XIV - Amsterdam (2002)

XIV Congress Amsterdam (2002)

The XIV Congress of SAFEX International was held in Amsterdam between 29th May and 1st June 2002. To download copies of the Presentations, please click the relevant reference e.g.PT1, W3, PA2, etc.

I1: Welcome address (Bernard Hueber, Chairman, SAFEX International)

PLENARY THEME 1: INHERENT SAFETY, RISK ASSESSMENT, BASIS OF SAFETY

PT1: Risk Management in Dyno Nobel (Tov Haugen, Senior VP for HSE&Q)> pg 26

PT2: Risk Management using the Basis of Safety Approach (T McLaughlin)> pg 44

PT3: Risk analysis by ZHA (Zurich Hazard Analysis) for an Explosives Plant (Dr. Martin Held, Westspreng GmbH, D-57413 Finnentrop)> pg 61

PT4: Risk Review of Established Explosives Operations (A Begg)> pg  66

PLENARY THEME 2: HUMAN BEHAVIOURAL FACTORS IN SAFETY

PT5: The Psychology of Risk-taking Behaviour (Torbjørn Rundmo, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway)> pg 87

PT6: A Behavioural Safety Program (Frank Barker, Director, SHE & Q, Orica International Explosives, Denver, Colorado)> pg 98

PT7: Leadership Thematics in Safety (J. Taylor, AEL, South Africa)> pg 106

PLENARY THEME 3: EXPLOSIVES WASTE MANAGEMENT

PT8: Survey on Explosives Waste Disposal at Safex Member Companies (José María Ayensa, UEE, Spain)> pg 111

PT9: Explosive Waste Management in UEE. Installations for the Disposal (Miguel Ángel Proenza, UEE, Spain)> pg 124

PT10: Explosive Waste Management in AEL. Application for Detonator Destruction (Corrie Conradie, AEL, South Africa)> pg 135

WORKSHOP 1: INHERENT SAFETY, RISK ASSESSMENT, BASIS OF SAFETY

W1: Managing Safety, Health and Environmental Risks associated with the South African Armaments Industry (Petrus Cloete, Senior Manager, DENEL)> pg 143

W2: An Occupational Health & Safety Management Standard (M. Arkins, UIE, Ireland)> pg 148

W3: Planning within an Occupational Health & Safety Management Standard (M. Arkins, UIE, Ireland)> pg 151

W4: Nitroglycerine Detonation during Site Remediation (P Halliday, AEL, South Africa)> pg 156

W5: Explosion Pumping Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solution (P Halliday, AEL, South Africa)> pg 159

W6: A Propellant Detonation in a Shotshell Loading Plant (K Grieve, DENEL, South Africa)> pg 162

WORKSHOP 2: HUMAN BEHAVIOURAL FACTORS IN SAFETY

W7: Human Behavioural Aspects of the Peterborough Explosion (F.M. Murray, Secretary General, SAFEX)> pg 173

W8: Use of Explosives and Safety in Quarries (S Toulgoat - Safety Department and J-P Reynaud - Technical Manager, Nobel Explosifs France)> pg 188

W9: How to Introduce a Behavioural Safety Programme (F Barker, Director, SHE & Q, Orica International Explosives, Denver, Colorado)> pg 193

W10: Applying the ‘Take 5’ Personnel Risk Assessment (G Ekman, Dyno Nobel, Norway)> pg 197

W11: Application of Psychological Factors to Specific Behavioural Safety Programs (Torbjørn Rundmo, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway)> pg 201

WORKSHOP 3: EXPLOSIVES WASTE MANAGEMENT

W12: Can Obsolete Conventional Ammunition be Transformed Into Useful Products? (R. Flückiger, Oerlikon Contraves Pyrotec AG, Switzerland)> pg 217

W13: Reuse of Demilitarized and/or Excess Energetic Materials as Ingredients in Commercial Explosives (Dr. Oldrich Machacek, Universal Tech Corporation)> pg 221

W14: Dangerous to Handle Obsolete Military Devices Disposal Based on Incineration (P. Borderia, Faex, Spain)> pg 224

W15: Emulsion Waste Disposal (M Montoya, Exsa, Peru)> pg 232

W16: Explosion during the Destruction of Cartridged Perchlorate-based Emulsion (Corrie Conradie, AEL, South Africa)> pg 233

W17: Detonation of PETN during Destruction of Waste (Corrie Conradie, AEL, South Africa)> pg 236

W18: Methods and Importance of Desensitizing Ammonium Nitrate (M Montoya, Exsa, Peru)> pg 240

WORKSHOP FEEDBACK

PR1: Workshop 1 – Feedback to Pleary (Boet Coetzee, Individual Associate, SAFEX)> pg 241

PR2: Workshop 2 – Feedback to Plenary (Stephen Connolly, Orica International, Europe)> pg 246

PR3: Workshop 3 – Feedback to Plenary, “Explosive Waste Management” (José María Ayensa, UEE, Spain) > pg 250

ACCIDENTS

PA1: Accidents in the Use of Commercial Explosives in The United States, 1992-2002 (Christopher Ronay and Lon D. Santis, Institute of Makers of Explosives)> pg

PA2: Accidents in Use of Explosives in Europe (R Holmberg, Dyno Nobel R&D Centre for Initiation Systems, Dyno Nobel Sweden AB) > pg 266

PA3: Enschede Accident (Ed de Jong, TNO, Netherlands)> pg 275

PA4: Explosion of Smokeless Gunpowder in a Temporary Storage House (Dr. Yukio Kato,Taketoyo Plant, Aichi Works, NOF Corporation)> pg 285

PA5: Explosion of Smokeless Powder Ingredients (T Torikai, Oita Propellant Plant, Oita, Japan)> pg 288

PA6: Explosion in Nitroglycerine Plant at Gullaug, Norway (M Mellbye, Dyno Nobel, Norway) > pg 297

PA7: Incident Involving Carrick Fuseheads at Initiating Explosives Plant (Rajesh Sharma, Initiating Explosives Systems India Limited, India)> pg 309

PA8: Electric Detonator Explosion (Corrie Conradie, AEL, South Africa)> pg 315

PA9: Preventing Accidents in Detonator Transportation (Xu Yungfeng, China Explosive Materials Trade Association)> pg 319

PA10: Safety in the European Propellant Industry (H Reich, EASSP, Europe)> pg 321

PA11: Toulouse Accident (Bernard Hueber, Président Directeur Géneral, Nobel Explosifs France) > pg 329

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