OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response - Third Edition [electronic resource] / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

Series on Chemical Accidents, 23114614.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environment.

Local Subjects:

Environment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p. )

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

Chemical accidents with serious consequences continue to happen in OECD Member countries and worldwide. Over the past decades, successive major accidents have caused deaths, injuries, significant environmental pollution and massive economic losses - from the hydrogen fluoride leak in Gumi (Korea) in 2012, the ammonium nitrate explosion in West, Texas (United States) in 2013 or, recently, the blow-up of a chemical facility in Tarragona (Spain) and the explosion at the port of Beirut (Lebanon) in 2020, and the blast in Leverkusen (Germany) in 2021. This third edition of the OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response provides guidance for the safe planning and operation of hazardous installations. It aims to support public authorities and industry in taking appropriate actions to prevent chemical accidents and to mitigate impacts of accidents that do nevertheless occur. These guiding principles apply to fixed installations at which hazardous substances are produced, processed, handled, stored, used or disposed of, in such a form and quantity that there might be a risk of occurrence of a chemical accident. These guiding principles constitute the technical guidance supporting the implementation of the Decision-Recommendation of the Council concerning Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response adopted in 2023.

Contents:

Prevention of chemical accidents: Principles to industry

General principles for prevention

Reader's guide

Sharing lessons learnt from accidents

Emergency preparedness and mitigation: Principles to public authorities

Land-use planning

About the OECD Chemical Safety and Biosafety Programme

General principles for preparedness and mitigation

Communication with the public for prevention, preparedness and response

For further reading

General principles for response

International and transboundary co‑operation

Foreword

Editorial

Incident documentation and reporting

Emergency response: Principles to industry

Assessment of consequences

Explanation of terms used

Prevention of chemical accidents: Principles to public authorities

Golden Rules

Emergency response: Principles to public authorities

Emergency preparedness and mitigation: Principles to industry

Incident investigations

Transport interfaces, port areas, pipelines and marshalling yards.

ISBN:

92-64-81684-4