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Mutual Joint Visit Workshop for Seveso Inspections on

Risk management and enforcement on ageing hazardous sites

Organised by the Malta Occupational Health and Safety Authority and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre

10-12 April, 2019, Malta

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MJV Agenda
(with links to presentations)

WEDNESDAY 10 April 2019 – MORNING SESSION

Moderator: Maureen Wood, EC-JRC-MAHB 
Co-Moderator:  Simone Wiers, Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment

09:00

Welcome to the MJV

Representative from Malta

09:15

Introduction to the programme

Maureen Wood, Major Accident Hazards Bureau (EC-JRC-MAHB)

09:20

OECD report on ageing of hazardous installations (15 minutes + 5 minutes discussion)

Anais Vedovati, French Ministry of the Environment

09:40

Country presentations (15 minutes each)

 

Ragnhild Larsen, Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency

Geoff Mayes, WorkSafe, New Zealand

 Isabelle Rase, Federal Public Service Employment, Belgium

10:40

Coffee break

 

11:10

The Netherlands – Ageing of hazardous installations (20 minutes + discussion)

Marcel de Haan, Dutch Labour Inspectorate
Simone Wiers, Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment

 

11:40

Industry approaches (20 minutes presentation + discussion)

Panel discussion

 
Kjetil Bakli, Yara Porsgrunn
Zsuzsanna Gyenes, IChemE
Alessandro Delfino, Infineum

12:40

Wrap-up

 

12:45

Lunch

 

 

WEDNESDAY 10 April 2019  - AFTERNOON SESSION

Site Visit:  Maureen Wood, EC-JRC-MAHB and Vincent Attard, Occupational Health and Safety Authority, Malta

 

13:45

Presentations from operator and discussion

Site Operator, Malta

14:30

Bus transfer to site

 

 

15:15

Plant tour

 

16:45

Bus transfer back to hotel

 

17:30

Discussion

 

18:00

Adjourn

 

  

THURSDAY 11 April 2019 – MORNING SESSION

Moderator:  Dagmar Draeger, Regional Council of Darmstadt, Germany

Co-Moderator:  Ragnhild Larsen, Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency

09:00

Introduction to the session

Moderator

09:05

Ageing sites – special issues (15 minutes + discussion)

 

Matt Lea, UK Health and Safety Executive

Matt Lea, UK Health and Safety Executive

Mikael Larson, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten, Sweden

Taras Polishchuk, State Emergency Services, Ukraine

10:05

Introduction to Break-out Session 2

 

10:10

Coffee break

 

10:40

Break-out Session 1 – Part 1

Recognising ageing sites and ageing site risk factors
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5

Break-out in 4 groups

11:50

Break-out Session 1 – Part 2

Presentations from Break-out Session 2 and summary in plenum

 

12:30

Lunch

 

       

 

THURSDAY 11 April 2019 – AFTERNOON SESSION

Moderator:  Simone Wiers, Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
Co-Moderator:  Maureen Wood, EC-JRC-MAHB

13:30

Introduction to the Session

Moderator

13:35

Charles Cowley, Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)

14:00

Method for the synthetic evaluation of the adequacy of the asset integrity management in Seveso plants (20 min + 5 min discussion)

Paolo Bragatto, INAIL, Italy


14:25

Country presentations (15 minutes each)

 

Anais Vedovati, Ministry of Environment, France

 

Romualdo Marrazzo, ISPRA, Italy

15:35

Introduction of Break-out Session 1

Moderator

15:40

Coffee break

 

16:10

Break-out Session 2 – Part 1
Topics: 
1.    Ageing of physical assets
Group 1
Group 2
2.   Ageing of instrumentation and other IT software and hardware
Group 3
Group 4
3.   Ageing and organisational change
Group 5

Break-out in 4 groups

17:15

Break-out Session 2 – Part 2

Presentations from Break-out Session 1 and summary in plenum

 

18:00

Adjourn

 

     

 

FRIDAY 12 April 2019 – MORNING SESSION

Moderator:  Ragnhild Larsen, Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency

Co-Moderator:  Dagmar Draeger, Regional Council of Darmstadt, Germany

08:45

Introduction to the Session

Moderator

08:50

Valero Energy (Ireland) Ltd., Dublin Joint Fuels Terminal

Angela Moriarty, HSE, Ireland

09:30

Introduction to Break-out Session 3:  The Inspector’s Toolkit

 

Angela Moriarty, HSE, Ireland


Geoff Mayes, WorkSafe, New Zealand

09:40

Break-out Session 3 – Part 1
Topics: 
1.  10 Questions/Key Topics for inspection of ageing sites
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3

2.  Model agenda for inspection of ageing sites
Group 4
Group 5

Break-out in 4 groups

10:50

Coffee break

 

11:20

Break-out Session 3 – Part 2

Presentations from Break-out Session 2 and summary in plenum

Moderator

12:20

Wrap-up

 

12:30

Lunch

 

     

 

Reference materials

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD.  2017.  Ageing of hazardous installations. Series on Chemical Accidents No. 29.

European Commission Joint Research Centre - Major Accident Hazards Bureau (EC-JRC-MAHB)

Swedish Contingency Services (MSB) - on ageing of IT systems and equipment

UK Health and Safety Executive
UK HSE. 2010. Plant ageing study.

French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (INERIS)