Abstract
In the current industrial scenario there is a serious need for formulating strategies to handle hazardous substances in the safest way. Manufacture, storage, and use of hazardous substances pose a serious risk to industry, people, and the environment. Accidental release of toxic chemicals can lead to emergencies. An emergency response plan (ERP) is inevitable to minimize the adverse effects of such releases. The on-site emergency plan is an integral component of any process safety and risk management system. This paper deals with an on-site emergency response plan for a chlorine manufacturing industry. It was developed on the basis of a previous study on chlorine release and a full scale mock drill has been conducted for testing the plan. Results indicated that properly trained personnel can effectively handle each level of incidents occurring in the process plant. As an extensive guideline to the district level government authorities for off-site emergency planning, risk zone has also been estimated with reference to a chlorine exposure threshold of 3 ppm.
Highlights
From time and again the ever increasing and complex processing of hazardous chemicals in chemical process industries is a potential danger to the public and environment
Different countries have their own federal regulations to control the risks in the operation of hazardous facilities, and some of it are Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Process Safety Management (PSM) standard and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Risk Management Program (RMP), and Manufacture, Storage, and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules (MSIHC)
All hazardous installations should have an adequate emergency plan which is applicable to that installation and is based on a complete range of credible accident scenarios
Summary
From time and again the ever increasing and complex processing of hazardous chemicals in chemical process industries is a potential danger to the public and environment. Accidents in process industry may occur due to failure of process equipment, operational mistakes, and human error or due to external interruptions like natural disasters Different countries have their own federal regulations to control the risks in the operation of hazardous facilities, and some of it are Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Process Safety Management (PSM) standard and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Risk Management Program (RMP), and Manufacture, Storage, and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules (MSIHC). In addition to the preventive measures, specific emergency management measures are required to reduce the consequences of accidents associated with industrial hazards. Various studies have been reported that an effective ERP is necessary for process industry in order to reduce the consequences of accidents associated with industrial activities [11,12,13,14]. A case study based approach has been used for conducting a mock drill and subsequent analysis
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