Emergency Procedures and Response

A model written safety and health program can be found in Appendix B. This model should be taken and adapted to fit the needs of your company. 

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT A PRACTICAL APPROACH 

Injured worker s name Trade of Injured worker. 

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While most chemical facilities have an emergency plan, it may not be as detailed as required for the PSM rule and it may not have addressal of the response and recovery stages of an emergency. The plan is required to include types of accidents considered, emergency procedures and responsibilities, escape routes, locations for safe zones (assembly points), types of alarms, actions before evacuation, personnel accounting, rescue and medical responsibilities, reporting, local coordination, and the procedures for handling small releases of hazardous material. 

Improved Operating Procedures 11. Segregate process waste waters from stormwater systems. 12. Optimize the frequency of tank and equipment cleaning. 13. Prevent solids and oily wastes from entering the drainage system. 14. Establish and maintain an emergency preparedness and response plan. 

Emergency medical treatment and first aid Emergency alerting and response procedures Critique of response and follow-up PPE and emergency equipment Conduct of periodic drills... 

Employers will need to select how many different emergency preparedness or third lines of defense they plan to have, develop the necessary emergency plans and procedures, appropriately train employees in their emergency duties and responsibilities, and then implement these lines of defense. 

In addition to the rules, regulations and procedures provided above for emergency planning and response, each state (in tlie United States) is actually involved in other environmental management activities. Recently, Matystik et al lia C prepared a suiiuiiary outline for interested users on tliese otlier state regulatory initiatives. The outline is a baker s dozen of information wliicli include the following for each state ... 

In addition to die rules, regulations and procedures provided in Section 8 for emergency plamiing and response, each state (in tiie United States) is actually involved in other enviromnental management activities. 

Process Safety Review Procedures for Capital Projects Process and Equipment Integrity Human Factors Company Standards, Codes, and Regulation Employee Participation Pre-Startup Safety Review Mechanical Integrity Hot Work Permit Emergency Planning and Response Trade Secrets Planning for Emergencies... 

There was no procedure to evacuate nonessential personnel from the area in the case of a high LET alarm or a power failure. Because the contractors and some other workers in the area do not have radios to monitor unit communications, they would not know to leave the area unless the evacuation alarm was sounded. (Emergency planning and response)... 

The procedure that states that the operator goes directly to the area of a high LEE alarm puts the operator in harms way. Production personnel need better data to decide on the appropriate alarm response, hut the risk to personnel to get that data needs to he reduced. (Emergency planning and response)... 

Implementation and Operation. Documented procedures must be in place to control and monitor all of the ways in which the company impacts and interacts with the environment, including emergency preparedness and response. This includes an assurance that employees are trained and competent in their jobs that may interact with the environment. 

Personnel who responded to a chemical spill of methyl acrylate were never briefed by facility personnel. As a result, they did not assume command of the event, even though facility procedures require the command to be transferred to Emergency Management and Response (EM R) if the facility does not have adequate resources to handle an event. The fact that the facility called for the hazardous materials (HAZMAT) team and used the services of occupational medicine was a sign that it did not have the necessary personnel to deal with the event, so EM R should have assumed the role of incident commander. Furthermore, no one was concerned about the flammability of the chemical. No one called the lire department to respond as a precautionary measure. If the methyl... 

Accident/incident data summaries Environmental compliance and sensitivity Results of HSE reviews and audits Timeliness of hazard mitigation Integration of HSE protection in job preplanning Compliance with procedures and permit-required systems Availability and use of proper HSE equipment Adequacy of emergency planning and response procedures Commitment of contractor s management to HSE protection Adequacy of HSE training (level of detail and documentation)... 

In endeavouring to meet all their health and safety responsibilities, employers must also provide comprehensive information and appropriate training for employees, take account of capabilities when allocating tasks, establish emergency procedures and consult with trade union health and... 

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