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SYNOPSIS

• A few data on the Inspectorate in France
• A few data on the Barpis missions
• How experience feedback is organised
• relationships Inspectorate /Barpi
• Barpis database
• resulting products
• Examples of use for the Inspectorate
• Conclusions

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Organisation of the INPECTORATE

• Several levels exist
• National level (ministry and its services,
  directions,)
• Local level
• Regional DRIRE in region but also with its
  representatives in each  department 
• Departmental other services just like DSV
  (Direction of veterinary services)

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Inspectorate Main missions

• Draw up proposals to the prefectorial authority
  (department)
• Proposal of licenses for the operators/ evolution
  of the acts (modifications,), up-dates resulting
  from safety reports,
• Proposals of administrative / penal sanctions
• Carry out inspections
• Answer to public questions or claims
• Deal with different files (among which technical
  and administrative inquiries after acc/incidents)

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Main figures

• About 400 000

• Different status possible for the sites
• Out of classification or under the threshold
• declaration
• authorization
• authorization with easements / Seveso status

• About 63 300
• (among which
• 22 600 breedings,
• 1090 waste-plants,
• 6000 quarries)

• About 1230
• (among which 650
• high- threshold sites 

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BARPI (bureau for analysis of industrial risk
and pollutions)

• Bureau belonging to the Ministry in charge of
  environment questions, working for the department
  for pollution and risk prevention (DPPR), more
  precisely for Industrial environment Service
  (SEI)
• Objective experience feedback in connection
  with industrial pollutions and accidents.
• Location in Lyon

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BARPI

• Missions
• gathering and analysis of data concerning
  pollutions, accidents, incidents, near misses in
  classified installations
• Data and analysis spreading
• Forming a technical support for both other MEDD
  bureaus and local inspectorate.

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Relationships between the inspectorate and BARPI

• Inspectorate ?Barpi
• source of information on accidents/incidents
• Barpi ? Inspectorate
• Restitution of products(analysis on significant
  accidents, tendencies on samples of selected
  accidents, restitution of lists of accidents on a
  special topic,)
• Inspectorate ?Barpi
• Frequent exchanges (website, training tuition,
  consultation every 2 months, conference on
  accidents,)

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ARIA DATABASE

• ARIA
• Analysis, Research and Information on Accidents
• Up to the 31st of December 2002 23705
  accidents
• For 2002 about 1700 accidents

• Various kinds of accidents
• - major and serious accidents
• - significant accidents
• - incidents or near misses (if possible lesson
  to learn)
• Different fields
• - chemistry
• - transports
• - Refineries, .

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Method used

• Analysis based on
• many accidents (samples) ?tendencies (concerning
  an activity, a special topic)
• one particular accident ? exemplary solutions
• ...leading to lessons learnt or to learn

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Information recipients
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Resulting products

• Studies on particular topics ? several ones
  rubbish incineration plants, pipes
  transports,handling goods machines, ammonia,
  chorine, metal treatment process, silos
• Answers to direct questions (asked by different
  organisms inspectorate, other administrations,
  private companies,?more than 1200 in 2002).
• An inventory drawn up every year.

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Resulting products

• Short summaries about significant accidents
  e.g. IMPEL document following the ?lessons learnt
  from accidents? meeting.
• Articles published in technical magazines.
• Courses given to school of engineers.
• Barpis website most of the data are available
  Address http//aria.environnement.gouv.fr

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Example Possible uses for the inspectorate

• After an acc/incident occurred ? favourable
  circumstance to discuss with the operator
• Ask for analysis actions taken or to take for
  the future (prevention, mitigation) up-date of
  the monitoring documents listing accidents or
  incidents,
• If Seveso, worth checking if the organisation
  implemented works

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Possible uses for the inspectorate

• Useful all these pieces of information might be
  restored in the frame of the procedures leading
  to license
• Lessons learnt from the accidents that occurred
  in the past (on the site or on similar units) ?
  in the files drawn up by the operator, with the
  relevant analysis
• Interesting The same can be done during
  inspections
• check what had been implemented on the site,
  actually.
• Have a glance on what had been made for
  situations that could be similar.

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Possible actions for the operators
In/accidents monitoring, analysis,
implementation of corrective actions
Check of the actions implementation
Inspections sur site
Vérification mise en place mesures correctives
ou améliorations

• Up-date of the safety reports
• (files, third-party s analysis, )

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Possible lever and synergy for the inspectorate
In/accidents (Exam of the  registers  Lists,
analysis, actions taken)
Inspections sur site
Inspections on the site
Exam of the safety reports (files, Third-party s
reports, )
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But difficulties For the operators

• Communication on accidents is difficult for
  companies
• image
• Economic impacts
• And for workers either
• Possible penalties
• Regard

• Incite communication out of crisis (before)
• Put the incidents in perspective (using gravity
  scale)
• Development of safety culture
• Restitution and publication of exp. Feedback
• Improvement of internal communication

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But difficulties for the inspectorate

• Development of relationships with trade bodies
• based on facts
• inciting exchanges even for incidents (cold
  situation)
• Exam of action actually taken on the sites after
  measures planned (event)
• Development of inspectorate means and competence

• Gathering information needs time and means
• an everyday attention and efforts from all
• But is rich in knowledge
• consequences (model)
• Technical aspects
• Organisational aspects
• Analysis of causes (leading to experience
  feedback).

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