A Public report prepared by the HSE on Behalf of the Competent Authority
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).
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
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
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.
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
The Concordat between the HSE and SEPA can be located at www.hse.gov.uk/scotland/scordat.htm
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