To put a company's SMS and MAPP on paper - A Finnish Case Study

Abstract

The EU new Directive 96/82 concerning major hazards (Seveso II Directive) was implemented into Finnish legislation as planned from the beginning of February 1999. At that time, a Finnish fine chemicals company was designing a new tank area to increase its capacity to store, amongst other things, toxic and flammable liquids. The new legislation and the increased amount of toxic substances on the site triggered the requirement to write a Safety Report.

This paper discusses the process of writing the sections about the Safety Management System (SMS) and the Major Accident Prevention Policy (MAPP) - two of the elements that have been emphasised in the new Directive. The company decided to write a fairly short MAPP, while the SMS was described in detail in the Safety Report.

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