Additional safety related papers

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Audits and Inspections: How can we maximise effectiveness?
by Robin Turney and presented at the OECD Workshop on Audits and Inspections related to Chemical Accident
Preparedness and Response, 5-9 March 2001, Madrid, Spain


“Are Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems relevant to Small Firms?” Presentation by Jacqueline Jeynes at the Second International Conference on Ergonomics and Safety for Global Business Quality and Productivity  19-21 May 2000  Warsaw, Poland   


"Guidance on safety management requirements for smaller sized dangerous chemical enterprises: the SMMARTEN project" G. Papadakis, N. Linou, A.Mengolini, D. Fatta and A. Papadopoulos, 10th Symposium Loss Prevention & Safety Promotionin Process Industries, Stockholm 2001


"On the promotion of Risk Management for small sized dangerous chemical enterprises within the SMMARTEN project" Linou, N., Papadakis G.A & Fatta, D.Proceedings of MEDIN meeting (Mediterranean Disaster and Information Network)organised by the European Commission, Research DG (D1), Brussels, 15-16 November 2000



Selection of  Seveso 2000 Papers

Linda J. Bellamy and Jaap van der Schaaf

SAVE Consulting Scientists, The Netherlands


Major Hazard Management: Technical-Management Links and the AVRIM 2 Method


F. Ruiz Boada* and A. Garces de Marcilla**

*Subdirector General Adjunto de Planes y Operaciones de la Direccion General de Proteccion Civil, Spain

**Directora de Programa de Riesgo Quimico de la Direccion General de Proteccion Civil, Spain


Chemical Risk in Spain: Implementation of Seveso II


T.J. Britton

Health & Safety Executive, Chemical & Hazardous Installations Division (CHID)


Examining Safety Reports and Evaluating Safety Management Systems


C. Christofidis

PETROGAZ S.A.,Greece


Implementation of Seveso II Directive on LPG Storage


T. Champers*, and St. Tournis**

*Essential Technologies, USA

**Garnett Associates Ltd, Greece


The Essentila Role of Modern Technologies in Emergency Response; Real World Cases


Michalis D. Christou, Marina Mattarelli and Jean-Pierre Nordvik

European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Systems, Informatics and Safety,Italy


Land-Use Planning in the Vicinity of Chemical Sites: Risk-Informed Decision Making at a Local Community Level


Valerio Cozzani*, Lorenzo Foschi**, Giovanni Francalanza**, Severino Zanellic***

*Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Gruppo Nazionale per la Difesa dai Rischi Chimico-Industriali ed Ecologici, Italy

**Istituto per la Sicurezza e le Tecnologie Ambientali Srl, Italy

***Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Chimica Industriale e Scienza dei Materiali Universita degli Studi di Pisa, Italy


The Use of Quantitative Area Risk Assessment Techniques in Land Use Planning


Dr. Hermann Dreher

BASF AG Ludwigshafen, Germany


The Worldwide Safety and Environment Audit Program of a Major Chemical Company


A. Dutrieux* and G. Van Malder**

*ATM-PRO s.p.r.l., Belgium

**Major Accidents Prevention, Ministry of the Walloon Region, Belgium


The "Seveso" Expert System "SEVEX": An Integrated Approach for off-site Effects Analysis & Effective Emergency Planning


Dr. A. P. Franks, Mr. M. L. Middleton and Mr. G. Bennett

DNV, UK


Use of Gap Analysis in Making the Transition to Seveso II


D. Gilbert

Ministry for the Environment, France


Implementation of the Directive Seveso II in France - Safety Management System - System of Inspections


Louis H.J. Goossens* , Brigitte H.J. Heming* and Linda J. Bellamy**

*Safety Science Group, Delft University of Technology,  the Netherlands

**SAVE Consulting Scientists, the Netherlands


NIVRIM - A lower tier Seveso II inspection tool


F.W. Guldenmund, A.R. Hale* & L.J. Bellamy**

*Safety Science Group, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

**SAVE, Apeldoorn, Netherlands


The Development and Application of a Tailored Audit Approach to Major Chemical Hazard Sites


Anders Jacobsson* and the Association of Swedish Chemical Industries

*AJ Risk Engineering AB, Sweden


Integrated SHE Management/Auditing Systems - Practical Guidelines (Especially for SEM/S)


G. D. Kenney, M. Boult, R. M. Pitblado

DNV, UK


Lessons for Seveso II from Longford Australia


A. Kerhoas

Industry Division Bureau Veritas, France


Bureau Veritas Safety Process Program


Giancarlo Ludovisi and Rita Bisegna

Istituto Superiore per la Prevenzione e la Sicurezza del Lavoro, Italy  

Inpections carried out following accidents which have occurred in the "Seveso Directive" plants: what they should have taught us


G. Van Malder

Ministere de la region Wallone, Belgium, 


Deterministic and Probabilistic Approaches in Risk Analysis: The Walloon Region's hybrid approach


Y.V. Malmen

VTT Automation, Risk Management,Finland


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


N.C. Markatos*, C.T. Kiranoudis*, K.G Zografos**, I. Ziomas***

*Department of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens,Greece

**Department of Management Science and Marketing, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

***Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece


An Operational Centre for Managing Major Chemical Industrial Accidents


Georgios Mouzakis and Katerina Pelekassi

Ministry of Environment,Physical Planning and Public Works, Greece  


The Implementation of the Seveso II Directive in Greece


Peter Newman

UK Environment Agency Trevor Britton and Peter Sargent, UK Health and Safety Executive


UK Legislation, Cultural and Legislative Differences Between the Organizations to Implement Seveso II


B. Nilsson

The National Board of Occupational Safety and Health, Sweden


Developing and Training in Auditing Methods for Inspectors


K. Sipsas

Bayer Hellas AG., GREECE


Satety Measures and Safety Management at the Crop Protection Formulation and Packaging Plant of Bayer Hellas AG


Maria L. Stangl

Regional Government of Styria, Austria


The Implementation of Art. 12 of Directive 96/82/EC (Seveso II) Into Austrial Legislation: Possible Solutions and Problems Encountered


Jacques van Steen*, Tom Terstegge** and Vivian Hoogstede***

*DCMR Environmental Protection Agency, Netherlands

**Labour Inspectorate, region Southwest, Netherlands

***Rotterdam Fire Brigade, Netherlands


Implementing Seveso II in The Netherlands - Operational Experiences in the Rotterdam-Rijnmond Region


Dr Wolfgang Viefers*, Bernd Frohlich**, Simberto Senni Buratti*** and Simon Jones****

*Bayer AG, Germany

**Exxon Chemical Company, Germany

***Snamprogetti, Italy

****EPSC, UK


The Future of Safety Management Systems in the Process Industries  


F. Zani and M. Riva

Syreco S.r.l.,  Italy


Safety Management Systems in Major Accident Hazards Companies: Development Criteria and Performance Evaluation Tools


C. Zuijderduijn

Shell Nederland Raffinaderij B.V., Netherlands


Risk Management by Shell Refinery/Chemicals at Pernis, the Netherlands


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