ON SITE EMERGENCY PLAN (OSEP)

An emergency could be the result of malfunction of work discipline or non-observance of operating instructions. It could, at times, be the consequence of acts outside the control of human like severe storm,flooding etc.

Hence, it is necessary to prepare a Contingency Plan for dealing with incidences which may still occur and are likely to affect LIFE and PROPERTY both within the plant and in the immediate neighbourhood.

Preparing ‘Onsite Emergency Control Plan (OECP)’ is the statutory requirement under different legislations by State as well Central Government as below:

  • Section 41-B(4) of the Factories Act, 1948, applicable to the hazardous processes
  • Rule 13 of Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989
  • Many State governments enacted rules. E.g. Maharashtra Control of industrial Major Accident Hazards Rules, 1993
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