List of common terms and acronyms used within the Bulk Liquid Warehousing sector.
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 | ACOP | |
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| Approved Code of Practice: provide practical guidance on compliance, although failure to comply with an ACOP is not an offence in itself they do have specific legal status and employers or indviduals may face prosecution under health and safety law. | ||
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| ATG | |
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Auto Tank Gauge - Electronic devices used to read and transmit data from storage tanks, this information could include:
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| BSTG | |
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| Buncefield Standards Task Group: Task group set up following the explosion and fire which occured at Buncefield in December 2005. This group produced it's final report and recommendations in July 2007.
For the Buncefield investigation page click here | ||
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| COMAH | |
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| Control of Major Accident Hazards: Set of regulations aimed at reducing the risk to the public from Major Accident Hazard sites which store or use hazardous substances. Came into force on 1st April 1999 and where further revised in 2005, they implement specific EC directives known as the Seveso II Directive.
The regulations replaced CIMAH (Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards) 1984. Regulations: Control Of Major Accident Hazards 1999 | ||
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 | Competence | |
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| Competence is a combination of practical and thinking skills, experience and knowledge. It means the ability to undertake responsibilities and to perform activities to a recognised standard on a regular basis. | ||
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| COSHH | |
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| Control of Substances Hazardous to Health - Set of regulations requiring employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. The defininition of such substances is found in Regulation 2 of COSHH
Regulations: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 1992 (As Amended) | ||
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| DSEAR | |
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| Dangerous Substances & Explosive Atmospheres Regulations: The regulations places duties on employers (Including the self employed) to protect people from risks to their safety from fires, explosions or similar events in the workplace. Note - This includes members of the public who may be put at risk by the work activity.
Regulations: Dangerous Substances & Explosives Atmospheres Regulations 2002 | ||
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| HAZOP | |
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| Hazard and Operability: A structured and systematic examination of a planned or existing process or operation in order to identify and evaluate problems that may represent risks to personnel or equipment, or prevent efficient operation. | ||
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| Hot Work | |
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| Work involving welding or the use of any equipment likely to cause a flame, sparks or heat. | ||
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| MAPP | |
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| Major Accident Prevention Policy: the COMAH regulations place a requirement on operators to produce a Major Accident Prevention Policy, this is applicable for both Lower & Top tier sites. However Top Tier sites may include the MAPP within the main body of the safety report, Lower Tier must produce a specific MAPP. | ||
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| MATTE | |
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| Major Accident To The Environment - One of the duties on the operators of sites under the COMAH Regulations to take all measures necessary to prevent major accvidents and limit their consequences to persons and the environment. | ||
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| Permit to Work (PTW) | |
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| A document issued by an authorised person to permit work to be carried out safely in a defined area under specified conditions. The PTW system may be electronic or paper based and forms a fundamental part of the Safe System of Work within any terminal. | ||
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| PPE | |
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| Personal Protective Equipment - Defined by the regulations as ‘all equipment (including clothing affording protection against the weather) which is intended to be worn or held by a person at work and which protects him against one or more risks tohis health or safety’
Regulatiuons - Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 | ||
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| PSLG | |
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| Process Safety Leadership Group: Formed in 2007 following the release of the final BSTG report.
The formation of the PSLG undertook to build on the work carried out by BSTG, achieving this by working with trade associations, unions and the competent authority. | ||
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| Zone 0 | |
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| A place in which an explosive atmosphere consisting of a mixture with air of dangerous substances in the form of gas, vapour or mist is present continuously or for long periods or frequently. | ||
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