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Chemical Accidents
The Chemical Accidents Programme works to develop guidance on prevention of, preparedness for, and response to chemical accidents. It facilitates the sharing of information and experiences of both OECD and non-member countries. The Programme is managed by the Working Group on Chemical Accidents (WGCA).
A report on Good Practices for the Management of Inspections at Hazardous Installations was published in February 2021. This document presents the results from a project that aimed to share experience and good practices through the collection of case studies. Nineteen examples of good practices for the management of inspections at hazardous installations have been provided through 2020 from eleven delegations: Austria, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Costa Rica, the Major Accident Hazards Bureau of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC MAHB), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Delegations were invited to describe a practice that has been particularly effective for managing inspections at hazardous installations, for example that has helped solve a particular problem or has improved a practice that is no longer useful/effective/ appropriate. The report highlights some of the common goals and issues that could be identified from the case studies collected, as well as a set of general conclusions drawn from them. Activities continued to revise the flagship publication ‘ OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response’; a first draft version was developed and will be reviewed in 2021, aiming for publication in early 2022. Work was also initiated to update and consolidate the four OECD legal instruments dealing with chemical accidents.
Recent publications - Series on Chemical Accidents No. 33 Good Practices for the Management of Inspections at Hazardous Installations: Project Report (Case Studies)
Forthcoming event 19-21 October 2021 Location to be confirmed 31st Virtual Meeting of the Working Group on Chemical Accidents
Contacts Bertrand DAGALLIER Marie-Ange BAUCHER Christiana OLADINI-JAMES
Website www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/ chemical-accidents/
