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Emergency Response for Dangerous Goods

Emergency Response for Dangerous Goods . Freight Week 2009 Thursday 10 th September 2009. Today's Agenda. OHS responsibilities Example taken from Work Safe VIC website.

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Emergency Response for Dangerous Goods

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  1. Emergency Response for Dangerous Goods Freight Week 2009 Thursday 10th September 2009

  2. Today's Agenda

  3. OHS responsibilitiesExample taken from Work Safe VIC website As an employer you must provide a safe and healthy workplace for your workers and contractors. This includes: (selected sections only!) • Provide and maintain safe plant and safe systems of work • implementing arrangements for the safe use, handling, storage and transport of chemicals • maintaining the workplace in a safe condition • making sure workers have adequate information, instruction, training and supervision to work in a safe and healthy manner. You have additional specific obligations if your business involves the: • manufacture, importation, transportation, supply, storage, handling or use of dangerous goods http://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/WorkSafe/Home/Laws+and+Regulations/Employer+Rights+and+Responsibilities Training: What does the law require? • The Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 requires employers to provide such training to employees as is necessary to enable the employees to perform their work in a manner that is safe and without risks to health.

  4. ADG code Plan Activation Internal Alerting Mechanism , Situation Appraisal , Authority and Resource Mobilisation Response tasks External Alerting Mechanism , Emergency Action / Containment and Clean Up Resources Contact List , Communications, Logistic Support, Equipment and Materials, Personnel and Media Preparedness Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment , Training, Exercises , Maintenance Of Response Equipment, Investigative Follow Up, Updating/ Plan Availability and Distribution • Publication: • Is still available , and is a great guide • But who uses it? http://www.ntc.gov.au/filemedia/Reforms/GuidelineERP.pdf

  5. Auditing From What I have seen…

  6. Where is CROIERG on the journey Course design follows the competencies described in NFPA 472 • Special Note: • Project has always been designed to other products (classes) to be added at a later stage: • With other groups funding and associated strict liabilities and risks

  7. We call this industry support Development material/ support Industry Funding (over $50K)

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