Presentation on

Industrial Disaster Prevention Planning

-- A pragmatic approach

By
H. SRINIVASAIAH
Director of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health
Government of Karnataka
One thing I learnt when I was
negotiating was that, until I changed
myself, I could not change others.

- Sir Nelson Mandelaji

 GENESIS
 Natural Disasters

 Manmade Disasters
Industrial Chemical Disasters
 Seveso
 Flexiborough
 8th Mile Love Canal
 Bhopal Tragedy
 Mexico
 Jaipur IOC depot etc.,

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 GENESIS Contd.,
 EARLIER CONCEPT – Reactive
4R
Rescue
Recovery
Relief
Rehabilitation

 PRESENT CONCEPT - Proactive

Planning
Prevention
Preparedness
Response
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 PLANNING
 Product selection
 Process Selection
 Site Selection
 Hazard Identification
 Risk Assessment
 Development of infrastructure
 Generation of Emergency Plan

How the planning must be ?

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 PREVENTION
 Safer Technologies

 Right Selection of Materials

 Adaptation of integrated safety system

 Integrity of equipment

 Elimination of human error

 Emphasis on periodical safety audit

 Practicing of on site and off site emergency plans

 Periodical testing of contingency plans

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 PREPAREDNESS
 On site and Off Site Emergency Plans

 Education and Training

 Capacity building and updating

 Knowledge sharing

 Establishment of MARG

 Awareness for community and Community leaders

 Efficient Mechanism for effective co-ordination

amongst different agencies

 Onus of ownership
 RESPONSE

 Alertness

 Commission of SOP

 Activation

 Time management

 Clear communication

 Technical Services

 Sympathy and Human Values

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 PERCEPTION
 Individual

 Industry

 Society

 Government

CONTEXT
Developing countries
Developed countries
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 WHY THIS EXERCISE ?

 To live,

 To save,

 progress

 And to prosper

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IF THERE ARE OMISSIONS ?

IF THE ANSWER IS POSITIVE

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 HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THIS ?

 Management – play the role of visionary

 Employees – play the role of implementer

WHAT SHOULD BE THE STRATEGY ?

 Pragmatic approach !!!
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 PRAGMATIC APPROACH
 Natural events, accidents, man made disasters, technical

brake downs, rogue employees, external threats are the

potential perils
- watch them

 The personnel working closest to its operations are the best

equipped to detect the risk and risk reducing solutions

– Involve them

 To identify potential crisis – put yourself in the role of internal

saboteur and ask what could I do to damage this company

- mind boggling
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 PRAGMATIC APPROACH cont….

 Some risks are much easier and cheaper to neutralize than

others

- identify and neutralize

 Quantify the risk in terms of potential risks than probability

of occurrence

– apply this theory

 Take a holistic approach in addressing the given situation

- give a thought

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 ESSENCE OF COMPLIANCE

Do not comply the law just because you fear for

Fines,

Imprisonment,

Suspension of license to operate,

Bad publicity,

Strained employee/employer relations

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 ESSENCE OF COMPLIANCE

But comply the law to prevent

Human sufferings

Disasters

Degradation of quality of life

Environmental damage

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When can you achieve success ?

 Develop human values

 Follow moral principles

 Follow the law

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Message

We make living by what we get,

but we make a life by what we
give.

- Sir Winston Churchill

 Bottom Line

 When the egg is broken

– a life is lost

 Allow the nesting…

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 Thank you
for your attention

H. SRINIVASAIAH,
Director of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety and Health,
Government of Karnataka

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( F ) : 080 – 26531202
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