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Safety Case Regime (Safety Case (A document entailing the technical,…

- - - - Safety assessment via hazard identification and any existing risk controls. Conduct a risk assessment and evaluation
        
        Identify additional control measures and evaluate failure modes. Evaluate residual risks
        
        Implement risk controls and set up performance criteria and indicators for controls
        
        Monitor and validate
  - - - The Safety Case must demonstrate that the identified controls, processes and procedures have reduced the risk of operating the MHF to as far as reasonably practicable, both for those working at the facility and for the general public
        
        The Operator should utilize safety studies and reports that may involve similar types of facilities, related to
        
        Hazard Identification
        
        Risk Assessment & Control
        
        Safety Management Systems
        
        Emergency Plans
    - - Must be reviewed and updated after any review of the safety assessment, emergency plan or SMS
        
        For a licensed MHF the Safety Case must be reviewed every 5 years
    - - Information about the MHF and the Operator
        
        Australian Business Number, Facility Address, Operator Name
      - Nature of activities performed and/or products produced at facility
        
        Includes hazardous chemicals and the procedures involved with processing these chemicals
      - A drawing of the general layout, including evacuation routes etc
      - Plans for future expansions
      - A description of the main raw materials, the handling of these materials and storage
      - A summary of the major incidents and possible hazards and the justification of the approach and methods used to conduct the identification process
      - A detailed summary of the safety assessment that demonstrates that the Operator has in-depth understanding of all aspects of risks to health and safety of workers associated with major incidents
      - A summary of the SMS
      - Any arrangements made in relation to security
      - Emergency Plans
      - Important information MUST be conveyed to the general public
      - The MHF Operator must demonstrate that the level of risk of operating the facility has been reduced as far as reasonably practicable
- - - - Can be used by Regulator to plan interactions at suitable times that fit and make sense within the timetable, such as a site visit once a critical part of the facility has been constructed
      - The Operator MUST show in the outline
        
        That they understands what processes and systems are required under WHS regulations, Chapter 9
        
        That they understand the purpose of the Safety Case they are outlining
        
        The relevant identified information required to prepare the Safety Case
        
        Any existing information that may be utilized to meet the determined requirements
        
        That they have carried out a comparison or analysis to evaluate the existing information against the requirements and determined any additional information that may be required
        
        Typically a gap analysis or similar
        
        The plan to evaluate how successfully the MHF meets the requirements and what actions, systems or processes are needed to meet any deficiencies
      - The Operator of the MHF can hire an experienced third party to assist with the Safety Case outline however the Operator is expected to retain ownership of the outline by the Regulators
        
        Those who will work at the facility must be involved in the development of the document and will be responsible for the final decisions made
    - - Must prove to the Regulator that the development of the MHF will be done so in an acceptable manner in terms of safety and be delivered on time as laid out in the initial deadline for the Safety Case
        
        Forms part of the application process for the Operators MHF licence
        
        Operator must submit a Safety Case outline to the Regulator within 3 months of the determination of the MHF
    - - A written plan for how the Safety Case will be prepared
      - A description of the methods utilized in the preperation
      - Details of the resources required in preparation of the Safety Case
      - Details of the type of software used and any of the modelling that has been carried out
      - A description of the consultation with workers and possible liasing with communities
      - A draft of an emergency plan
- - - - Major incident involving the release of a toxic chemical cloud that had serious effects on the public downwind from the facility explosion
        
        The general public had no idea that the facility was producing one of the most toxic man-made substances of the time
        
        If a Safety Case would have been developed, not only may the original explosion have not occurred but the general public would have been aware of the dangers posed by the facility and would have insisted on better controls to prevent such accidents
    - - Major catastrophe on an offshore platform where a fire broke out killing of over 100 workers
        
        Several major issues effected this incident and made it far worse, these could have been avoided if a Safety Case was implemented when developing the facility
        
        Life boats were inaccessible
        
        Evacuation routes were blocked
        
        Improper and unsafe work acts