OM Materials (Sarawak) Conducts Emergency Drill With Bintulu General Hospital, And The Bintulu And Samalaju Fire Departments

2022 Emergency drill exercise at OM Materials (Sarawak)’s smelting plant

11 November 2022, TODAY – A successful emergency drill exercise was conducted today at OM Materials (Sarawak) Sdn. Bhd.’s smelting plant in Samalaju, Sarawak. The emergency drill exercise, which involved staged mass casualties and hazmat evacuation, was a joint collaboration effort between OM Sarawak, Bintulu General Hospital, and the Bintulu and Samalaju Fire departments.

Setting the stage, the emergency drill started off with the spillage of hazardous chemical substances in a laboratory, causing toxic fume contamination in the building and gas intoxication of employees working in the building. The emergency drill exercise involved 28 personnel from OM Sarawak, 36 personnel from Bintulu General Hospital and 23 personnel from the Fire Department. Representatives from Bintulu Health Department, Department of Safety and Health, and the Police Department were also present and acted as evaluators for the drill exercise.

OM Sarawak Health and Safety Department highlighted that the objectives of the emergency drill exercise were to gauge the level of preparedness, giving employees an opportunity to practice emergency procedures in a simulated but safe environment, as well as to reinforce the cooperation between OM Sarawak, Bintulu Hospital, Bintulu and Samalaju fire departments in managing emergency situations together in the plant located at Samalaju Industrial Park.

Dr Loi Siew Ling, Bintulu General Hospital’s Emergency Physician shared: “The joint emergency drill has been extremely successful and we encourage companies to conduct more drills to prepare employees in case of future accidents. “

OM Sarawak would like to express gratitude to all agencies and personnel involved in the exercise.