This report is based on my two months internship at PPTA Plant LCPL located at Port Qasim, Karachi. during the whle period i learnt alot about HSE and its management system along with report writing techniques. LCPL is the best platform if any one wish to polish his skills in the field of Health, Safety and Environment.

1. HEALTH SAFETY &
ENVIRONMENT
My Understanding of HSE System
At Lotte Chemical Pakistan
Limited (LCPL)

2. BY: SUHAILAHMED RAHUJO
INTERNEE-HSE
PPTA PLANT,
LOTTE CHEMICAL PAKISTAN LIMITED
(LCPL)

3. PURPOSE OFTHE REPORT
 This Report is based on One-day
Safety Induction Session given by Mr.
Shuaib Iqbal ,General Manager and
Safety Officer at Technical Training
Center in its Conference Room. Based
on information presented by Him and
possible gathered information by me, I
have got an ample data presenting
here.

4. KEY FUNCTIONS OF HSE
DEPARTMENT
 AUDITING
 COMPLIANCE
 MONITORING
 The key responsibility of HSE department is to
look after the HSE related rules and regulations
and updating the auditing procedures, to check if
all procedures are compliance with company’s
laws and then continuous monitoring of all the
procedures being followed at LCPL.

5. If there is any violation occur at
any department at PLCL, then HSE
department is not responsible. But
that department is responsible
where such violation occur.
Top Management only see HSE is
updating the HSE procedures to all
department or not.

6. FIRST THING TO BEASKEDAT
PLCL
 First thing to be asked at Pakistan Lotte
Chemical Limited is about HSE.
 Its very important to note that safety at PPTA
Plant has the highest priority.
 There is ZERO LEVEL Injury Policy.
 Safety is not compromised at any cost.

7. HEALTHAT WORKPLACE
 Health at any workplace means the work
related health.
 Health at PLCL is highly focused which is
shown by the commitment of the Top
Management and extraordinary steps taken by
the HSE Department.
 All workers whether permanent or Non-
permanent or contractors are given equally
importance here at PLCL.

8. HEALTH ASSESSMENT
 Every worker who work 8 hours/day must go
through the process of health assessment at
PLCL.
 Health Assessment at PLCL occur once per
year.
 Based on the Health Assessment of workers,
different medical tests are carried out which
ensures the fitness of the workers.

9. RESPONSIBILITYOF HSE
DEPARTMENT
Responsibility of HSE Department is;
 To ensure sound policies.
 To ensure safety of Workers, Plants and
Environment.
 To ensure RCMS(Responsibility Care
Management System) Procedure.
 To ensure OHSAS, ISO 14001, ISO 9001
Standards.

10. MANDATORAY TRAININGS
 Fire emergency trainings
 Toxic emergency trainings
 ERT (Emergency Response Team) is responsible
to carry out and assess all mandatory trainings.
 ERT have their specific teams which carry out
their duties in three shifts.
 ERT follow and report to HSE department.

11. ROUTINE ACTIVITIES BY HSE
1. PROCEDURES:
 There are total 115 procedures are being
implemented at PLCL.
 LCPL HSE Data Base is regularly maintained
on the basis of observation of different
events and accidents and accident
investigation procedures.

12. 2. AUDITING:
 Operational audits
 Specialist audits
 Management audits
 Product Stewardship audits (Related to
Commercial Department)
 OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001 ,ISO 9001 Audits
 Internal Audits

13. 3. REGULAR MEETINGS:
 Daily Morning Meetings
 Monday Communication Meetings
 Monthly ECM(Executive Committee Meeting)
 Quarterly Business HSE Meeting
 Quarterly Location HSE Meeting(Organized
by Location Heads.)

14. 4. REGULAR REPORTS:
 Monthly Man-hour Report
 Immediate Reporting
 MRO
 HSE Report
 Weekly LE/SUSAAudits Reports
 Overhaul Reports
 Hearing Conversation Reports(only sent to
Head of Dept where workers work for 8 hours)

15.  Chemical and Radiation Exposure Reports.
 These Reports are the legal requirements of
PNRA(Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory
Authority).
 Monthly chemical and exposure reports are
being sent to PNRA.

16. 5.ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION:
In coordination with Technical Training Center,
following are the applications of latest HSE
Management Techniques.
 Hazardous Studies
 Hazardous Risk Analysis
 Periodic Hazardous Review
 Hygiene Surveys

17.  Effluent Monitoring
 Radiation Protection Management
 Sludge comes out of plant is utilized by
forming gas with China Company.
 Bio sludge comes from plant is utilized by
Faisalabad Agriculture University.

18.  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
Also close coordination with PPTA.

19. 45 MILLION MAN-HOUR.......HOW!!!
 How PLCL achieved the record of 45 million
man-hour without LTC!
It is briefly describes in the following slides.

20. LCPLCOMMITMENT
 Committed to achieve continuous improvement in
HSE&S which is demonstrated in HSE Policy and set
out standards.
 LCPL commitment is shown by the following main
points.
1. provide safe and healthy workplace for staff and
contractors.
1. Act responsibility towards the Communities and
Environment.

21. 3. Continuous improvement
3. Individual and collective commitment to
these principles.

22. HSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
 HSE Management system comprises of the
following main elements.
 HSE Policy
 HSE&S Standards
 Guidelines
 Local RCM Procedures
 Auditing
 HSE&S Improvement Plans

23.  All above areas are checked yearly and at the
end of the year, letter of assurance is written to
check all systems are compliance according to
legal requirements.
 Policy is changed if either;
I. We deviate from our own system.
II. If new law/Standard come or to follow.

