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ACCIDENT REPORTING PROCEDURE, CONTACT PERSONS WITH E-MAILS, PHONE NUMBERS, THE ACCIDENT REPORTING PROFORMA AND STATUS OF COMPLIANCE WITH RESPECT TO THE RULES

ACCIDENT REPORTING PROCEDURE (Under the Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals(MSIHC) Rules, 1989 )

Rule 5 - Notification of Major Accidents

(1) Where a major accident occurs on a site or in a pipe line, the occupier shall ¹[within 48 hours notify] the concerned authority as identified in Schedule 5 of that accident , and furnish thereafter to the concerned authority a report relating to the accidents in installments, if necessary, in Schedule 6.

(2) The concerned authority shall on receipt of the report in accordance with sub-rule 1 of this rule, shall undertake a full analysis of the major accident and sent the ²[requisite information within 90 days to the Ministry] of Environment and Forests through appropriate channel].

³[(3) An occupier shall notify to the concerned Authority , steps taken to avoid any

repetition of such occurrence on a site.]

⁴[(4) The concerned Authority shall compile information regarding major accidents and make available a copy of the same to the Ministry of Environment & Forests through appropriate channel.

(5) The concerned Authority shall in writing inform the occupier, of any lacunae which in its opinion needs to be rectified to avoid major accidents].

CONTACT PERSONS

1 Shri . R.K Vaish, Joint Secretary , Ministry of Environment & Forests (Phone

24360634(O) /24107660 ®, Fax: 24363577 E-Mail: vaishrk @.nic. in ).

2 Dr N.H. Hosabettu, Director, Ministry of Environment & Forests ( Telefax: 24360060

(O) 26262397(R)., E mail -nhosabettu @ yahoo.co.uk

Dr.Chhanda Chowdhury, Addl Director, Ministry of Environment & Forests( Telefax:23367652(O), 26265899(R) , e mail- chhanda _c @ yahoo.com.

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_1.Substituted by Rule 3(a) of the MSIHC (Amendment) Rules, 1994 notified vide S.O. 2882 , dated 3.10.1994

_2.Substituted by Rule 3(b); ibid

The manufacture , Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989.

3. Subs by Rule 3( c ) ; of the Manufacture , Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical (Amendment) Rule, 1994 notified vide S.O. No. 2882, dated 3.10.1994.

4. Inserted by Rule 3(d); ibid.

ACCIDENT REPORTING PROFORMA

SCHEDULE 6

[See rule 5(1) ]

INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED REGARDING NOTIFICATION OF A MAJOR ACCIDENT

Report number…………….

of the particular accident

1. General data

(a) Name of the site

(b) Name and address of the manufacture

(Also state telephone/telex number)

(ii) License number

(As may have been allotted under

any statute applicable to the site,

e.g. the Factories Act)

(d) (I) Nature of industrial activity

(Mention what is actually

manufactured , stored etc.)

(ii) National Industrial Classification,

1987 at the four digit level,

2. Type of major accident

Material Fire Emission of

Dangerous

Substance

Substance(s)Emitted………………………………………………………………………………………

3. Description of the major accident

(a) Date, shift and hour of the accident

(b) Department/Section and exact place where the accident took place.

(Attached a flow chart, if necessary)

(d) The circumstances of the accident and the dangerous substance involved.

4. Emergency measures taken and measures

envisaged to be taken to alleviate short term

effects of the accident

5. Causes of the major accident.

Known (to be specified)

Note known

Information will be supplied as soon as

Possible

6. Nature and extent of damage

(a) Within the establishment-casualties . ……………….Killed

…………………Injured

………………Poisoned

Persons exposed to the major accident-…………………………

Material damage

Danger is still present

Danger no longer exists

(b) Outside the establishment

casulaties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Killed

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Injured

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Poisoned

Persons exposed to the major accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Material damage

the anger is still present

the Danger no longer exists

7. Data available for assessing the effects of the

accident on persons and environment

8. Steps already taken or envisaged

(a) to alleviate medium or long term effects of

the accident

(b) to prevent recurrence of similar major

accidents

STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF MSIHC RULES (2003-04)

