By H. S RINIVASAIAH Director of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health Government of...

ByByH. SH. SRINIVASAIAHRINIVASAIAHDirector of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & HealthDirector of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & HealthGovernment of KarnatakaGovernment of Karnataka

ByByH. SH. SRINIVASAIAHRINIVASAIAHDirector of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & HealthDirector of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & HealthGovernment of KarnatakaGovernment of Karnataka

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One thing I learnt when I was negotiating

was that, until I changed myself, I could

not change others.

- Sir Nelson Mandelaji

GENESIS

Natural Disasters

Manmade Disasters Industrial Chemical Disasters

Seveso

Flexiborough

8th Mile Love Canal

Bhopal Tragedy

Mexico

Jaipur IOC depot etc.,

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GENESIS Contd., EARLIER CONCEPT – Reactive

4 R RescueRecoveryReliefRehabilitation

PRESENT CONCEPT - ProactivePlanningPreventionPreparednessResponse

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PLANNINGProduct selection

Process Selection

Site Selection

Hazard Identification

Risk Assessment

Development of infrastructure

Generation of Emergency Plan

How the planning must be ?

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PREVENTION

Safer Technologies

Right Selection of Materials

Adaptation of integrated safety system

Integrity of equipment

Elimination of human error

Emphasis on periodical safety audit

Practicing of on site and off site emergency plans

Periodical testing of contingency plans

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PREPAREDNESS On site and Off Site Emergency Plans

Education and Training

Capacity building and updating

Knowledge sharing

Establishment of MARG

Awareness for community and Community leaders

Efficient Mechanism for effective co-ordination amongst

different agencies

Onus of ownership

RESPONSE

Alertness

Commission of SOP

Activation

Time management

Clear communication

Technical Services

Sympathy and Human Values

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PERCEPTION Individual

Industry

Society

Government

CONTEXT

Developing

countries

Developed

countries

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WHY THIS EXERCISE ?

To live,

To save,

progress

And to prosper

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IF THERE ARE OMISSIONS ?

IF THE ANSWER IS POSITIVE

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HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THIS ?

Management – play the role of visionary

Employees – play the role of implementer

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WHAT SHOULD BE THE STRATEGY ? Pragmatic approach!!

!

PRAGMATIC APPROACH Natural events, accidents, man made disasters, technical

brake downs, rogue employees, external threats are the

potential perils - watch them

The personnel working closest to its operations are the best

equipped to detect the risk and risk reducing solutions– Involve them

To identify potential crisis – put yourself in the role of internal

saboteur and ask what could I do to damage this company - mind boggling

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PRAGMATIC APPROACH cont….

Some risks are much easier and cheaper to neutralize than others

- identify and neutralize

Quantify the risk in terms of potential risks than probability of occurrence

– apply this theory

Take a holistic approach in addressing the given situation

- give a thought

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Do not comply the law just because you fear for

Fines,

Imprisonment,

Suspension of license to operate,

Bad publicity,

Strained employee/employer relations

ESSENCE OF COMPLIANCE

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But comply the law to prevent

Human sufferings

Disasters

Degradation of quality of life

Environmental damage

ESSENCE OF COMPLIANCE

Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

When can you achieve success

?

Develop human values

Follow moral principles

Follow the law

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We make living by what we get,

but we make a life by what we

give.

- Sir Winston Churchill

Message

Bottom Line

When the egg is broken

– a life is lost

Allow the nesting…

Directorate of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety & Health-Karnataka

Thank you

for your attention

H. SRINIVASAIAH, Director of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety and Health,

Government of Karnataka

( O ) : 080 – 26531200 ( F ) : 080 – 26531202 ( M ) : 09448382318

e–mail : h.srinivasaiah@rediffmail.com website : labour.kar.nic.in