Accident Management Programs

In addition to JSAs, formal accident management programs are invaluable components of any comprehensive health, safety, and environment (HSE) program. Accident management serves to reduce costs of future accidents by analyzing and improving upon utility processes. A Water Research Foundation (WRF) project. Water Utility Safety and Health Review of Best Practices (Borowski and Adams 2010), found that one of the most significant 

Initial medical attention. A utility must be prepared to respond quickly and efficiently to any injury. The first priority at the scene of an accident is to ensure that the area is safe for the injured employee and the responders, and that the injured employee receives adequate medical attention. Employees should be assisted with obtaining, or instructed to seek or provide, medical attention as needed before doing anything else. 

For injuries that do not need immediate care but do require medical attention, utilities should consider contracting with an occupational health provider (OHP). This will 

After the appropriate medical attention is provided, accidents should be reported to the employee s immediate supervisor. The supervisor should then complete an injury report form fhat documents the initial findings. The form used for initially reporting an injury should be simple but informative. The form should indude the who, what, when, and where, and how (i.e., it is not only important to know if personal protective equipment was being used, but also how was it being used) of the inddent. A complete injury report will include the answers to the following questions  

What exact job was the injured employee doing (e.g.. Employee was loading water pump onto truck.) 

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This report describes the steps to be taken in setting up an accident management program at a nuclear power plant. It focuses on the process rather than the specifics of the program since these specifics are likely to be unique to the power plant and its location. 

This conference proceeding includes papers on accident management programs throughout the world. Conference papers can, of course, provide only overviews of the programs. References found in these papers often provide much greater detail. 

PRAs, including external events, because they believe that the results have multiple benefits to the plant. All plants are being required to develop accident management programs, and a full scope PRA will facilitate this effort. A full scope PRA also allows a stronger case to be made in licensing decisions. 

Improvements in safety and environmental performance will come only slowly. Major accidents are rare, even with poorly managed programs, and any reduction in these will be evident only after several years. Areas where early improvements might be expected are spill response and occupational injuries where improved processes should be effective soon after installation. Work place exposure and environmental emissions may improve over a period of several months. 

Must have an acceptable "risk management program in place or undertake an "extraordinarily liazardous substance accident risk assessmeiU ... 

The plant manager of an industrial site having hazardous substances must establish an in-plant hazardous substance management program to ensure that the plant s hazardous substances will not be released by accident, or by neglect, to the plant s soil and groundwater. 

Nevada Chemical Accident Prevention Program Delaware Risk Management Program California Accidental Release Prevention Program Contra Costa County (California) Industrial Safety Ordinance... 

Section 112(r) of the CAA establishes a list of substances that, if present in a quantity in excess of a specific threshold, would require that the facility establish a risk management program to prevent chemical accidents, prepare a risk management plan, and submit the plan to the State and local emergency planning organizations. Carbonyl sulfide is regulated under CAA 112(r) because of its chemical property as a flammable gas. 

The EPA requires, in addition, periodic audits by the implementing agency, such as the state or local air permitting agency. The frequency of such audits would be based on (1) accident history, (2) quantities of regulated substances, (3) proximity to public receptors, and (4) hazards identified in the Risk Management Program [2(220)]. 

EPA Accident Release Prevention Requirements and Risk Management Programs... 

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