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Operational Risk Management

Operational Risk Management. Bad stuff, bad day…. “I’m not worried about risk, I manage risk.” Yves Rossy, the first person to fly solo across the English Channel using a single jet-propelled wing. Goals of Hazmat Response. Protect Life Environment Property. General Risk Management.

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Operational Risk Management

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  1. Operational Risk Management Bad stuff, bad day…

  2. “I’m not worried about risk, I manage risk.” Yves Rossy, the first person to fly solo across the English Channel using a single jet-propelled wing.

  3. Goals of Hazmat Response • Protect • Life • Environment • Property

  4. General Risk Management • Take calculated risk to save a life • Take a moderate risk to save property • Risk nothing to save lives already lost or property already destroyed

  5. IC Has Three Response Options • Non-intervention • Defensive actions • Offensive actions

  6. OSHA Requirement • IC must implement “appropriate” option • “Appropriate” depends on hazards/risks • Process of evaluating risks is called Operational Risk Management (ORM)

  7. Operational Risk Management • Decision-making process • Systematically evaluate possible actions • Identify & assess risks & benefits • Determine the best course of action

  8. “Risk” Defined • The chance of personal injury or property damage or loss • Is a function of severity and probability • How likely is it that we can get hurt?

  9. Question for You… • How risky is hazmat response? • What is the chance of injury? • How severe? • How likely?

  10. “Severity” Defined • An event’s potential consequences in terms of degree of damage, injury, or impact on a mission. • How badly can we get hurt?

  11. “Hazard” Defined • Any real or potential condition that can endanger a mission; cause personal injury, illness, or death; or damage equipment or property.

  12. Brief Review • What are the main hazards to hazmat responders wearing CPC?

  13. “Exposure” Defined • Amount of time, number of cycles, number of people and/or amount of equipment • How many times do we have to try this before we get hurt?

  14. ORM Principles • Accept no unnecessary risk • Accept risk when benefits outweigh costs • Make risks decisions at appropriate level • This means you! • Integrate ORM into IAP

  15. ORM Steps • Identify hazards • Assess the risk • Analyze risk control measures • Make control decisions • Implement risk control • Supervise and review

  16. Hazard Identification • What can go wrong? • Equipment • Environment • People

  17. Risk Assessment • If something goes wrong how will it affect us? • Are these risks acceptable?

  18. Risk Control Measures? • Reduce severity • Lower probability • Reduce exposure

  19. Making Control Decisions • Main decision makers • HM Group Supervisor • ASO – Hazmat • Tech Spec – Hazmat Reference

  20. Implementing Risk Control • Use Site Safety Plan

  21. Risk Identification • Basic recognition clues can help • Occupancy/location • Container shapes • Markings and colors • Placards and labels • Shipping papers & MSDS • Senses

  22. Common Risks in Hazmat • Slips, trips & falls • Irritating materials • Flammable or explosive materials • Oxygen deficient atmospheres • Gases & vapors above exposure limit

  23. IC Tasks • ID and avoid unacceptable risks • ID, evaluate & control acceptable risks

  24. Bottom Line • Recognizing hazards is half the battle • You must ID & evaluate the risks from those hazards

  25. Assessing Risks • Acceptable • Unacceptable

  26. Hazmat Risk Assessment • Most frequent risk: heat stress • Most severe risk: fire and explosion

  27. Unacceptable Hazmat Risk • Fire • Explosion • BLEVE • Polymerization • Reactive materials • High oxygen

  28. Identifying Unacceptable Risks • Visible flames and/or smoke

  29. Unacceptable?

  30. Identifying Unacceptable Risks • Signs of imminent fire/explosion • Presence of explosives • Flammable gas/vapor in enclosed space • High oxygen level • Damaged pressure vessels

  31. Identifying Unacceptable Risks • Indications of unacceptable risks • Uncontained flammable gas/vapor • Toxic gas/vapor in enclosed space • Liquids toxic by skin absorption • Large quantities of hazmat • Ionizing radiation

  32. Situations Involving Less Risk • Small quantity of hazmat • Non-reactive material with low VP • Undamaged unstressed containers

  33. Risk Identification • What was the goal? • What were the risks? • How could they have met the goal but minimized the risks?

  34. Controlling Risk in Hazmat • Basic methods of controlling risk • Engineering Controls • Administrative Controls • Personal Protective Equipment

  35. Engineering Controls • May be damaged by the incident • Can’t rely on this in emergency response

  36. Administrative Controls • Developed by SO/ASO-HM • Will follow regs, standards & SOGs • Expressed by Site Safety Plan

  37. Personal Protective Equipment • Main method of reducing exposure in hazmat emergency response

  38. Administrative Controls for Hazmat • Scene access controls • Work duration management • Site Safety Plan • Development • Implementation • Enforcement

  39. Role of SO/ASO-HM • Will develop SSP • Participates in selection of PPE • Has authority to suspend operations

  40. Managing Risk • Review exercise scenario • What risks are acceptable? • Which are unacceptable?

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