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Appendix 4 - Published guidance

Electricity

• HSG85 – Electricity at work: Safe working practices.
  HSE Books 1993
  ISBN 0 7176 0442 X
  See also www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/docspubguid.htm

Electricity at Work Regulations (EWR) 1989

• HSR25 - Memorandum of guidance on the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989: Guidance on regulations.
  HSE Books 1989
  ISBN 0 7176 1602 9

Emergency Isolation

• CHIS2 - HSE Information Sheet: Chemicals Sheet No 2 - Emergency isolation of process plant in the chemical industry.
  To download see www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/chis2.pdf

The guidance recommends that isolation should be affected from the control room, with alarms provided on plant and in the control room.

• See also www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/techmeasisolatio.htm for further information on isolation and a list of previous major accidents where isolation was relevant.

• See also www.hse.gov.uk/spd/spdoiac.htm for information on the safe isolation of plant and equipment prepared by the Oil Industry Advisory Committee (OIAC).

Emergency Planning

• HSG191 - Emergency Planning for Major Accidents: Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999.
  HSE Books 1999
  ISBN 0 7176 1695 9
  See also www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/docspubguid.htm

• For general information see The UK Emergency Planning Society at www.the-eps.org and The Society of Industrial Emergency Services Officers (SIESO) at www.sieso.org.uk

Environment

• Guidance on the interpretation of major accidents to the environment for the purposes of the COMAH Regulations 1999.
  ISBN 0 11 753501 X

For general information see the following:

• See European Environment Agency at www.eea.eu.int

• See Environment Agency at www.environment-agency.gov.uk

• See Scottish Environment Protection Agency at www.sepa.org.uk

General Information on the Chemical and Oil Industry

• For general information see the following:

  • European Chemical Industry Council – CEFIC at www.cefic.org

  • Chemical Industries Association – CIA at www.cia.org.uk and also “Sustaining the UK chemical industry” which is available directly from the CIA.  

  • CONCAWE  at www.concawe.be
    See downloadable report – “The Seveso 2 directive and the oil industry” and statistical summaries of reported incidents

  • See also “Large Property Damage Losses in the Hydrocarbon -Chemical Industries – A Thirty-Year review. Trends and Analysis”, Nineteenth Edition, February 2001. Published by Marsh Risk Consulting.

  • American Petroleum Institute – API – at http://api-ec.api.org

  • For information on the Responsible Care programme see www.chemical-industry.org.uk

  • Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) at www.icheme.org

  • “Lessons from Longford (The Esso Gas Plant Explosion)” – Andrew Hopkins. Published by CCH Australia Ltd. Books.
    ISBN 1-86468-4224.

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

• L1 - A Guide to the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
  ISBN 0 7176 0441 1
  See also www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/docspubguid.htm

Health and Safety Executive

• Prioritising the work of the Health and Safety Commission
  HSE Discussion Document DDE17.
  To download document see www.hse.gov.uk/consult/disdocs/dde17.htm

• Revitalising Health and Safety Strategy Document
  For further information see www.hse.gov.uk/revitalising/what_is/index.htm

• Further details on HSE HID – Land Division are available via the website – www.hse.gov.uk/hid/ which also contains details of the strategic plan for HID for the period 2001-2004.

• Health and Safety Commission Strategic Plan for 2001-2004.
  See www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/plans/hscplans/plan0104.htm

• HSE Enforcement policy statement

• The Concordat between the HSE and SEPA can be located at www.hse.gov.uk/scotland/scordat.htm

Human Factors

• HSG48 – Reducing error and influencing behaviour.
  HSE Books 1999
  ISBN 0 7176 2452 8
  See also www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/docspubguid.htm