MOCK DRILL ORGANIZED AT UTKAL ALUMINA PLANT; ENSURING SAFETY & SECURITY OF EMPLOYEES
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Ensuring safety & security of employees, disaster preparedness is a must said Nagesh, Unit Head , UAIL: Full Scale Safety Mock Drill Organized at Utkal Alumina Plant.
Rayagada, December 24: Complying with the decision of the District Crisis Group (DCG), a full scale Mock Drill was organized at Alumina Refinery Plant of Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) during last Monday. The drill is a regular practice of the company for the employees about the emergency preparedness at the time of various industrial crises and also to train them to avoid and escape from any hazardous industrial accidents.
The drill was carried out at Refinery HFO storage area of the plant. It was supervised by the members of DCG and respective Govt. officers of Rayagada District namely Mr. Ranjit Naik Asst. Director Factory & Broiler, Mr. K Somani, Rayagada District Fire Office, F & S, Mr. MD Avesh, Sr. Officer, JK Paper Mills(JKPM), Mr. DK Samal Chief Security Officer, JKPM and Mr.RR Biswal Manager Safety, JKPM, Mr. A. K. Khillo, ASI Doraguda Police Station, who joined the exercise as observers. All the employees including senior executives of the company participated in the said Mock Drill. In a pre-briefing, company official Mr. Kausiki, GM Technical, briefed the entire internal and external team about the overall process of the refinery operation and the process of handling such crises in various emergencies in the presence of Mr. N Nagesh, Unit Head & President, UAIL.
In the briefing to team, observers and government officials the Unit Head and President Shri N, Nagesh said, “In view of safety and security the importance of such Mock Drills are very essential. It helps all the employees to be prepared for such incidents. He also mentioned that after the mock drill any kind of observation by external team will be taken as feedback for further improvement in the process of safety and emergency preparedness.”
The Asst. Director Factory and Boiler, Rayagada Mr. R.K. Naik mentioned that during Fire & Safety Mock Drills, proper coordination between the various team was very essential as time was what it mattered in such kind of emergencies as it involved lives and property which was very evident from the drill. One should first be equipped enough to save their lives and then to safeguard the lives of the people and the property. As such requisite preparedness would save more lives.
Mr. Somani, District Fire Officer, Rayagada appreciated the efforts of the company employees and the entire team of the said Mock Drill. While giving his feedback he mentioned the importance of holding such exercises in a regular basis as these practice sessions would make the team perfect during the real crises.
While giving his inputs Mr. MD Avesh, Sr. Officer, F & S, J.K Paper Mills, who witnessed it as an observer, spoke to the team of emergency preparedness on which kind of foam was more effective for Oil related fire and on the new and advance technology and technique to have an effective handling of the same. Mr. Samal, Chief Security Officer J.K Paper Mills, who was an observer at the emergency control room appreciated the effort and suggested few observations which were well accepted by the team.
In the concluding remarks Mr. Jay Tiwari GM & Chief Safety Officer, UAIL had extended thanks to all the team members for their effective and timely execution of the mock drill and expressed his gratitude to all the Government Officers, Observers for witnessing it and giving their valuable feedback.
