
emergency,
Issue authorised statements to news media and ensure the evidence is
preserved for inquiries to be conducted by statutory authorities
Permit resumption of normal operations only after post emergency clean up\
After getting satisfied with the situation, give instruction to blow ALL CLEAR
Siren
.

INCIDENT CONTROLLERS: Mr.Sabari in order of availability Shift Incharge

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Responsibilities:
1.Immediately, on knowing about the emergency, he will rush to the
incident site and take overall charge and report to the Site Controller.
2.Approach emergency site as early as possible taking note of
wind directionon on arrival, he will assess the extent of emergency and
decide if major emergency exists and inform the Communication Officer
accordingly.
3.Assess the situation and Inform to Security Manager, Tell
NAME, TYPE OF INCIDENT,
ACTION TAKEN, HELP NEEDED and Order Security
Manager/Guard to inform all KEY
persons.
4.Take stock of situation. Interact with all concerned departments as the
situation demands.
5.Direct all operations to stop within the affected area taking into
consideration priorities for safety
of personnel minimise damage to the plant, property, environment
and minimise loss of materials,
6.Provide advice and information to the Fire fighting team and Security staff
and to the local Fire Service,
7.Ensure that all nonessential workers / staff of the areas affected are
evacuated to the appropriate assembly points (gate) and the areas are
searched for casualties,
8.Set up communication point and establish contact with Emergency
Control Center (ECC),
9.Report on all significant development to the communication Co-ordinator.
10.Have regard to the need to preserve the evidence so as to facilitate any
enquiry into the causes and circumstances of the incident.
11.Assess damage and plan for post emergency clean up before advising
Site Controller to resume normal operations.
12.Keep Main Site Controller informed about the latest emergency situation
on continuous basis.
External Coordinator:Administration Manager
DesignatedPerson:
1. Mr.Pandiyan(inorderofavailability)
2. Mr. Pasupathy
Responsibilities:

The External Coordinator will also work as a liaison man and will be
stationed at th main gate.He will, under the directions of the Site Controller,
handle Police, Press and other enquiries

Liaison with external agencies and call fire brigade.

To ensure that casualties receive adequate attention / to arrange
additional help if required and inform relatives.
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When emergency is prolonged, arrange for relief of personnel and

organize refreshments / catering facilities.
He shall keep in security the roll call lists for the fire and first
aid teams and emergency vehicle on duty
He shall coordinate the medical officer for first aid and medical
treatment as well.
He shall coordinate with the telephone operator to arrange
necessary incoming and outgoing
calls as per the information of Site Controller.

Communication Coordinator:
DesignatedPersonnel:
1. Mr.Sathish (Inorder ofavailability)
2. Mr.K.Saravanan/Shit Engingeer(c&i)
Responsibilities:

On hearing the alarm, he will proceed to the Control Room and

maintain communication with the Incident Controller.
Advise the Site Controller of the situation, recommend evacuation
of staff from assembly point,
Recruit suitable staff as runners between the Incident Controller
and himself,
Maintain prior agreed inventory in the control room,
Any other work as per directions of Site Controller or Incident
Controller.

Sr. Security Officer:

Designated Person:
1. Mr. Arumugam (In order of availability)
2. Mr. Kumar
Responsibilities:

The main in charge of this function will be responsible for fire fighting.
On hearing the alarm , he shall reach the site and get directed by the
Incident Controller to fight the fire.
He shall be responsible for organizing the fire fighting team;
ensuring that the personnel are using correct personal
protective equipment.
He shall direct the resources so as to put them to optimum utility.

Utility Services:
Designation:

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1. Mr.Mohaninorderofavailability
2. Mr.M.Balasubramanian
Responsibilities:

After getting the information or knowing about the emergency

situation, he will report to Incident
Controller and provide assistance as required.
He will decide which member of their staff / workers require at the
Site.
He will ensure that adequate water supply is made available at
the Site
He will arrange for electrical shut down from main receiving
station.
These people should report to Incident Controller for directions.
He will co-ordinate with fire fighting team

SafetyDepartement
Designation:
1. Mr.Parthiban inorder of availability
2. Mr.Deepak
Responsibilities:

After getting the information or knowing about the

emergency situation, he will report to Incident
Controller and provide assistance as required
Renders safety advice on materials being involved.
Ensures safe operation in emergency especially the safety of the
Fire Team.
Keeps in touch with the Site and Incident Controllers and takes
instructions.
Preserves evidence, investigates the incident and reports to the
Site Controller.
Helps in the rescue and evacuation operation also, if instructed.

