• A safety officer will be appointed • All personnel receive information and instruction on underfoot conditions to be encountered in such areas. • All personnel to don suitable PPE to include hard hat, gloves, non slip footwear. • BA and CPS or gas tight suits to be worn if required. • All personnel not suitably protected positioned upwind of incident. • All personnel under full supervision • Gardai in attendance to control traffic - set up first aid point.
Likelihood Severity
Overall Risk Rating
1
3
3
1
3
3
Chemical
Climbing vertical ladders, gantries and working on platforms
Falls from height
• Wholetime • Retained • Volunteer/Civil Being struck by Defence falling • Non equipment. ServicePersonnel
2
3
6
• Personnel working above ground level to be kept to a minimum. • Personnel working in exposed areas to be secured by a fall arrest system. • Equipment not in use returned to ground level as soon as practicable. • The OIC will ensure that area below is kept clear at all times. • All personnel to don appropriate level of PPE • All personnel under full supervision • Aerial ladder may be requested to attend
Responsible Person
Location: Letterkenny FS - DL11 Generic Hazards - Chemical
Assessment By:
Countersigned:
Activity
Assessment Date: Risk Rating
Exposure Hazard Identified
Risk
Persons who may be Exposed:
Existing Controls
Likelihood Severity
After Risk Reduction Overall Risk Rating
Fire, explosion Chemical burns Toxicity and radiation
• Wholetime Firefighting and • Retained Boil over, slop rescues from • Volunteer/Civil over, BLEVE chemical Defence and pressure incidents and temperature extremes. Electrostatic generation Electricity
and information on the hazards to be encountered with chemical incidents. • All personnel under strict supervision • Establish inner and outer cordon • All personnel to don suitable PPE to include hard hat, gloves and non-slip footwear. • BA and CPS or Gas Tight suits to be worn if required. • All personnel not suitably protected positioned upwind of incident. • Safety officers to be appointed • A senior officer will attend • Gardai and ambulance in attendance • Specialist advice • All personnel aware of evacuation procedures • Aerial ladder or specialist appliances maybe requested if not including an initial PDA • Use intrinsically safe communications and equipment • Consider firefighting operations behind cover or use of fixed installations or monitors • Fire-fighters should not be allowed on tank roofs unless absolutely necessary and never on partially empty tanks which are on fire • Fire-fighters should not enter bund areas unless authorised and under supervision
Likelihood Severity
1
3
Overall Risk Rating
3
Responsible Person
Location: Letterkenny FS - DL11 Generic Hazards - Chemical
Chemical burns Chemical incidents Toxicity and involving road radiation • Wholetime traffic accidents • Retained Boil over, slop • Volunteer/Civil over, BLEVE Defence Rail incidents, and pressure • Non aircraft, and temperature ServicePersonnel incidents at extremes. docksides and sea Electrostatic generation. Electricity
2
3
6
• Fall arrest system to be attached to personnel committed inside or on top of tanks • Seek or obtain advice from information retrieval systems e.g. Hazchem, ADR, Chemdata, Tremcards etc. • Consider public evacuation • Exercise care of run off from jets/sprays drains and water courses • Recording of exposure and health surveillance if required
