Mohammad Ali
Khademian, Health, Safety and Environment Director General of PGPIC, told NIPNA
about the holding’s plans in the current Iranian calendar year which bagan on
March 20.
He said the
systems were being established in all of PGPIC subsidiaries in order to prevent
the release of hazardous chemicals.
The official
said that one of the main HSE programs of PGPIC in the previous calendar year was
auditing the units for safety-related and fire-fighting measures using European
and South African consultants, which provided good reports.
Khademian noted
that the concerns regarding recent rainfalls in the country which claimed the
lives of over 75 people since last month, saying there were no HSE-related issues
in the plants that operated in the flooded areas of the country.
PGPIC governs
dozens of petrochemical plants, which account for the lion’s share of the country’s
petrochemical output.
Process safety management system is a
regulation promulgated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA). A process is any activity or combination of activities
including any use, storage, manufacturing, handling or the on-site movement of
highly hazardous chemicals (HHCs) as defined by OSHA and the Environmental
Protection Agency.