S.No.	STATES	MSIHC RULES, 1989 amended in October 1994& January 2000
		No. MAH Units 1	Distt, With MAH Units 2	No. on-Site Plans prepared 3	No of Off-site Prepared 4
1.	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Information not received
2.	Andhra Pradesh	120	20	120	8
3.	Arunachal Pradesh	Non-industrial Area
4.	Assam	13	9	9	13
5.	Bihar	Information not received
6.	Chandigarh	Information not received
7.	Chhatisgarh	21	4	18	5
8.	Daman& Diu	Information not received
9.	Dadra &Nagar Haveli.	Information not received
10.	Delhi	16	7	16	1
11.	Goa	12	2	12	2
12.	Gujarat	431	20	431	20
13.	Haryana	22	9	22	Information not provided
14.	Himachal Pradesh	Information not received
15.	Jammu & Kashmir	Information not received
16.	Jharkhand	Information not received
17.	Karnataka	70	16	70	14
18.	Kerala	38	9	38	9
19.	Lakshadweep	Non-industrial Area
20.	Madhya Pradesh	63	20	63	20
21.	Maharastra	342	11	326	11
22.	Manipur	Information not received
23.	Meghalaya	Information not received
24.	Mizoram	Non-industrial Area
25.	Nagaland	Non-industrial Area
26.	Orissa	40	14	40	3
27.	Pondicherry	4	2	4	No
28.	Punjab	54	10	47	10
29.	Rajasthan	112	18	109	11
30.	Sikkim	Non-industrial Area
31.	Tamil Nadu	115	22	86	7
32.	Tripura	2	1	2	1
33.	Uttar Pradesh	92	35	92	1
34.	Uttaranchal	13	5	13	Not provided
35.	West Bengal	Information not received
	Total	1580	234	1521	136

No MAH Units in States/UTs: 1) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Lakshadweep 3) Mizoram 4) Nagaland

5) Sikkim

*Concerned Labour Departments/Directorate of Factories/Chief Inspectorate of

Factories may kindly forward the updated information to :

Dr.Chhanda Chowdhury

Addl Director, Room No. 566

Hazardous Substances Management Division

Ministry of Environment & Forests

Paryavaran Bhawan , C.G.O Complex

Lodi Road, New Delhi -1100

Telefax: 23367652(O)

* (To be highlighted )

STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS (EMERGENCY PLANNING, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE) RULE, 1996 ( 2003-04)

States Constituted State /District /Local level Crisis Groups( status not available for the states not listed below)

	States	SCG	DCG	LCG
1	Andhra Pradesh	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted
2	Assam	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted
3	Bihar	Constituted	---	---
4	Chandigarh	Constituted	Constituted	1 district only there is no need of the constitution of LCG
5	Chhatisgarh	Constituted	Constitued( 4 district) Rajnandan is under process	LCG for Urla Ind Area constitued , For other inf not provided
6	DDelhi	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted
7	Goa	constituted	constituted	--
8	Gujarat	constituted	constituted	Constituted
9	Haryana	Constituted	----	----
10	Karnataka	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted
11	Kerala	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted
12	Madhya Pradesh	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted
13	Maharastra	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted
14	Meghalaya	Constituted	-----	----
15	Orissa	Constituted	Constituted	----
16	Pondicherry	Constituted	---	Constituted
17	Punjab	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted
18	Rajasthan	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted
19	Sikkim	Constituted	Non-industrial state
20	Tamil Nadu	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted
21	Tripura	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted
22	U.P	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted
23	W. Bengal	Constituted	Constituted	Constituted

Non Industrial State/UT- 1) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Lakshadweep 3) Mizoram 4) Nagaland