Emergency Response for Dangerous Goods

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Emergency Response for Dangerous Goods

• Freight Week 2009
• Thursday 10th September 2009

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Today's Agenda
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OHS responsibilitiesExample taken from Work
Safe VIC website

• As an employer you must provide a safe and
  healthy workplace for your workers and
  contractors. This includes (selected sections
  only!)
• Provide and maintain safe plant and safe systems
  of work
• implementing arrangements for the safe use,
  handling, storage and transport of chemicals
• maintaining the workplace in a safe condition
• making sure workers have adequate information,
  instruction, training and supervision to work in
  a safe and healthy manner.
• You have additional specific obligations if your
  business involves the
• manufacture, importation, transportation, supply,
  storage, handling or use of dangerous goods
• http//www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/Wor
  kSafe/Home/LawsandRegulations/EmployerRightsan
  dResponsibilities
• Training What does the law require?
• The Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004
  requires employers to provide such training to
  employees as is necessary to enable the employees
  to perform their work in a manner that is safe
  and without risks to health.

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ADG code

• Plan Activation
• Internal Alerting Mechanism , Situation Appraisal
  , Authority and Resource Mobilisation
• Response tasks
• External Alerting Mechanism , Emergency Action /
  Containment and Clean Up
• Resources
• Contact List , Communications, Logistic Support,
  Equipment and Materials, Personnel and Media
• Preparedness
• Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment , Training,
  Exercises , Maintenance Of Response Equipment,
  Investigative Follow Up, Updating/ Plan
  Availability and Distribution

• Publication
• Is still available , and is a great guide
• But who uses it?

http//www.ntc.gov.au/filemedia/Reforms/GuidelineE
RP.pdf
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Auditing From What I have seen
Description Action
No Transport Emergency Response (TERP) Plans in place - Requirement has been in place since 2005 No Procedures/ safe methods of work (SWMS) No understanding of hazards /risk assessment Little / no understanding of working under the authority of Emergency Services Little or No training (desktop/ simulated emergencies) Phase 1
No training or emergency preparation Total reliance on old hand to perform the operation / or inadequately trained person Phase 2
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Where is CROIERG on the journey
Phase 1 Phase 2
Time 2.5 day(s) Status Complete Competency written assessment /activity Course code 80881ACT exp 10-2013 Time 1.5 day(s) Status WIP- ETA 2009 Competency Practical assessment Course code TBA
Core course material Core course material
Developing TERPS Cold Tap - Drill into disabled tanker
Emergency Procedures (SWMS) 2. Product Transfer - AIR operated diaphragm pumps
Hazard/ Risk Assessment 3. Product clean up
Working with Emergency Services 4. Equipment Recovery
Training Desktop / practical exercises
Course design follows the competencies described
in NFPA 472

• Special Note
• Project has always been designed to other
  products (classes) to be added at a later stage
• With other groups funding and associated strict
  liabilities and risks

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We call this industry support
Development material/ support
Industry Funding (over 50K)
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