Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals conducts a second training programme on “Chemical and Petrochemical Industrial Safety” at New Delhi with the motto of “Safety First, Sustainability Always: Protecting People and Planet!”
Two-day residential training programme conducted with focus on Major Accident Hazard units in Chemical and Petrochemical Sector
Posted On: 19 DEC 2024 7:40PM by PIB Delhi
As a part of Government of India’s Action Plan for Viksit Bharat@2047, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals conducted second training programme on “Chemical and Petrochemical Industrial Safety” at New Delhi. This two-day residential training programme was conducted from 16th to 17th December 2024 in New Delhi, focusing on Major Accident Hazard (MAH) units in the Chemical and Petrochemical Sector.
This program is a part of a series of training programmes that is being organised by the Department on Industrial Chemical Safety with the objective of safety and security for all that the 2393 Major Accident Hazard identified across the country. A total of 48 training programmes are planned to cover all these MAH Units over the period of next five years. Accordingly, 6 such training are planned to be conducted in the remaining part of this Financial Year.
The training programme organised at Delhi witnessed participation of 111 representatives across 58 chemical industries including 48 MAH units located in NCR region.
A total of 13 specialized lectures on chemicals and petrochemicals industrial safety were delivered by the eminent experts from industries as well as distinguished speakers from academic institutions such as IITs, NITs and reputed industries over the course of the two days program.
Thematic areas that were covered in the training programme include Accident & Risk management, Loss Statistics and Loss prevention, Environmental Protection and Spill Prevention, Advance Risk Assessment techniques, Regulatory and standard compliances, Fire and Explosion safety, Hazard Identification Techniques – HAZAN, HAZOP, HIRA, Introduction to Toxicology , Crisis Management Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Labelling of Chemicals and Safety Data Sheets (SDS) & Risk Assessment Techniques ,Emergency preparedness, Process Safety Management (PSM), Hazardous Waste Management, Role of ICT and Other Technologies in Chemical Safety – Promoting Chemical Safety – Emergency Management Response.
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