MEDICAL SERVICES: Mr.Lakshmi narayananMaleNurse

Responsibilities
He will be present at the safe assemble point with Emergency vechile or
Ambulance.

Renders First Aid, medical assistance and prepares the list of

persons affected.
Informs Head (P&A) on the course of action to be taken for the affect
ed persons.
Informs Health Center and local hospitals to be ready for receiving
the injured persons.
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Arranges to transfer the victims to the hospitals in coordination

with the transport coordinator and keeps a list of them.

Other Personnel:
Responsibilities
Telephone OperatorOn Duty:

After receiving the information/emergency given, he/ she will

immediately contact the Site
Controller and work as per Site Controller s advice.
Call the local fire brigade or mutual aid scheme members, if required.
He/ she will ensure that all internal communication lines are available
for dealing with the disaster.
He/ She will give direct communication to telephone
lines in control room.
He will keep the list of important telephone numbers
such as fire brigades, ambulance services, hospitals etc.

First-aidTeam Members:
Responsibilities

Names of any unaccounted for absentees will be

informed to the Security Officer/ HR
Members of first aid Teams will report to the Incident Controller on
hearing of the Alarm
Alarm in daytime.
First aider shall inform the incident controller that the Emergency
Vehicle is leaving the site,
giving the name of the patient and destination i.e.
hospital or doctor s room

He shall request the Incident Controller to inform the destination (hospit

al, etc.) advising them about the casualties reaching there.

Factory Fire Squad Personnel on Hearing Siren

Responsibilities

He shall Inform to fellow employees/Officers.

He shall report immediately to Fire Squad Assembly point infron
t of Canteen
The duty Fire fighting Squad under the command of the Sr.
Mechanical Engg shall be responsible
for fire fighting and rescue.
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On hearing the alarm, they shall proceed to the place of incident

and approach emergency site immediately
Take quick action as per the instructions from Incident controller.
The men at security gate shall find out the location of the emerge
ncy and proceed to the site of the occurrence.
At the incident scene, a team members detailed for this purpose
will check squad members against rollcall sheet
At the site, all the squad members will respond to the advice and i
nformation given by both the
Security Manager and Incident Controller
On arrival of the local fire brigade, they will also assist in firefighting work with the advice of both Sr. Mechanical
Engg and the Incident Controller.
He should try to bring emergency under control as early as possi
ble.
He shall not leave process/equipment in UNSAFE CONDITION.
He shall not leave emergency site unless ALL CLEAR siren blown
.
He shall not use improper fire extinguisher.
He shall not be panicky.

RESCUE SQUAD On Hearing Siren- Male Nurse

Responsibilities

He shall inform to fellow employees/Officers.

He shall report immediately to assembly point in front of Canteen
He shall get in touch with First aid Centre Dept/ Safety
Dept/ security Dept about location and type of emergency.
He shall approach emergency site quickly with Breathing Apparatus set an
d First Aid box.
Get in touch with incident controller.
He shall follow instructions of Incident controller/ First aid Centre
He shall render first aid to the injured, hospitalize, if required.
He shall accompany him to hospital and assist Doctor / Nurse.
He Search for missing person in that area, if required.
He shall help in head count.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE DRIVER
Responsibilities

Immediately start vehicle and reach rescue area by the advice and in
formation given by either the incident controller or Staff at the First
aid Centre.
Take vehicle near to emergency site as directed.
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Take note of wind direction.

Reverse the emergency vehicle for quick transports of injured, if any.
Keep vehicle engine running.
Always be on Driver s seat of the vehicle.
Take the injured to the hospital as directed.

SECURITY MANAGER/ GUARD

Responsibilities

He shall Immediately report at Security Gate in shortest

possible time.
He shall not allow any vehicle to come inside the factory.
He shall not entertain any outside call except for
emergency purpose.
He shall not allow visitors to move around.
Inform to all key persons about location and type of emergency.
Inform concerned HOD/Section Head, Main Site Controller, Main
Incident Controller & Safety Dept and other KEY persons.
Inform Main Site Controller about Government visitors, if any.
Assist in controlling emergency.
Assist in controlling contractors, vehicle movement and mob.
Assist in cordoning off the area.
Follow instructions of Officer In-charge.
Take note of wind direction while approaching emergency site.

