TKK Srpenica d.d. policy for preventing major accidents and reducing their effects
In
doing our business we at TKK d.o.o. strive to ensure process safety and health
of both our manufacturing plant employees and people living near our plant as
well as environmental protection. Our goal is to operate without major
accidents which could have harmful effects on our employees, environment and
our operations.
In
doing our business we handle dangerous substances. Therefore there is a
possibility of uncontrolled release of these substances into the environment,
which could have harmful effects on humans and the environment. We have
therefore decided to establish a high level of protection against extraordinary
events in the plant by making our best efforts to prevent them and reduce their
effects, if any. This obligation is reflected in this policy which we are
implementing with the support of the Management and with cooperation of all
employees and which is made known to our contractual partners and general
public.
On the basis of adequate programs, TKK will:
- defines
responsibilities and competences of employees to ensure safe operation of the
plant and reduce risks for major accidents;
- ensures that operations comply with the requirements laid
down in regulations in the field of process safety, environmental protection,
management of chemicals, health and safety at work and protection against
natural and other disasters;
- prescribes the content and methods for training the employees
for safe work and reduction of risks for the occurrence of major accidents, and
carries out such trainings;
- strives to minimize the risk for the manufacturing plant
employees in the event of a major accident that could occur in the plant;
- ensures planning, construction, maintenance and operation of
all segments of the plant and thereto related systems, while observing good
engineering practice and principles of the best available techniques for the
prevention of major accidents and minimizing their consequences;
- plans measures to eliminate hazards and reduce risks for health and safety at work;
- encourages efforts of all employees to prevent a major
accident and reduce its effects;
- ensures adequate measures for preparedness to act in the
event of major accidents or events that might lead to major accidents;
- consults workers with regard to the management of changes affecting safety and health at work;
- ensures adequate preparedness for a major accident based on
the adopted protection and rescue plan to be used in the event of major
accidents in TKK d.o.o.;
- cooperates with the local community and informs it on the
accident protection status in a timely and adequate manner;
- informs the near-by population of a possible major accident
in the TKK plant.
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We hereby declare:
- that the organization and operations of TKK are suitable for
prevention of major accidents and reduction of their effects;
- that we inform our employees about possible causes that could
bring about a major accident in the plant and adequately train them to prevent
major accidents and reduce their effects;
- that we inform our contractual partners and external
contractors about possible risks for major accidents, that we inform them about
the responsibilities and request from them to act safely and prevent
circumstances that could lead to major accidents;
- that we encourage our employees to act responsibly and to
notify the company of any possible safety deficiencies;
- that we provide adequate equipment to train our employees for
the prevention of major accidents;
- that we take into consideration all procedures for the
handling of hazardous materials during the risk assessment, as well as all
aspects of the usual and unusual actions of the plant/devices etc.
- that we recognize the risks of possible major accidents and
assess their possible effects and define necessary measures to be taken to
prevent the accidents and/or to reduce their consequences;
- that we take care of adequate control of all operations in
the plant that could lead to major accidents;
- that we compile the necessary internal documents for securing
adequate operation of all activities, and that such documents are subject to
regular maintenance and revision;
- that we check all changes in the company from
the viewpoint of the possibility of major accident occurrence.
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The policy of
TKK d.o.o. is subject to regular revisions and amendments.
The Director of the company is responsible for
the establishment of a safe operation system, as well as for its maintenance
and for the implementation of this policy. The person responsible for employee
training as to the prevention of major accidents is the Representative of the
Management in charge of quality, environment protection and health and safety
at work in cooperation with the Officer in charge of the environmental
protection and health and safety at work. The Manager of Technical Department
in cooperation with the Product Managers of certain programs is responsible for
the safety policy of plant operation.
Uroš Lozar