{"id":4920,"date":"2009-05-24T00:30:44","date_gmt":"2009-05-23T16:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=4920"},"modified":"2009-05-24T00:30:44","modified_gmt":"2009-05-23T16:30:44","slug":"petronas-apologises-over-chemical-leak-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/tamil-schools\/2009\/05\/24\/petronas-apologises-over-chemical-leak-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Petronas apologises over chemical leak incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the chemical leak<\/a> and subsequent protest by parents <\/a>and NGOs concerned about SJKT Ladang Emerald, the below action<\/a> were taken by Petronas. They had a meeting with the concerned people on Friday:<\/p>\n

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Pupils, teachers and other staff of SJK (T) Ladang Emerald who were affected by a chemical leak last Tuesday will receive free medical check-up <\/strong><\/span>from Petronas.<\/p>\n

The company will also reimburse all medical expenses<\/strong><\/span> incurred in the treatment of the students.<\/p>\n

Petronas Gas officials, together with the Health Department and Department of Occupational Safety and Health officers, had a meeting yesterday with the school administration and the Parent-Teacher Association.<\/p>\n

Petronas officers apologised<\/strong><\/span> for the chemical leak and explained<\/strong><\/span> how the leak occurred while the Health department officers gave an explanation on the effects of the chemical<\/strong><\/span>, ethyl mercaptan.<\/p>\n

Kota Raja member of parliament Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud also attended the meeting. She later said Petronas had also agreed to carry out community service projects at the school<\/strong><\/span>.
\nThe company also gave an assurance that such an incident would not recur<\/strong><\/span> and all safety aspects would be strictly followed.\n<\/p>\n

The leak occurred during an annual maintenance work by a contractor appointed by Petronas at 11am on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Shah Alam City Gate facility, a gas sub-station, regulates natural gas flow to industries in Shah Alam.<\/p>\n

The chemical was being added to the gas when the leak occurred and a gust of wind blew it into the school in Jalan Bukit Kemuning, 300m away<\/strong><\/span>. Ethyl mercaptan is used to give a strong odour to natural gas.<\/p>\n

… During yesterday’s meeting, Petronas ruled out moving the facility as it had been there for more than 10 years, before the area became developed.<\/p>\n

PTA chairman S. Murugiah said the medical check-up would be done in medical camps to be run by Petronas for two months<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

He said he was happy with the assurance by Petronas that they were taking all possible measures to ensure such leaks did not recur.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Looks like a lot of work for Petronas over the blunder. Perhaps the school could have requested 20 PCs as well \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

It goes without saying that the procedures should be reviewed, the contractor penalised and more stringent methods are introduced.<\/p>\n

We hope such incidents do not occur, but all is easier said than done. Petronas won’t move the statio since it came before the school. So, move the school?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the chemical leak and subsequent protest by parents and NGOs concerned about SJKT Ladang Emerald, the below action were taken by Petronas. They had a meeting with the concerned people on Friday: Pupils, teachers and other staff of SJK (T) Ladang Emerald who were affected by a chemical leak last Tuesday will receive free […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[117,147,20],"class_list":["post-4920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tamil-schools","tag-crime","tag-selangor","tag-tamil-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4921,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920\/revisions\/4921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}