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transport of dangerous goods and risk management - Kirilo Savić

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TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS AND RISK MANAGEMENT 105Risk <strong>management</strong> can be linked to "an individual organization, enterprise or community," horizontallydifferentiated organization, a network <strong>of</strong> public <strong>transport</strong> or more communities within the region <strong>and</strong> “verticallydifferentiated organization”, a system <strong>of</strong> local, regional or national responsibility 7) .IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL HAZARDSAnalysing <strong>of</strong> characteristics <strong>of</strong> The Corridor 10 shows that the lots <strong>of</strong> activity related to the <strong>transport</strong> <strong>of</strong> explosivematerials is exposed to a large number <strong>of</strong> potential hazards. The potential hazards <strong>of</strong> <strong>transport</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> explosivesubstances can be grouped according to the following 4) :1. failure to comply with legal regulations related to the <strong>transport</strong> <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ling <strong>of</strong> explosive substances (Europe<strong>and</strong>irectives, the Law on <strong>transport</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>dangerous</strong> <strong>goods</strong>, Regulation on the <strong>transport</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>dangerous</strong> <strong>goods</strong> in roadtraffic);2. inadequate preparation for the <strong>transport</strong> <strong>of</strong> explosive material (people, equipment, explosives);3. technical characteristics <strong>of</strong> the road (importance <strong>of</strong> the road, the quality <strong>of</strong> roads, the places for the rest, a placeto stop for the services, traffic density, bridges, tunnels);4. topographic features <strong>of</strong> the route (the amount <strong>of</strong> the l<strong>and</strong>, vegetation, location <strong>of</strong> settlements, accessibility <strong>of</strong>the road section to the other roads, the proximity to water, the existence <strong>of</strong> objects with other hazardoussubstances);5. meteorological conditions during the <strong>transport</strong> (summer, winter, fog, rain, ice, number <strong>of</strong> windy days);6. terrorist acts (road attacks, robberies on the road, raiding)7. inadequate h<strong>and</strong>ling <strong>of</strong> the explosive substances (inadequate loading <strong>and</strong> unloading, moving to <strong>and</strong> from themeans <strong>of</strong> <strong>transport</strong>, the use <strong>of</strong> combustible resources, the use <strong>of</strong> inappropriate vehicles)8. <strong>transport</strong> insurance (transfer <strong>of</strong> liability to a third party-insurance house)9. the combination <strong>of</strong> these factors.Grouping <strong>of</strong> potential hazards is very important in terms <strong>of</strong> the need for a preliminary <strong>risk</strong> analysis 3) .The information on existence <strong>of</strong> hazards is not <strong>of</strong> the great importance if we do not have tha data about the size <strong>of</strong>the hazards <strong>and</strong> the possible effects <strong>of</strong> actions on the protected values. In order to determine the requiredinformation it is necessary to define the criteria (Table 2) 4) for determining the size <strong>of</strong> the potential hazards 3) 10) .Number1Request for theassessment <strong>of</strong> potentialhazardsFailure to comply withlegislationTable 2. Determining the size <strong>of</strong> the hazards – An exampleSize <strong>of</strong> the hazardsMaximum Large Medium Small Minimum5 4 3 2 1In the past, In the past, In the past,the the theorganization organization organizationhad more had less than had less thanthan 15 10 cases <strong>of</strong> 5 cases <strong>of</strong>cases <strong>of</strong> noncomplianccomplianccompliancenon-non-with with withlegislation legislation legislationIn the past, theorganizationhad more than20 cases <strong>of</strong>noncompliancewithlegislationIn the past,theorganizationhad no cases<strong>of</strong> noncompliancewithlegislation

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