The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations

A guide to the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 - COM AH-guidance on Regulations Health and safety at quaiTies... 

For new sites with 50 tons or more of LPG the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1984 apply. For sites which will have 300 tons or more (shortly to be reduced to 200 tons or more) these Regulations impose additional duties on site operators which include the prior submission of a safety report . This report has to set out the potential hazards of the plant and the means by which the risks are reduced to an acceptable level. The LPGITA has produced a Guide to the Writing of LPG Safety Reports which supplements the general guidance in the HSE booklet HS(R)21. 

In the United Kingdom this is covered by the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH), set up by the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) to implement the Seveso II directive of the EC (European Union) see www.hse.gov.uk. The COMAH regulations supersede the previous CIMAH (1984) regulations, set up under Seveso I. 

Legal requirements for the production of on-site emergency plans for major hazard sites are laid down in the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (1999 (COMAH) (as amended by the Control of Major Accident Hazards (Amendment) Regulations 2005). 

This card is produced in accordance with the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (COMAH) to advise you what to do in the unlikely event of a major accident on our premises that could affect you and people near you. 

The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH) incorporate the requirements of an amended directive (Seveso 11) which, whilst similar to Seveso 1 and following the same two-tiered format for duties, differs in a number of important ways in that it ... 

The Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations 1999 (COMAH), The Stationery Office, London (1999) also The Health and Safety Executive, booklet no L 111, A Guide to the Control of Mlajor Accident Hazards Regulations, HSE Books, Sudbury (1999)... 

COMAH The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2002... 

The risk assessment process will vary depending upon an organisation s activities. It may be that the assessment will be a highly technical and complex scientific analysis, such as in the case of COMAH site activities (a site defined under the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999). At the other end of the scale, the assessment may simply be a fairly succinct analysis of the hazards, risks and control measures relating to the work activities conducted in a small office environment. 

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