XVIII - Warsaw (2014)

XVIII SAFEX Congress, Warsaw (2014)

PLENARY SESSIONS

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OPEN DAY PLENARY SESSION - Thursday, 22 May 2014

08:00 (Presentation) Welcome by Claude Modoux (Chairman, SAFEX International) and Introductory remarks

SESSION I: Road Transport of Hazardous Substances (Chair: John Rathbun - Austin Powder International) This Session is prompted by the prevalence of road transport incidents involving explosives. It looks at the challenges from perspectives such as truck standards, driver performance and transport contractor management

• Ia (Paper) (Presentation) Best practice and standards in explosives and ammonium nitrate logistics (Brian DEVARAJ - Orica Ltd)
• Ib (Paper) (Presentation) Contractor management and employee awareness in transportation of explosives and hazardous raw materials (Martin HELD - Austin International)
• Ic (Paper) (Presentation) The "Wireless Revolution" and the safe transport, storage and handling of explosives and explosive devices (Stafford SMITHIES - Expert Panel)
• Id (Paper) (Presentation) The Importance of Stowage and Fixing of Dangerous Goods in Road Transport (Luca PADERNO - SEI EPC Italia)

SESSION II : Safety performance indicators (Chair: Terry Bridgewater - Chemring Group). The purpose of this Session is not to discuss members’ incident statistics but rather the actual indicators used to measure Safety performance. These include unusual lagging and leading indicators which are effective in predicting safety performance

• IIa (Paper) (Presentation) Introducing and Using Safety Performance Indicators (Ashley HASLETT and Ben WILLIAMS - EPC-UK Ltd)
• IIb (Paper) (Presentation) Safety Performance Indicators (Peter HOWE– Downer EDI Mining)
• IIc (Paper) (Presentation) A system for reporting, classifying and measuring events, near-events and management safety activity (Jaroslav KONARIK and Antonin KOVARIK  - Austin Detonator)
• IId (Paper) (Spreadsheet) (Presentation) Safety performance indicators in the Explosives industry (Terry BRIDGEWATER - Chemring Group)

SESSION III:  Security and Safety Sensitive Substances (Chair: Noel Hsu - Orica USA Inc). The objective of this session is to demonstrate to explosive manufacturers the need for diligence in manufacturing and throughout the supply chain

• IIIa (Paper) (Presentation) Accidental explosions involving ammonium nitrate: Physico-chemical properties, safety, incidents and mitigation of blast effects (Ron PEDDIE and Martin BRAITHWAITE - Expert Panel and Individual Associate)
• IIIb (Paper) (Presentation) West Fertilizer Explosion: Accident overview and ongoing actions (Noel HSU - Orica USA Inc)
• IIIc (Paper) (Presentation) AN shipment fire - The event and key lessons (Luis CALVO—Modern Chemicals Services)
• IIId (Paper) (Presentation) IEDs and the Need for a Harmonised Labelling System (Daniel VASENKO - JIEDDO)

SESSION IV: Emergency response and crisis management (Chair: Thierry Rousse - Groupe EPC). How companies managed crises and responded to emergencies is the focus of this Session. The Papers discuss the lessons that can be learnt in this regard by reviewing major accidents in the Explosives as well as Oil and Gas industries

• IVa (Paper) (Presentation) The 3 fırst days of an accıdent (Gregor ENGLMAYER - Austin Powder GmbH)
• IVb (Paper) (Presentation) Impact an accident has on the communıty (Nadia Soledad ENGLER - Austin Powder Argentina)
• IVc (Paper) (Presentation) Explosion of a control room in a gas processing plant (Ruurd ABMA - Utico/Rakgas)
• IVd (Paper) (Presentation) Crisis management and emergency response in transporting explosıves (Darrell HOWARD - Groupe EPC)

CLOSED DAY PLENARY SESSIONS - Friday, 23 May 2014

MEMBER UPDATE: Workgroup Meetings (Convener - Dr Piet Halliday, AEL Mining Services). Wokgroup Briefs (5 min each)

• Good Explosives Practice (Dr Martin HELD – Austin International)
• Explosives Transport (Henco BEZUIDENHOUT – AELMS)
• Emulsion Manufacture (Dawie MYNHARDT – BME, South Africa)
• Remediation  Decontamination (Mervyn TRAUT – Expert Panel)
• TGAN Handling (Dr Noel HSU - Orica USA Inc)
• Explosives Security (Dr Noel HSU – Orica USA Inc)

SESSION V: Minimizing and mitigating the consequences of explosives incidents. (Chair: Dr Martin Held - Austin International). Embedded in a brief review of selected incidents and design specifics, this session will discuss explosive industry trends in minimizing consequences of explosions and harm to people

• V (Paper) (Presentation)a Minimizing the consequences of unplanned events – Where is our industry moving? (Henco BEZUIDENHOUT - AELMS)
• Vb (Paper) (Presentation) Mitigating the consequences of explosives incidents – Concepts for storage of ANE (Peter HOWE - Downer EDI Mining)
• Vc (Paper) (Presentation) Implementation of remote primary explosives manufacturing at Chemring (David O’LOUGHLIN - Chemring Energetics UK)
• Vd (Paper) (Presentation) Initiation systems automated plant pyrotechnic fire: Challenges with automated operations (Henco BEZUIDENHOUT and Henry MERRICK  - AELMS)

SESSION VI: Incidents with Initiation Systems and primary explosives. (Chair: Enrique Barraincua - Maxam). This Session aims to expose delegates to a number of actual incidents that have taken place in some member companies. The presentations will highlight useful information to prevent a recurrence of these or similar events

• VIa (Paper) (Presentation) Explosion in a crimping house (Rahul GUHA - Solar Industries India)
• VIb (Paper) (Presentation) A series of press incidents and the results of the root cause investigation (Antonin KOVARIK and Jaroslav KONARIK - Austin Detonator)
• VIc (Paper) (Presentation) Detonating cord plant fire (Jeffrey SOPER - Orica Ltd)
• VId (Paper) (Presentation)d Accident in lead azide handling in a detonator loading machine (Enrique BARRAINCUA—Maxam)

SESSION VII: Incidents with other Explosives (Chair: Rahul Guha - Solar Industries India Ltd). To extract lessons from various incidents and share them with delegates to improve work practices within our industry is the objective of this Session.

• VIIa (Paper) (Presentation) Thermal decomposition of emulsions in a production line (Laurent CASAGRANDE - EPC France)
• VIIb (Paper) (Presentation) Explosion in nitroester manufacturing plant (Janusz DRZYZGA - Nitroerg SA)
• VIIc (Paper) (Presentation) Fire in auger of MEMU truck (David JACQUET - EPC Belgium)
• VIId (Paper) (Presentation) Principles for storage of intermediates during manufacture (Mervyn TRAUT - Expert Panel)
• VIIe (Paper) (Presentation) Explosion while burning waste emusion cartridges (Laurent CASAGRANDE - EPC France)
• VIIf (Paper) (Presentation) Explosion in a pilot plant making RDX (Wang KAI and Dabin Liu - Nanjing University)

SESSION VIII: General Assembly of Members and Associates (Chair: Claude Modoux - Poudrerie d’Aubonne)

• VIIIa (MeetingPapers) (BoardReport) (Presentation) Ordinary General Meeting of SAFEX International;
• Informal presentation (Ignacio MADERA & Enrique BARRAINCUA – Maxam

Concluding Remarks - Claude Modoux (Chairman, SAFEX International)