2. eMARS 2nd Meeting of Competent Authorities SEVESO Expert Group
24 October 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania
Zsuzsanna Gyenes, PhD - JRC IPSC STA Unit - Major Accident Hazards Bureau

3. Outline Current eMARS statistics New accidents in eMARS
Difficulties in reporting
How to..

4. I. Current eMARS statistics

5. eMARS REPORTING STATUS
Accident Reports 2011
Number 29
New created 8
To be confirmed
Confirmed
15 (7 under translation
8 to be translated)
Online 6
Accident reports 2012
Number 36 10
22 (2 under translation
12 to be translated) 4
Total online (public)
777
Total in system
888 (10 reports in 2013)

6. for your active collaboration in reporting accidents
A big
THANK YOU MS
OECD
for your active collaboration in reporting accidents

7. Event types 2013

8. Event types 2012

9. Event types 2011

10. Reports translation 2012
2012

11. Reports translation 2011
2011

14. II. New accidents in eMARS

15. Reporting under
2013 – 9 accidents under Seveso II Directive and 1 accident OECD (CAN) 2012 – 3 accidents OECD (CAN) 2011 – 5 accidents under Seveso II+OECD

16. 10 new reports in eMARS
Explosion at a manufacturing plant and storage of fireworks
Near miss at an explosives factory)
Train derailment (CAN)
Tank rupture
Leakage of heavy fuel oil
Flood at distillery solvent recycling
Nitric acid vapor intoxication
Fire in a plant of propellants for ammunition
Electrical failure
Intoxication of workers

17. Industrial activity
Production and storage of fireworks
Production and storage of explosives
Other activity (not included above)
Fuel storage (including heating, retail sale, etc.)
Petrochemical / Oil Refineries
Production of basic organic chemicals
Chemical installations - nitrogen oxides
Production and manufacturing of pulp and paper
General chemicals manufacture (not included above)

18. III. Difficulties in reporting

19. General problems
Account information (login name, password) - forgotten
Webpage address - forgotten
Pdf generation – due to WORD characters
Lock out – not save report
Quantity to fill in boxes –use numbers!!!

20. Report quality problems
Inadequate description of the event
Site description n.a.
Substances involved – no quantity/numbers given in boxes
No causes given
No consequences written
No lessons learned given
In 2/3 of the reports in 2011 and 2012
Reason: investigation is ongoing
BUT
50% of these are already in CONFIRMED status

21. IV. How to...

22. How do we get from this …

23. WHY?
… to this?
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The operator should have clear and updated documentation of all identified major accident hazard scenarios associated with the site.
Management of change – An additional risk assessment should be conducted to take into account all maintenance related risks (e.g. accidental release of toxic substance).
Sensors should be installed where a risk of release of toxic substances is possible.
The operator should carry out random supervision, especially when contractors are in the field.

24. How do we get from this …
Explosion of a leach tank, causes not know until now, two fatalities

25. … to this?

26. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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