Introduction to Fire Safety Management

15.14.20 Fresh air
Suitable and suffi cient steps must be taken to ensure,
so far as is reasonably practicable, that every workplace
has a suffi cient supply of fresh or purifi ed air and any
plant used for this purpose must be fi tted with a visible
or audible device to provide a warning if it fails.
15.14.21 Temperature and weather protection
Suitable and suffi cient steps must be taken to ensure,
so far as is reasonably practicable, that the temperature
in any indoor place of work is reasonable during working
hours. Every place of work outdoors should be arranged
to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that it provides
protection from adverse weather (taking account of
any protective clothing or equipment provided for use).
15.14.22 Lighting
Suitable and suffi cient lighting should be provided in
every place of work and traffi c route. Wherever reasonably
practicable, this should be by natural light. The colour of
artifi cial lighting should not affect or change the perception
of any safety signs or signals and secondary lighting
should be provided where there would be a risk to health
and safety from the failure of primary artifi cial lighting.
15.15 The Control of Major Accident
Hazards Regulations 1999 (SI 743)
These regulations shall apply to an establishment where
dangerous substances listed in the following tables are
present in the quantities shown. The regulations explicitly
do not apply to:
➤ The transport of those substances including temporary
storage and vehicles
➤ The transport of those substances in a pipeline or
pumping station
➤ An establishment which is under the control of:
➤ The Secretary of State for the purposes of the
Ministry of Defence
➤ The service authorities of a visiting force
➤ Substances that create a hazard from ionizing radiation
on a licensed site
➤ Extractive industries concerned with exploration for,
and the exploitation of, minerals
➤ Waste landfi ll sites.
➤ These regulations shall not apply in Northern Ireland.
Table 15.3 shows categories of substances and preparations
not specifi cally named in Table 15.2. Substances
Summary of key legal requirements
and preparations shall be classifi ed for the purposes of
this Schedule according to regulation 5 of the Chemicals
(Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply)
Regulations 2002.
In the case of substances and preparations with
properties giving rise to more than one classifi cation, for
the purposes of these regulations the lowest thresholds
shall apply.
15.15.1 Regulation 4 – General duty
Every operator of a site that comes within the scope of
the COMAH must take all measures necessary to prevent
major accidents and limit their consequences to
persons and the environment.
15.15.2 Regulation 5 – Major accident prevention
policy
Operators must prepare a document setting the policy
relating to the prevention of major accidents. The policy
must:
➤ Guarantee a high level of protection for persons and
the environment by appropriate means, structures
and management systems
➤ Include suffi cient particulars to demonstrate that
the operator has established a safety management
system
➤ Be kept up to date and revised when establishment
or installation is changed
➤ Implemented by the operator.
15.15.3 Regulations 7–8 – Safety report
Prior to the start of construction of an establishment
which will come within the scope of COMAH, the operator
must produce a report containing information relating
to the prevention of major accident hazards and the limitation
of their consequences from the site to the competent
authority (normally the health and safety executive).
The operator must also provide any further information
that the competent authority may request.
Where a safety report has been sent to the
competent authority the operator must review it:
➤ At least every 5 years
➤ When there is a change of circumstances or information
affecting the plan
➤ Whenever the operator makes a change to the
safety management system.
When an operator proposes to modify his site or installation
he must, before making any changes, review, and
where necessary revise, the safety report prepared in
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