OTIZ is located in Suzhou Wuzhong Chemical Industry Park. As a priority enterprise for fire prevention, the plant requires staff to learn from self-practice and observe from videos of past incidents in other units to enhance emergency response.

The chemical leakage drill in 2021 includes 3 components:
1. Notification
After the forklift operator identified the leakage of hazardous chemical, the operator immediately evacuated to a safe area and reported the incident to the supervisor and communications division.The division then notified the departmental supervisor, emergency communications center at OTIZ, as well as environmental safety, utility and adjacent support divisions with critical information such as the name of the leaked chemical, chemical attributes and location.

2. Emergency response
The on-site commander followed the emergency plan and issued assignments. The firefighting division performed damage control using the emergency box. The traffic control division quarantined the area and conducted traffic control.

3. Sampling and testing
The firefighting division collected the waste fluid and fabric and placed them in the bucket. Surface water was sampled and delivered to public authority for testing. The results are within the environmental safety limit, and all staff evacuated to the meeting point.

After the drill, the entire staff reviewed the video recording to review deficiencies, causes of the leakage and improvement measures. A comprehensive review over the SOP implementation will help staff raise safety awareness.