BEC Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Roha, Mr. Santosh Adhikari Senior Manager EHS, tells the benefits of Diphoterine over chemical incident

Date: 08/03/2022

To whomsoever it may concern

We are from BEC Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. and our plant is located in M.I.D.C. Dhatav, Roha, and we are specialized in manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API’s)  and Intermediates.

We manually handle corrosive chemicals like Thionyl Chloride & Caustic Drums while unloading. We face chemical risk as Thionyl Chloride emits dense corrosive fumes in moist air, it reacts with water to generate gaseous like hydrochloric acid (HCl) and Sulphur dioxide (SO2).

Washing with water will not be effective in case of Thionyl chloride splash due to the exothermic nature of the reaction with water. There are few nursing homes near the plant zone and No Specialty Hospital to treat the Chemical Burns. In case of severe chemical burns the patient must be taken to Navi Mumbai which is approximately 2 hours away and about 100 kms.

Our plant is equipped with Diphoterine Solution manufactured by PREVOR since 2019. It is a first aid for chemical burns. We have installed Diphoterine LMPE.DAS kit inside our plant.

Our employees are regularly trained by Prevor, HSE Solutions Pvt Ltd on the use of Diphoterine. We also have printed the usage protocol in our Plant Safety Booklet.

We are convinced in case of an accident we would be well protected as Diphoterine is an active and effective solution. Since its portable they can easily carry with them. Unlike water Diphoterine is safe for rinsing.

We recommend all companies handling corrosive chemicals to equip their sites with Diphoterine which ensures the safety of employees in case of accident and it also reduces work loss and immediately reduces the pain of the victim.

Thanking You,

For BEC Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.

Santosh Adhikari

(Sr. Manager – EHS)