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J3 PPE Requirement
As JMD has grown into the world's largest Refinery/s and Petrochemical complex that too with introduction of Syn.gas generation in Gazification Complex/s, the sensitivity of flammable media and probability of presence of Toxic gas in atmosphere has enhanced considerably.
During implementation of these PPEs only, we came to know that the JMD is the most complicated
combination of process plants in the world where we have both the C2/C3 production units and Coke gasification producing Syn. gas co-exist in the same complex. I shall touch that point when addressing the CO intrusion issue in electro-chemical sensor type.
Moreover, at the start of J3 project conceptualization stage, people concerned have not envisaged the treacherous toxic characteristic of CO & H2S. As most of them come from conventional hydrocarbon processing industry back ground, they could not appreciate these and poo-pooed when I highlighted the issue. Since I have bitter knowledge of CO killing a person when exposed in coke oven plant- my first cousin was a fatal casualty in 1970 s while working at Bhilai steel plant, I could sense the seriousness and project to the team. Mr.VVSR being one of the safety leaders in the company, he could catch the point immediately and ensured the safety message spread across the site. From JMD side I got full freedom to identify all the PPE requirements and organize sourcing them.
As these PPEs are mostly portables, a question arose who will identify the requirements, which DEC will generate the MTO & raise corresponding MR., who will carry out the vendor evaluation and issue TBE to procurement etc. arose. Sh.BNarayan, after studying the involved work and assessing the commonality of requirements across all plant sites, asked me to take the lead , with back-up services of COE-HSE to go ahead. Since I was already carrying out an equivalent task for the JMD Fire fighting requirements, I was psychologically ready to take up the challenging task.
Then started the basic identification exercise of requirements suiting to each plant/complex sensitivity. One can call it as basic engineering to identify the type of portables requirement for each area based upon the area sensitivity, type of probable emergency and how to face/salvage the situation, emergency escape accessories etc. We had several internal discussions with RTG/COE HSE and JMD Safety,Operations/CTS teams. As the heat picked up, everyone concerned came out with their requirements based upon their area sensitivity.
This team work resulted in identifying the various PPE requirement type for JMD but not the actual quantity! Typical of AR style, I convened the meetings of various probable international vendors and asked them to present their products in presence of our team both at RCP and Jamnagar. Four parties
came forward-viz: Honeywell, MSA, Dragor and TYCO.
The identified PPE requirements were:- SCABA eqpt. with mask, Breathing Air outlets with harness assembly, Inlet air quality monitors, Various Gas type Detector portables with different combination for area monitoring as well as for individuals & their corresponding bump test modules, various OSHA certified gas canisters,Emergency Escape Hoods etc. When we started the task we did not realize that this exercise itself will be a full fledged project activity. Each bidder was good in their own way for certain items but most of them did not have an item suitable for commonality and inter-change between plants! One particular vendor was caught for misrepresenting his claim for Zone 0 approval at that time. A few vendors had certain unique safety feature in their product range.
So developing a TBE for all items combined became a challenge! Fortunately, me being a control system engineer by qualification and back ground project experience I could take the call effectively.
contd....
Key Aspects:- Accountable, Attitude, Critical challenge, Initiative, Lack of experience, Leadership,
Planning, Proactive approach, Responsible, Surprise&shock, Technical issue, Team building
J3 PPE Requirement
As JMD has grown into the world's largest Refinery/s and Petrochemical complex that too with introduction of Syn.gas generation in Gazification Complex/s, the sensitivity of flammable media and probability of presence of Toxic gas in atmosphere has enhanced considerably.
During implementation of these PPEs only, we came to know that the JMD is the most complicated
combination of process plants in the world where we have both the C2/C3 production units and Coke gasification producing Syn. gas co-exist in the same complex. I shall touch that point when addressing the CO intrusion issue in electro-chemical sensor type.
Moreover, at the start of J3 project conceptualization stage, people concerned have not envisaged the treacherous toxic characteristic of CO & H2S. As most of them come from conventional hydrocarbon processing industry back ground, they could not appreciate these and poo-pooed when I highlighted the issue. Since I have bitter knowledge of CO killing a person when exposed in coke oven plant- my first cousin was a fatal casualty in 1970 s while working at Bhilai steel plant, I could sense the seriousness and project to the team. Mr.VVSR being one of the safety leaders in the company, he could catch the point immediately and ensured the safety message spread across the site. From JMD side I got full freedom to identify all the PPE requirements and organize sourcing them.
As these PPEs are mostly portables, a question arose who will identify the requirements, which DEC will generate the MTO & raise corresponding MR., who will carry out the vendor evaluation and issue TBE to procurement etc. arose. Sh.BNarayan, after studying the involved work and assessing the commonality of requirements across all plant sites, asked me to take the lead , with back-up services of COE-HSE to go ahead. Since I was already carrying out an equivalent task for the JMD Fire fighting requirements, I was psychologically ready to take up the challenging task.
Then started the basic identification exercise of requirements suiting to each plant/complex sensitivity. One can call it as basic engineering to identify the type of portables requirement for each area based upon the area sensitivity, type of probable emergency and how to face/salvage the situation, emergency escape accessories etc. We had several internal discussions with RTG/COE HSE and JMD Safety,Operations/CTS teams. As the heat picked up, everyone concerned came out with their requirements based upon their area sensitivity.
This team work resulted in identifying the various PPE requirement type for JMD but not the actual quantity! Typical of AR style, I convened the meetings of various probable international vendors and asked them to present their products in presence of our team both at RCP and Jamnagar. Four parties
came forward-viz: Honeywell, MSA, Dragor and TYCO.
The identified PPE requirements were:- SCABA eqpt. with mask, Breathing Air outlets with harness assembly, Inlet air quality monitors, Various Gas type Detector portables with different combination for area monitoring as well as for individuals & their corresponding bump test modules, various OSHA certified gas canisters,Emergency Escape Hoods etc. When we started the task we did not realize that this exercise itself will be a full fledged project activity. Each bidder was good in their own way for certain items but most of them did not have an item suitable for commonality and inter-change between plants! One particular vendor was caught for misrepresenting his claim for Zone 0 approval at that time. A few vendors had certain unique safety feature in their product range.
So developing a TBE for all items combined became a challenge! Fortunately, me being a control system engineer by qualification and back ground project experience I could take the call effectively.
contd....
Key Aspects:- Accountable, Attitude, Critical challenge, Initiative, Lack of experience, Leadership,
Planning, Proactive approach, Responsible, Surprise&shock, Technical issue, Team building
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