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COMAH - Safety Report Assessment Manual (V2)

  • The New Safety Report Assessment Manual Main Changes
  • SRAM Version 2 change sheet
  • Section 1 - Statement from the Competent Authority
    The statement, signed by the senior managers representing each part of the CA, introduces the five key principles that will govern all future Safety Report assessment.
  • Sections 2 - 7
    This 121-page document provides an overview and describes roles and responsibilities and the procedures the CA will use to assess Safety Reports. Section 7 provides guidance on the way in which the assessment team will decide on proportionality and setting the target agenda for assessment.
  • Sections 8 - 15
    This 158 page document provides the criteria and supporting guidance to be used by the CA assessors to form judgements about the completeness of the Safety Report and a glossary of the terms used in the manual.

CA Safety report assessment templates

These templates are used by CA inspectors at key stages within the assessment process and have been provided here for completeness.

Contents

Section 2 Overview
Section 3 Roles And Responsibilities
Section 4 Assessment Procedures
Section 5 Applications For Limiting Information In Safety Reports
Section 6 Designating Domino Groups
Section 7 Proportionality And Targeting Of Assessment
Section 8 How To Use The Criteria
Section 9 Descriptive Aspects
Section 10 Predictive aspects
Section 11 Major Accident Prevention Policy & Safety Management Systems Aspects
Section 12 Technical Aspects
Section 13 Guidance For Environmental Assessment
Section 14 Emergency Response Arrangements
Section 15 Glossary

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2011-11-28