Depot Emergency Response Knowledge Assessment

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Stage 1: Work Preparation and Planning

• It is a normal working day on site, the weather is dry and personnel can be seen in the depot yard entering a vehicle carrying an asset, considering the potential for an environmental incident, what precautionary measures should be taken?

• Key actions and responses to expect:
  
  • SPEN vehicles require standard checks before use each day
  • Personal car will not have standard checks
  • Assets being transported should have been made ready for transport in line with materials management and PCB procedure (i.e. If leaking, asset should be emptied, open holes sealed, nuts/bolts in good condition/in place etc)
  
  

Stage 2: Disruptive Failure

• The vehicle is started and begins moving throughout the depot yard, during this, the asset can be seen leaking oil as it navigates the yard however the driver of the vehicle is unaware, what reactionary measures should be taken?

• Key actions and responses to expect:
  
  • Stop vehicle moving
  • Contain leaking asset
  • Protect asset with spill materials
  • Consideration of other materials
  • Deployment of spill kit
  • Stopping vehicle and pedestrian movements through oily area
  • H&S considerations
  • Communication with relevant Senior Authorised Persons/Line Manager/Team Leaders of Incident
  • Aquiring site Pollution Incident Response Plan (PIRP)

Stage 3: Post Incident Management

• The leak from the asset has been stopped and is no longer flowing freely, considering the significant amount of oil lost that is now stagnant yard, what would the next steps be in dealing with the incident?

• Key actions and responses to expect:
  
  • Repositioning of the vehicle to an area that is protected by an interceptor
  • Empty leaking asset using oil van or pump into tanks
  • Aquire the site drainage drawing
  • consideration of pathway and receptors
  • Consideration of the type of drainage on site (i.e., does the site drainage have an oil/water separator)
  • Stopping oil entering the drains with spill kit materials
  • Checking the drains to see if oil has entered them
  • Contacting our Emergency Response Contractor
  

Stage 4: Preventative Measure Failure

• It is confirmed that oil has been discharged from the site due to the drains receiving the oil either not having an oil water separator in place or complete failure of oil water separators, what are the immediate key actions and considerations to take on first hearing this information?

• Key actions and responses to expect:
  
  • Contacting RSK for on and offsite management
  • Checking condition of oil water separator
  • Contacting Licence Environmental Specialist or Advisor
  • Clean up oil from the yard (RSK)
  • Drainage and oil water separator cleaned out if needed
  • Reporting the incident to the regulator
  • Reporting the incident via OneHS (Team Leader)

Stage 1: Work Preparation and Planning

• It is a normal working day on site, the weather is dry, and an oil van is being filled with clean insulating oil, considering the potential for an environmental incident, what precautionary actions should be taken?

• Key actions and responses to expect:
  
  • Work preparation and planning
  • Checking the oil van can hold volume required
  • Checking hoses and other equipment is fit for use by visual checks and ensuring it is tagged as fit for use within the dates provided
  • Complete dynamic Risk Assessment has been completed for the activity
  • SLAM process has been applied before starting work
  

Stage 2: Disruptive Failure

• The hose connecting the tanker to the oil van ruptures during the filling process, failing completely, a loss of 300 litres of oil spills onto the concrete floor in front of the storage tanks, what reactionary measures should be taken to manage the incident?

• Key actions and responses to expect:
  
  • Stop the leak at source
  • Close valves on tank and oil van tanks
  • Deployment of spill kit
  • Consideration of other materials available
  • Taking steps to stop vehicle and pedestrian movements through are
  • H&S Considerations
  • Communication of incident to relevant Senior Authorised Persons/Team Leader/Line Manager
  • Get site Pollution Incident Prevention Plan (PIRP)
  • Repositioning of vehicle(s) to an area protected by an interceptor or to remove/reduce risk of contact with vulnerable receptors
  • Protecting asset with spill materials
  • Emptying leaking assets using oil van or pumping into tanks
  

Stage 3: Post Incident Management

• The leak from the hose rupture has been stopped and is no longer flowing freely, considering the significant amount of oil lost to the drains and stagnant oil in the yard, what would the next steps be in dealing with the incident?

• Key actions and responses to expect:
  
  • Stop the leak at source
  • Close valves on tank and oil van tanks
  • Deployment of spill kit
  • Consideration of other materials available
  • Taking steps to stop vehicle and pedestrian movements through oily area
  • H&S considerations
  • Communication of incident to relevant Persons/Senior Authorised Persons/Line Manager,
  • Get site Pollution Incident Prevention Plan (PIRP)
  • Repositioning of vehicle(s) to an area protected by interceptor or to remove risk of contact with vulnerable receptors
  • protecting asset with spill materials
  • emptying leaking assets using oil van or pumping into tanks

Stage 4: Preventative Measure Failure

• It is confirmed that oil has been discharged from the site due to the drains receiving the oil either not having an oil water separator in place or complete failure of oil water separators, what are the immediate key actions and considerations to take on first hearing this information?

• Key actions and responses to expect:
  
  • Contacting RSK for on and offsite management
  • Checking condition of oil water separator
  • Contacting Licence Environmental Specialist or Advisor
  • Clean up oil from the yard (RSK)
  • Drainage and oil water separator cleaned out if needed
  • Reporting the incident to the regulator
  • Reporting the incident via OneHS (Team Leader)

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