Developing a system for managing safety in non-Seveso establishments

Project manager: Agnieszka Gajek Ph.D.

Project summary:

The aim of the task was to develop a safety management system for non-Seveso establishments, considering the kind and range of procedures appropriate for the risk and hazard.The task presents and discusses current principles of categorizing establishments as non-Seveso used by the Inspectorate for Environmental Protection and the Polish Fire Brigade. Suggestions and justification of using quantitative criteria for classifying establishments as non-Seveso were developed.Databases were analysed and non-Seveso establishments were identified. Various dangerous substances were present in the establishments. In total, there were 3009. The task was extended to include elements supporting inspections of the State Labour Inspection in the non-Seveso establishments that are listed by the Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection and the National Headquarters of the State Fire Service. In total, 227 installation were inspected; in those installations there was a potentially high risk of an industrial accident because an accidental release of dangerous chemical substances into the working environment was possible.A computer simulation was used to make several predictions of the effects of the release of selected chemical substances. Those were computer predictions of the toxic and caustic effects on people and the predictions of the effects for explosive scenarios. Suggestions for a programme and procedures for managing safety in non-Seveso establishments were also developed.

Unit: Department of Chemical and Aerosol Hazards

Duration: 01.01.2008 – 30.12.2010