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ABSTRACT
After a period of intensive production: ?Glorious Thirty?,companies went from quantity apology to quality apology, elaborating and using quality management systems. Then, safety and environmental issues were integrated in industrial organization/management. Developed and seen as an overall risk management system, the security system management is the French application of the European Seveso Regulation.
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Lynda COTTET GAYDON: Environmental Safety Engineer, Project Manager – Antargaz Finagaz Centre de Donges, France - Lecturer at Polytech'Grenoble, lectures on "Industrial risk and the relationship between business and government".
INTRODUCTION
Lessons learnt from the past, and in particular from the analysis of major industrial accidents, have prompted Community and then national regulations to take an increasingly global approach to risk management. In recognition of the fact that most of the malfunctions involved in the origins or course of accidents are of an organizational nature, the legislator has sought to provide a framework for the implementation of a safety management system at high-risk facilities.
The aim of these regulations, which came into force in France in 2000, is to minimize the risk of major accidents and limit their consequences for people and the environment. To meet these objectives, the safety management system has been designed as a comprehensive organizational system, enabling manufacturers to guarantee, maintain and improve the safety level of industrial facilities. It includes provisions relating to the organization, functions and training of company personnel, as well as procedures and resources of all kinds aimed at preventing major accidents.
The safety management system is one of the three pillars of industrial risk management, closely linked to the hazard study (the cornerstone of the risk identification and quantification process) and to the emergency plans (POI, PPI) which provide the framework for the – organization of the industrial company and the French government – in the event of a major accident at the facility.
Numerous international standards have also made it possible to organize risk management at company level. Their significant development and the wide dissemination of the principles they underpin have harmonized industrial safety management systems worldwide.
In France, in 2018, of some 1,310 Seveso sites, over half (705) are classified as "Seveso high threshold" and therefore subject to the implementation of an SMS and its control by the Administration.
The minimum requirements for this implementation are very precisely defined by regulations. The implementation and monitoring of the system are subject to regular checks by the Administration (inspection of classified installations). This article will first detail the requirements of these regulations, then look at the methods and procedures for implementing this organization on an industrial site. Finally, it will look at the means of ensuring that it is properly implemented.
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Bibliography
Websites
Legifrance, the public website for the dissemination of law:
http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/
The regulatory information site for industrial environmental law:
The BARPI website lists numerous major...
Standards and norms
- Management de la qualité. ISO. - ISO 9001 - 2015
- Système de management environnemental. Exigences et lignes directrices pour son utilisation. ISO. - ISO 14001 - 2015
- Systèmes de management de la santé et de la sécurité au travail. Exigences et lignes directrices pour leur utilisation. ISO. - ISO 45001 - 2018
- Occupationnal Health and Safety. OHSAS BS. - OHSAS 18001 - 2007
- Guidelines for...
Regulations
Community law :
Directive no. 96/82 of 09/12/96 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, known as the "Seveso II Directive".
Directive 2012/18/EU of 04/07/12 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC.
French law :
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