14.RESPONSIBILITIESFORGENERALEMPLOYEESEXCEPT
WHOAREINEMERGENCYORGANIZATIONONHEARINGSIREN

THOSE

Be alert and be available if required.

Wait for further instructions.
Bring down the process/plant/equipment in SAFE CONDITION in case
of DISASTER siren as per instructions from
Incident Controller.
Approach respective safe assembling points route as taking note of
wind direction.
Help in taking roll call
After hearing ALL CLEAR, go back to the departments.
Start the work again after setting instruction from Incident controller.
Do not panic. Do not run.
Do not approach emergency site unless asked for.
Do not engage telephone except for emergency purpose. Keep lines
free.
Stop work at height. / Stop all hot works.
Stop all vessel entry.
Take note of wind direction.
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On hearing Disaster Siren evacuates as per evacuation route without

running and panicky
and assembles at respective safe Assembly Points.
Do not use telephone except for emergency purpose.
Do not allow unauthorized person to approach emergency site.

15.EMERGENCYACTIONPLAN
ANYONENOTICINGEMERGENCYSITUATIONLIKEFIRE,EXPLOSIONor
BurstofVessels: MUSTDOs
Attractthenearbyperson/employeebyshouting FIREFIREFIRE.

Seek help from the persons working nearby.

Try to control the incident at its initial stage with available
means/sources quickly.
Inform Shift Incharge / Duty Officer (In Night Shift ) about the Incident.

DONTs
Do not panic
Do not run but Walk fast.
IDENTIFIEDEMERGENCY&ACTIONPLAN
IncaseofElectricalShortcircuitduetounauthorizedOperation:
INDIVIDUALWORKERONTHESPOT:
1.Remove injured persons from the spot to Occupational
Health Centre
2.First Aid is an immediate and temporary care, given to the victim of an
accident or sudden illness.
3.First aid is to preserve life, assist recovery, prevent
aggravation and minimize complication at
later date and minimize pain / agony
4.Ask near by co-worker to inform the matter to SUPERVISOR.
5.Inform the maintenance department to take further necessary action.
6.Remove the patients from the source of danger.
7.Make the air passage clear and clean.
8.Restore natural breathing by artificial respiration. Send the patient to the
hospital
IncaseofSnakebitedue tounauthorizedmovementatboundary:

Act quickly. Do not allow the person to run.

Remove injured persons from the spot to First Aid Centre
Apply a ligature above to the wound (In between the heart and w
ound)
if the bite is in the leg or hand. Wash the wound
with Potassium permanganate solution or with soap or water.
Reassure the patient and immediately hospitalize.
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IncaseofBurns andInjury:

Place the part under running cold water.

Remove injured persons from the spot to First Aid Centre
Artificial respiration if needed
Prevent or treat shock
Immediate medical attention

Inhalingoffumes/Chemicalburns ontheeyes:

Immediate washing of the Eyes at least for fifteen minutes.

Remove injured persons from the spot to First Aid Centre
Send the patient to the hospital if necessary.

Suffocation: Remove injured persons from the spot to First Aid Centre
Restore respiration by artificial respiration.
Send the patient to the hospital if necessary.
16.SHUTDOWNPROCEDURE:

The Plant Engg department personnel present on the site, on hearing

the Emergency siren will instantly establish contact with the
Site controller:
They will gather the information on where the Mishap or emergency
has occurred, the nature and extent of damage accordingly:
The Main electrical supply will be cutoff/ switchoff. Similarly, the pipelines
supplying gas, liquid or chemicals will be immediately shutoff by valves and
will be isolated from the process line.
The rescue team members shall assist the Plant Engg
Personnel
After mitigation they will analyze the situation and as per instructions
of Site controller will arrange for re-start of the plant or the section.
This process shall be known and communicated to all relevant
department HOD s as well.

17.EMERGENCY PERSONNEL'S RESPONSIBILITIES DURING HOLIDAYS.

Responsibilities
Operation Dept : Shift Incharge/Operation Members:

As soon as he becomes aware of the emergency and its location, he

will proceed to the scene.
On arrival, he shall assess the scale of the incident and direct the
operations for containment or
extinguishment with the following priorities:
Secure the safety of persons. This may require evacuation to the assembly point.
In the event o escape of material if the wind direction is adverse, choose
appropriate assembly point,
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Try to minimize damage to plant, property and the environment,

Have regard to the need for preserving evidence that
may facilitate enquiry later on.
Arrange to inform Site Controller, Incident Controller/ HSE Dept / HR
(Also call for there personnel till Site Controller / Incident Controller arrive
Act as Incident Controller till his arrival.
Advise local Police/Fire stations/Mutual aid members if
the site/ incident controllers are informed.

