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Hazard Identification An Assessments, in Chlor-Alkali Industry
Hazard Identification An Assessments, in Chlor-Alkali Industry
D.D.Chhaya
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Some incidences
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Chlorine Leaks
Industry Related Incidences
Haryana Yahoo News
January 29, 2011 Hirapur
The Haryana administration on Saturday evacuated people from
two villages after they detected a chlorine gas leak at a nearby
factory. 17 hospitalised
The villagers were not aware of the factory or its functions, as its
gates were always locked.
The gas leak began on Friday 27 January, 2011, but the local
administration reacted after the gas spread to the neighboring
village of Naryala, and when people complained of breathing
problems.
"We have controlled 70 percent of the gas and the rest we will have
to control," said District Commissioner.
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Chlorine Leaks
Industry Related Incidences
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Chlorine Leaks
Industry related incidences
Chlorine Leaks
Industry Related Incidences
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Chlorine Leaks
Transportation
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Chlorine Leaks
Abandoned Cylinders
Express News Service
Jul 24, 2009 Mumbai Twelve villagers from Kathai, Dhondi and
Talodi villages in Bhiwandi admitted to Hospital. They were affected
due to chlorine leak from four abandoned chlorine cylinders, which
were used for water purification two decades back.
Andhra Pradesh The Hindu April 10, 2010 KAKINADA,
53 speech impaired school children, five constables hospitalized
following leakage of chlorine gas from a cylinder at scrap dealer's
yard. By the time a team of the Fire and Safety Department arrived,
the cylinder, which had been disposed of long ago, was almost
empty. The scrap dealer told the police that the cylinder was lying
underground and surfaced recently when the site was dug up for
road expansion. It was a part of large quantity of scrap purchased
from a fertilizer factory a decade ago.
Chlorine Leaks
Unclaimed Cylinders
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Chlorine Leaks
Municipal Water Supply/ Sewage Treatment
Chlorine Leaks
Municipal Water Supply/ Sewage Treatment
Goa Times of India- Sep 18, 2011
PANAJI: Chlorine gas leaked from a cylinder near the pump room in
the Kala Academy compound in Panaji, slightly injuring one person
late Saturday evening.
Maharashtra : Pune Jan 18, 2011, Agency: PTI, DNA
Twenty-four people, including one corporator and some fire brigade
personnel, were hospitalised following leak of chlorine gas in the
wee hours of Tuesday from a cylinder at the sewage treatment plant
(STP) at Bhatnagar, in Pimpri.
One of the valves of a cylinder out of 12 stored was damaged.
The spread of the toxic gas caused panic among the 30,000-odd
residents.
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Chlorine Leaks
Municipal Water Supply/ Sewage Treatment
Union Territory, Chandigarh - Times of India
May 21, 2011,
Recurrence of chlorine leakage
Chlorine gas leakage at a tube well in Manimajra under municipal
corporation, which affected 15 people on May 10, 2010. about a
year ago
On Saturday night, 21st May 2011, there was a similar leak from
three chlorine cylinders out of 11 lying in open at MC public health
department's tube well in Sector 15. As a result, 20 persons had to
be rushed to Government Multispeciality Hospital. Ten workers of
the public works department, including four women, who were
sleeping in shanties next to the tube well, were the worst affected.
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NOTE 1 An accident is an incident which has given rise to injury, ill health or fatality.
NOTE 2 An incident where no injury, ill health, or fatality occurs may also be referred to as a near-
miss, near-hit, close call or dangerous occurrence.
NOTE 3 An emergency situation (see 4.4.7) is a particular type of Incident
Interested party
Person or group, inside or outside the place of work concerned
with or affected by the OH & S performance of an organization
OHSAS 18001, clause 3.10
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Hazard Identification
Process of recognizing that a hazard exists and defining
its characteristics
OHSAS 18001, clause 3.7
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HARDWARE SOFTWARE
the plant and upkeep The organisation
HUMAN WARE
The people
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Occupational Health
Hazard Identification
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Planned Inspections
Group Meetings
Accident/Incident Investigations and
Analyses
Employee Surveys
OHS Management System Audits
Hazard Surveys
Other Activities
examples of ..................
RISKS
HAZARDS Severity
slips, falls Injuries
lifting and handling hazards MINOR - cuts, bruises,
operation hazards irritation
M AJOR - burns, concussion ,
dismantling
fractures , deafness, lung
maintenance, repair disorders
commissioning SEVERE - poisoning, fatal
injury, cancer, multiple
fire and explosion
fracture
vehicle
violence
inhalation
Likelihood
number of personnel exposed
eye damage hazards
frequency and duration of
skin contact exposure
electric shocks failure and shutdown
contractors etc ....... unsafe acts being performed
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Occupational Health
Identification
Evaluation
Control
Identification
Chemical Biological
Physical
Ergonomic
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Dust/fibres Noise
Fumes Vibration
smokes Temperature
mists/aerosols Radiation
Gases Illumination
Vapours
Biological Ergonomic @
Identification
Resources
Material Safety Data Sheets Experience
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Evaluation
Evaluation Variables
Inhalation
Absorption
Ingestion
Injection
Evaluation
Evaluation Variables
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Evaluation
Types of Exposure
Evaluation
Threshold Limit Value
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Evaluation
Categories of TLVs
TLV-C (Ceiling)
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Accident/Incident Analysis
Near Miss Reports
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Risk Assessment
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Risk Identification
Risk Analysis
Risk Evaluation
Risk Treatment
AS/NZS 4360:2004
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These are:
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When risks are not identified, organisations will not have any
planned control or contingency measures in place.