24. HSE POLICY
 PLCL has the following policies regarding
Health Safety and Environment.
 Product Stewardship Policy
 Smoking Policy
 Mobile Phone Policy
 Substance Abuse Policy
 Policy to Deal with Fraud
 Sustainability Policy

25. HSE STANDARDS, GUIDELINES
AND PROCEDURES
 There are 21PLCL HSE&S Standards.
 There are 77PLCL HSE&S Guidelines.
 There are 115PLCL HSE&S Procedures

26. MONITORING PROGRAMS
 Different monitoring programs are being the
part of HSE Management Systems. These
monitoring programs are regularly watched
out. The list of the monitoring programs are
enlisted in the next slide.

27.  Annual Health Assessment Program
 Hygiene Monitoring Program
 Radiation Workers Monitoring Program
 Hearing Conversation Program
 HSE&S Training Program

28. ANNUALHEALTHASSESSMENT
PROGRAM
 In this annually assessment of health of
workers occur in core meeting.
 Purpose of the meeting is to monitor the health
issues of the workers and solve them.

29. HYGEINE MONITORING
PROGRAM
 In this monitoring of the health of the
workers are being carried out which are
exposed to;
Dust
Chemicals
Radiations

30. RADIATION WORKERS
MONITORING PROGRAM
 In this inspection occur if any worker is exposed
to radiation or likely to be exposed.
 Safety measurements and procedures are being
discussed in meeting and reports are being
prepared based on data received by workers
exposed to high ionized area or radiation exposed
environment.
 Such data also shared with Pakistan Nuclear
Regular Authority (PNRA)

31. HEARING CONVERSATION
PROGRAM
 If workers exposed with hearing problem then its
assessed and PPE’S provided i.e. hearing
protectors such as Ear Pins and Ear Muffs to the
workers so that no permanent hearing loss may
occur.
 Hearing problems are particularly monitored and
checked if any worker working in high frequency
sound environment and not wearing ear
protectors.

32.  If any worker caught then the respective
department head is laid to be responsible and
the caught worker is sent to inspection and
have to go through and pass the safety
induction.

33. HSE&S TRAININGS PROGRAM
 In this section of HSE&S, meeting has been
planned to discuss about various hazardous
that has great risk of injuries.
 Trainings of workers, working in different
areas of plants are monitored and inspected
regularly.

34.  PPE’S and other Safety stuff are regularly
inspected and tested.
 ERT Team regularly gets practiced via different
drills and trainings.
 Fire Alarm and Toxic Alarm System are inspected
and tested.

35. Note: Fire Alarm/Toxic Alarm rings every
Friday at 10 am to check if the system is in
proper way and working efficiently.

36. EMERGENCY SCENARIO
 There are 6 types of Emergencies at PLCL
Site.
 For all those, there are specific emergency
preparedness programs are being implemented
and followed. These emergencies types are
described in the next slide.

37.  Fire Emergency
 Toxic Emergency
 Medical Emergency
 Radiation Emergency
 Distribution Emergency
 Crisis Emergency

38. FIRE SAFETY AT PPTA PLANT
 Fire Safety at PPTA has given very especial
focus.
 There are different Fire Safety Components,
Fire Water System, Fire Detection System,
Fixed Fire Protection System, Moveable Fire
Fighting Arrangements etc that aid in
preventing the fire hazardous and mitigate all
fire related problems.

39. FIRE SAFETY COMPONNENTS
 Three main Fire safety components are being
used at PPTA Plant.These are as follows:
 Fire Detectors
 Circuits
 Mimic Panel or Local Panel

40. FIRE WATER SYSTEM
• PLCL adopts very nice system of water
gathered and accumulated at different sites
within or Plant Surroundings.. These are;
 Fire Water Storage Tank
 Fire Water Heeder
 Fire Water Pumps
 Fire Hydrants
 Fire Hose Reeds
 Water Ground Monitors

41. MOBILFIRE FIGHTING
ARRANGEMENTS
 HSE Department also look after those
arrangements of Fire Safety which can be
carried out at any time at any place because
such fire safety arrangements are moveable.
 Such fire fighting arrangements are as follows;

42.  Fixed Extinguishers
 DCP Trailers 250 kg
 Fire Buckets
 DCP 50 kg Trolley
 Fix Exit Tank
 120 Litter Foam Trolley
 Breathy Apparatus/Breathy Apparatus Trolley

43. FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM
 There are different fire detector systems that
detect different hazardous and automatically
monitor the emergency situations. Those
detectors are;
 Smoke Detector
 Heat Detector
 Gas Detector

44. FIXED FIRE PROTECTION
SYSTEM
 Fixed fire protection systems are installed at
different locations within the Plant or its
surrounding areas in order to further facilitate
the fire fighters to overcome the emergency
situations and mitigate all possible hazardous.
 Such fixed fire hydrants systems are very
beneficial against fire hazardous.

45.  Following are the types of Fixed Fire
Protection Systems.
 Ground Water Monitor
 Fire Hydrants
 Fire Hose Reed
 Foam Tank

46. ENTRYOFNEW CHEMICALAT PPTA
PLANT
 If any new chemical come for use then we
perform the two tasks which is a part of
HSE&S Management System.
1. MSDS
2. Risk Assessment

47. CONTROLROOM
ALERT!!! If any event you experience at the
vicinity of PLCL related to Toxic Gas or Fire,
then immediately call to the Control Room No
shown in the following;
222

48. PLEASE READ THIS
IF YOU THINK SAFETY IS
TOO EXPENSIVE!
THEN
TRY FOR ACCIDENT!!!

49. GOOD BYE…….!!!!
PREPARED BY: SUHAIL
AHMED RAHUJO
M.Phil Scholar (Environmental Science) at
University of Sindh.
Email: suhaileia2013@gmail.com
Cell # 0333-4548138