18..POST EMERGENCY

The internal committee will be formed to investigate into

the causes of the accident/
incident comprising Key persons listed above they will ensure the all
below points:
Once the emergency situation will be brought under
control, following post emergency actions will have to be taken.
The affected area will be declared safe from any toxic
and other after effects by
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board authority, Electricity board
Authority and Boiler Inspectorate etc
after through checking and confirmation.
Then the Government authority will declare the
emergency as over and rehabilitation work will be
started in the area.
Then emergency clear siren will be blown.
The rehabilitation work will be started in the affected area. It will be
ensured that all fires are extinguished and there is no risk of reignition prior to commencement of rehabilitation.
It will be ensured that there is no chance of secondary
explosion.
The wreckage and debris at incident site will not be disturbed,
expect for rescuing the injured
personnel or for recovering the dead bodies, until permitted to do so
by the statutory Authority.
All victims, dead or alive, will be systematically identified and the
records will be kept accordingly.
If asked for, necessary information may be provided to
the victim s relatives.
All relevant information will be recorded.
Photographs/video of incident site will be taken or suitable sketches
of the incidence will be prepared.
The incident will be reported to the statutory Authorities with
complete details of occurrence/accident, if not informed. Necessary
permission for restarting the plant will be obtained from the
statutory Authorities.
The registers for recording the incident, relevant entries, details,
inventory, list of persons, etc. will
be maintained and all the relevant documents, log books, maps,
registers and all records taken from the site will be preserved.
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The record of help, Cooperation etc. from Mutual Aiders and sought
from others will be maintained and letters of
gratitude will be initiated to all of them.
Details of expenses incurred during the emergency will be worked
out and allocated to different heads and the records will be maintained
Statement for total expenditures will be prepared.
All necessary cooperation will be extended and help will be provided
to the Agencies, Authorities, who will be enquiring into the incident.
The internal committee will be formed to investigate into the causes o
f the accident / incident, if necessary.

19.CORRECTIVEACTIONS
The accident is always eye
opener toward the irregularities. Similarly, the occurrence of major
emergency directly indicates the shortcomings or
weakness of the plant, handling method,
transportation, working procedure, storage procedure, unsafe
condition or unsafe actions, etc. It may
reveal from the investigation or recommendations of the committee.
Necessary corrective steps/ actions of the investigation report or findings
are required to be taken to
ensure that such emergency accidents do not repeat.
Therefore, modification, alterations, changes in operation,
instruction, process, handling, etc. as
suggested by investigating Authority and internal committee should be
implemented accordingly to make the plant working
20.MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
Keep the records of the monitoring conditions, safety systems, storage
levels, process condition, etc. And maintain the log books, registers etc.
Keep the M.S.D.S. and onsite emergency plan with required details.
21. CIRCULATION:
Explain the Procedure to all Management staff/Employees/contact
workers through training program
21. CIRCULATION:
Procedure to all Management staff/Employees/contact workers
program

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through training

ANNEXURE -1
EMERGENCYPREPAREDN
ESS PLAN ORGANISATIONCHART

Site Controller
Safety Dept

Fire
fighting
head

Team
members

Incident Controller

Rescue
team
head

First
aid
head

Utility
service
head

Team
members

Team
members

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Admin Dept

Communication Security
head
head

Team
members

Team
members

Team
members

Transport
head

Team
members

Site controller
Incident controller

Person 1-reel the hose

Fire fighting Team Head

Person 2- join the hose with coupling

Mr.Gothandaraman

Person 3- holding the nozzle gun

Person 4- support the person no-3
Person 5- open and close the valve
Person 6- support person no-1 for
reeling and unreeling

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Information to
utility/safety/admin

ANNEXURE-3
FIRSTAIDORGANISATIONCHART

Site controller

Head Admin

Team members

Male nurse

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Ambulance or
Emergency vechile

25. Emergency Safe Assembly Point

Opposite to Canteen

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OPG POWER GENERATION PVT LTD

Head office
No: 6, Sardar Patel Road, Guindy, Chennai -600 032
Tel: +91 44 42911222, Fax: +91 44 42911209
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Matharpakkam Road , Periaobulapuram Village, Tiruvallore Dist.
Gummidipoondi 601 201, India
Tel:+91 44 2790 0614
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