Ammonia Mock Drill

Mock Drill Report SITE:KMU
LOCATION: Prepack Corridor
DATE: 21/09/2022
TIME: 16:22 to 18:00 Hours

SCENARIO: The scenario of the incident was leakage of ammonia from cold room evaporative condenser
line at corridor. Assumed rate of leakage of Ammonia is 1.5kg/second and exposure time is 15minutes.
The duration of the drill was two hours.
OBJECTIVES:
The main objectives of the drill were as follows:
1. Testing the On – Site Emergency plan.

2. Verifying the preparedness level of various departments.
3. Identifying gaps and suggesting appropriate corrections.
EMERGENCY SITUATION: Ammonia Leakage EMERGENCY
Ammonia Leakage – Ammonia Leak Mock drill started at 16:22. Emergency information was given by Site
Supervisor by mobile phone to Emergency Contact Person. Emergency response team member made the
communication to directing the occupant to leave work location/ evacuate the work area, and assemble at
the safe assembly point. When all employees Engineer/Supervisor and Workers arrived at the assembly
point. Various rescue techniques were used by the ERT.A briefing was done on Emergency response during
Emergency.
Points to be checked: Line of communication, Total time line for the rescue operation. Check the response
of the entire team which include workforce & the awareness of the work force regarding the emergency
and emergency contact numbers.
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Response time during emergencies:
S.No. Event Agencies Information Time Action by
1. Leakage started from high pressure As per Emergency plan of
discharge valve transporting Ammonia from KDMPMACU Ltd
16:22
compressor to Cold-room evaporative
condenser line.
2. Shift Operator sees the leak and informs the Shift Operator
16:23
Junior Engineer.
3. Junior Engineer informs to DGM plant about Junior Engineer
16:24
the situation in the Prepack corridor.
4. DGM plant assess the situation and inform DGM Plant
to
1. The Managing Director 16:25
2. Production Manager
3. Quality Control Officer
5. Managing Director in consultation with the Managing Director
DGM plant and production manager will 16:26
declare Emergency
6. On-Site siren will be Blown 16:27 Junior Engineer
7. Head of the Departments depute their Head of Departments
members for continuous review of the 16:28
situation.
8. Each person entering affected area wear
16:28:30
gas mask
9. Nearly 5 to 10 people will be affected due
16:38-16:48
to gas exposure
10 ERT Team &Security persons will arrange for ERT team & Security
16:48
evacuation of persons.
11 Arrangement for refreshment will be made Medical officer & First Aider
16:50
for affected persons.
12. The expert persons of the concerned
section will try to locate fault and necessary
16:59
correction will be carried out as per the
guidance of maintenance Head.
13. Junior Engineer will inform that the Junior engineer
17:00
situation is under control
14. DGM plant will verify that the situation is DGM Plant
17:11
under control.
15 Q.C department will draw the samples and
verify the quality products and declare 17:21 CQC
product quality.
16. DGM plant will inform the Managing DGM Plant
17:27
Director and Functional Heads
17. Managing Director will declare ‘All Clear’ 17:31 Managing Director
18. All clear siren will be blown 17:31-17:40 Junior Engineer
19. Debriefing meeting at Board Room 17:45-18:00 Managing Director
Head Count
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Employees: 112
1 Total Persons present in the installation before the drill: Contractual: 263
Others: 14
2 Total Persons available at assembly point 389
3 Difference of Head count after drill 0
4 Action taken to search the shortfall of head counts, if any No Shortfall
5 Time of all clear 17:31
Following observations were noted during conduct of Fire Emergency mock drill.
Observers:
S No Name of the Observers Location
01 A.Jesu Incident Site
02 K.Srinivas Assembly Point
03 K.Sateesh Reddy Emergency Control Center
04 V.Joseph OHC
Observations:
Positive Notes:
 All the workmen and staff reported to the Assembly point without any panic.
 The evacuation was performed successfully well in time.
 The Refrigeration team used the SCBA and stopped the leakage of Ammonia.
 ERT member has done well and evacuate the Work Location on time.
 The workforce remains calm, while the mock drill was in progress, and showed keen interest to get
knowledge about the emergency.
 Workers were briefed about the emergency response procedure.
 The evacuation team response was quick.
 Emergency Vehicle Ambulance was available at Site.
Deficiencies observed during the exercise: No
Prepared By Approved By
Signature
Name D. Venkatesh G.V.B.Chowdary
Designation Safety Officer Factory Head
Date 22/09/2022 22/09/2022
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Mock Drill Report SITE:KMU

LOCATION: Prepack Corridor

TIME: 16:22 to 18:00 Hours

The main objectives of the drill were as follows:

1. Testing the On – Site Emergency plan.

EMERGENCY SITUATION: Ammonia Leakage EMERGENCY

and emergency contact numbers.

Deficiencies observed during the exercise: No

Name D. Venkatesh G.V.B.Chowdary

Designation Safety Officer Factory Head

Date 22/09/2022 22/09/2022

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