It is often the punch that the boxer does not see that knocks
him out!
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Risk
Business Risk
Invisible risk
Intelligence gap
Visible risk
Time
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RISK
LIKELIHOOD = frequency of event occurring e.g. number of
events per year, number of events per 1000 working hours etc.
RISK ASSESSMENT
Core Concept
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ACCIDENT RATIO
1 MAJOR INJURY
MINOR INJURY
10
PROPERTY DAMAGES
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NEAR ACCIDENTS
600
Our efforts should be directed to the many significant opportunities of near misses for
control of accidental losses
Inadequate
Undesired
Program Substandard People
Personal Event
Program Acts Property
Factors That Could/
Standards Substandard Environment
Job Factors Does Lead
Compliance to Conditions Process
to a Loss
Standards
Threshold
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Immediate Causes
Lack of Basic Immediate Incident Loss
Control Causes Causes
Basic Causes
Lack of Basic Immediate Incident Loss
Control Causes Causes
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Lack of Control
Lack of Basic Immediate Incident Loss
Control Causes Causes
Inadequate System
Inadequate System Standards
Inadequate Compliance with Standards
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Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment process asks the questions:
What can go wrong? (Identification)
How serious would it be?
Severity
IDENTIFY HAZARDS
HAZARD ANALYSES
Likelihood of Consequences of
occurrences occurrences
Extreme Moderate
High risk Low risk
risk risk
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RISK ASSESSMENT
Ten Steps for Effective Risk Assessment:
RISK ASSESSMENT
Ten Steps for Effective Risk Assessment: (cont)
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RISK ASSESSMENT
General Industries
RISK ASSESSMENT
Event Modeling
Hazop
S FMEA
T
R Fault Tree
U
C Potential Problem Analysis
T
U Group Risk Assessment
R What If Technique
E
Checklist
Simple Risk Assessment
Minutes TIME Weeks
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Use of GRA
Concept and Design
Stages
Routine Hazard
Identification and Analysis
Proposed Changes
Pre-Start Up Safety
Developing Standard
Reviews
Work Practices
Due Diligence
Safety and Operability
Reviews
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2 to 6 participants
Diverse perspectives
Include those most immediately affected
Familiar with process or problem being
considered
Able to put aside personal bias
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3. Establish Parameters
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Risk Criteria
Major Loss...
Minor Loss
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Acceptable Risk
L Controls may be justified.
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GRA Data
Names of Participants
Dates of GRA
Risk Criteria and Rankings
GRA Worksheets
Conclusions
Follow-Up Actions
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As evidence of due-diligence
To maximize the benefit of the GRA process
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Lifting & Failure Hand & Finger H Rare L M Strict legal compliance and L
positioning of lifting or other body six monthly evaluation of
of chlorine tools parts injury legal compliance
cylinder
Toolbox talk, training, use
of taglines
Caution : This rating is only for an illustration and not intended to be applicable to all
chlorine handling units
L M H
Probability
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MEASURES OF LIKELIHOOD
1 Rare May only occur in exceptional circumstances (Eg:- More than 5 years)
MEASURES OF SEVERITY
1 Insignificant No injuries
5 Catastrophic Fatality
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Likely M M H E E
4 (4) (8) (12) (16) (20)
Possible L M M H E
3 (3) (6) (9) (12) (15)
Unlikely L L M M H
2 (2) (4) (6) (8) (10)
Rare L L L M H
1 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Sl. No. Activity Concern D/I/ ENV/ Present Control Additional Control
Legislation*
Likelihood
Risk Level
Residual
Severity
Existing
Measures
Control
Risk
N/ABN OHS
What? How?
Emergency When? Who?
12 Bulk Road accident Indirect ENV TREM Card 3 3 5 5 225 Training drivers for 15
transportatio causing issued to drivers defensive driving &
n of chlorine release of Emergency OHS MSDS, involvement
cylinders by chlorine due of transporters &
truck to damaged drivers in mock
cylinders drill, Route survey,
On route helpline
37 Scrapping Corrosion Indirect ENV Decontaminatio 2 1 1 5 10 Not required 10
and disposal giving rise to n SOP before
of chlorine release of Abnormal OHS disposal
cylinders chlorine (non-
routine)
56 Chlorine Chlorine leak Direct ENV Annual 3 1 1 5 15 scheduled 10
transfer through thickness replacement of
through gaskets or Normal OHS survey, moisture pipe
pipeline due to control,
corrosion
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TYPES OF EMERGENCY
1. SOCIAL
Related to individual.
2. NATURAL CALAMITIES
Heavy rain Flood Lightening
Earth Quack Storm Hurricane / Tornado
Extreme temp.
3. MAN-MADE EMERGENCY
Contd
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LEGAL PROVISIONS
Contd
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ASSESMENT OF RISK
When assessing the potential for loss and damage, account
should be taken of
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Objectives of
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN
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I. Documentation plan.
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1.KNOWLEDGE OF:
JOB.
PROCESS.
PLANT LAY OUT.
HAZARDS.
EMERGENCY SAFETY EQUIPMENT
AVAILABILITY AND THEIR USE.
EMERGENCY HANDLING PROCEDURES.
2. SKILL:
Practical approach to problem.
3. ALERTNESS:
Important factor no substitute for this trait.
4. CENTRALISED AUTHORITY:
Too many cooks spoils the broth.
5. OPEN MINDEDNESS:
All persons jointly involved in dealing with
emergencies should be able to frankly pool all
resources.
6. READY AVAILABILITY OF TOOLS / SAFETY EQUIPMENTS:
Fire & Safety devices upkeep and usability is most
important factor.
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EMERGENCY
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