On October 6, 2001, A severe earthquake occurred in the west region of the Tottori prefecture. Oji paper, Yonago mill was forced to be shutdown and many facilities were damaged due to the earthquake. After the earthquake, the crisis control procedures of the mill had been checked and reviewed by the mill personnel.
In this paper, the damages of the mill facilities and our initial response to the earthquake are reported, and the examination of the mill's crisis control procedures is discussed.