ON SITE EMERGENCY MOCK DRILL CONDUCTED AT UTKAL ALUMINA
Badal Tah,Odishabarta
Rayagada, December 23: In its continuous endeavour towards building a strong safety culture in the organization by adhering to optimum safety standards, an on-site emergency mock drill was carried out at Utkal Alumina’s Doraguda plant targeting HFO tank fire. This was conducted to review the emergency preparedness plan of the organization and to further prepare the workforce and employees to face sudden emergency scenario.
The event was witnessed by Mr. S N Sethy, Deputy Director & Mr. Ranjit Nayak, Asst. Director of Factories and Broiler as observers from Government Department. Mr. B Halabal & Mr. A Pattnaik from JK Paper industry witnessed the event as observers from mutual aid partner. Representatives from Govt hospital Tikiri and Doraguda Police station have also attended the event.
The Mock drill was led by the alternative workmen’s controller of Utkal Alumina Mr. Vijay Dhanuka, Head Engineering Refinery in co-ordination with site incident controller Mr. Kausiki Saran Mishra, Head Operation with the guidance of Mr Jai Tiwari, Head Safety. Leaders of three teams i.e. Combat team, Rescue team & Auxiliary team and their respective members carried out the mock drill in co-ordination with site incident controller in timely manner & as per the procedure. The de-briefing session was carried out by Dy Director and Asst Director Factories and Broilers, who opined that the mock drill was conducted in right way and as per norms. They emphasized on conducting such mock drills more frequently to ensure better efficacy. Mr. Prafulla Samal, AGM Safety Utkal Alumina extended vote of thanks to all the members present.
