On-Site Emergency Plan

If the emergency can be fully controlled within the facility, with the available resources and without any help from external source then it is called OSE.

• It is necessarily small and of minor nature
• Control & combat are well within the facility.
• Does not affect outside of premises.
• The responsibility lies with the Occupier to deal with it.
• Reporting to authorities is optional.

Emergencies can happen at any time in any types of industry and they can be manmade and or natural. Manmade emergency could be due to fire, toxic gas/liquid release in to ground/atmosphere from storage vessels or piping network. And natural emergency could be like flood, cyclone, earthquake etc. The approach of this plan is to eliminate or reduce the risk of injury or harm as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP).

The main objectives of Emergency Plan are,

• To control and contain the incident and if possible, try to eliminate it.
• To minimize the impact of the incident on persons, property and environment.

An Occupier of major accident hazards (MAH) industry and as per the factories Act 1948, Section 41 (B) every occupier shall prepare and keep this plan up-to date.

On-site emergency plan containing details specified in Schedule 11 of Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals (MS&IHC) Rules 1989 and detailing how major accidents will be dealt with on the site on which the industrial activity is carried on and that plan shall include the name of the person who is responsible for safety on the site and the names of those who are authorized to take action in accordance with the plan in case of an emergency.

It is a systematic plan or procedure which is designed to control emergency situations so as to provide safety and security to the stakeholders until the business continuity or normal business plan resumes.