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Action Item List
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5/2018/1
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Phil to chase up Stephen’s SEPP presentation
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5/2018/2
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Potential 3 – 2046HF Solvent – high flash Kerosene
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5/2018/4
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Solar panels – in the Environmental Action Plan for 2018
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ITEM 3. PRESENTATION
BY WORKSAFE – MICHAEL EATHER – Manager Major Hazards
Outreach.
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Michael Eather
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Provided
presentation
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Outreach encompasses – Stake Holders,
Unions, Councils, Land use planning
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Oversight encompasses – Inspectors and
audits
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Incidents and
spills come under WorkSafe as they have the capacity to impact on people and
assets.
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WorkSafe have
now moved some of their departments to a new office complex in Geelong. About
200 staff are still in Melbourne, with some 800 staff in Geelong. There are
regional offices in Mulgrave, Dandenong, Essendon, Wangaratta, Traralgon,
Ballarat, Bendigo and Mildura.
Michael is
also responsible for land use planning matters within WorkSafe.
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Ian
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Do WorkSafe
legal people stay in Melbourne?
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Michael Eather
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Yes, they are
situated close to the courts in Melbourne
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Discussed the
draft Strategic Approach
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Information
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Oversight
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Stakeholders
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Capability
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The strategy
is prevention led focusing on the needs of workers and employers.
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Faye
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Picking up on
an inherent conflict of interest. Industry probably not going to be
preventative due to costs.
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Michael Eather
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We do focus
on complaints due predominantly on claims. Use the data to target
particular areas.
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Phil
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Big
difference, we will tell WorkSafe we have an issue then WorkSafe will issue a
PIN. WorkSafe will ask how we can help you with regards to rectifying
the situation.
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Gary
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We are
policed every 3 months.
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Phil
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WorkSafe have
made themselves more open with more of a problem-solving approach.
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Faye
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If Terminals do
not have any leaks could you then say extend the visit times?
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Michael Eather
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The company
can demonstrate there is new technology. Show us the evidence and that will
be considered when deciding to extend the visit timelines.
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Faye
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But you have
no data to say.
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Gary
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It is up to
Terminals to provide the data about existing conditions.
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Phil
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Tank
turnaround is every 5 years
If there is
no rust and no issue we could move to 10 years. WorkSafe can then say
push to 7 years and then possibly 10 years.
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Robin
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What is your
existing data? Have there been significant changes.
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Phil
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Industry have
been talking to WorkSafe and prefer a more problem-solving approach than
policing approach.
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Michael Eather
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The changes
strategy update involves capturing, analyzing and sharing relevant
information to decision making; provide guidance and promote learning.
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Michael
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Would you use
that information to help other industries?
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Michael Eather
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Yes, we would
share that information. Incidents occur, and we have a challenge to share
information across industry. Construction industry does that quite
well.
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Michael
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Building
trusted stakeholder partnership. So, are some stakeholders not trusted?
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Ian
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Of course,
stakeholders have only been around for 10 years.
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Michael Eather
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We work closely
with our regulators, EPA, Fire authorities, ESV (Energy Safe Victoria).
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We are being
more strategic about site visits. Different site facilities issues
focusing more on poor performers and giving good performers more space.
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Maintaining
Inspectors that are skilled and well trained. Also attracting people
that are well skilled.
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Michael
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Major players maintain high caliber of people.
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Michael Eather
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We want to be on an even playing field. Our program is on a
course of continuous improvement.
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Robin
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Congratulations on the presentation Michael. I have a few
comments.
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Robin
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1.
Presentation would have been lifted to another
level if you had sent your
overheads in advance of the meeting
2.
Slide 1, the bringing together of the 3
branches how is that achieved?
3.
Would be good to see the organization as a
whole? Are you able to send me a copy?
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Michael Eather
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Yes, I will send you a copy. The risk is that we have three
separate silos’, but it is quite interconnected. At a site level you
would not know the difference. Interaction at site is very similar and
work together. Meet each week to ensure working together which involved
approximately 20 people.
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Robin
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In email discussion prior to the meeting between me and WorkSafe,
some mention was made of getting some feedback on consultation practice from
the Committee. In response, and in relation to Slide 4 – Community
Engagement, one particularly important matter when we engage with each other
is that it is undertaken in openness and honesty – critical in building
relationship.
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Difficulty in 2018 to get anyone interested in WorkSafe in
industry. Look for community engagement. Sharing outcomes with
the community – any comments?
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Faye
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Do you have any input at a council level?
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Michael Eather
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We do interact with the council regarding development around Major
Hazard Facilities given the changing nature of housing, schools, etc.
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Faye
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But you do not seek to dissimilate information through council?
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Michael Eather
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We do have a format interstate where Newsletters are issued.
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Faye
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I was thinking WorkSafe dissimilate a quarterly newsletter.
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Robin
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Understand WorkSafe are busy but some information regarding
guidelines for industry would be interesting. Are you able to send me a
link?
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ACTION
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Michael Eather to send link of “Guidelines for Industry”
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Robin
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Congratulations on your over view.
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Ian
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When we first formed we had a regular WorkSafe, Maribyrnong
Council, EPA representatives attend the meetings. Not reality any more
but appreciate you attending today.
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Michael Eather
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Obviously, this group is broader than our jurisdiction but happy
to attend.
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Michael
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Perhaps you can send us some links to things that would be
relevant and of interest to us.
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Michael Eather
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Yes, quite happy to do that.
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ITEM 4. REPORTS
FROM TERMINALS PTY LTD
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Phil
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Presented the report
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Faye
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Do you see the health of the economy in shipping movements?
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Phil
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No due to the nature of being into base businesses and commodities
we are not affected. Trucking numbers are also reasonably stable.
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Faye
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What is the issue with not using trains?
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Phil
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Trucking is a lot cheaper. Cost of rail is expensive.
There is a satellite hub and it hasn’t really taken off.
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IRF-0518-0011 – Tank 329 Foam Chamber blocked
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Phil
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Tank 329 foam chamber was blocked. Discovered during routine
inspection which is conducted monthly.
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Faye
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Do the operators wear respirators?
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Gary
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Cannister masks when inspecting the foam chamber.
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Faye
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Cannisters do they have a color change?
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Gary
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No, they have a 4-hour exposure – one use then ditches
it. They are the highest safety margin cannister we can buy.
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Phil
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New ones come in fresh, sealed in a bag. Therefore, no
chance of using a previously used cannister.
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IRF-0518 & IRF-0518 – 0051 – Combustor Failure
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Phil
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Potential 3 category as combustor part of our emissions.
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Gary
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An intermittent fault in 4 pin relay. Combustor service
provided found the faulty relay.
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IRF-0618-0013 – Methanol Tanker leaking dry break
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Potential 3 category as potential spill – dry break
coupling. Road tanker coming in to be loaded, operators picked up leak
prior to loading.
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IRF-0718-031 – Corrosion Holes in Tank 45
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Found rust sections on lagged tank during normal inspection.
Did not fail during service only during sand blasting of tank. The tank
was out of service for 10-year inspection.
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Faye
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So now lesson to be learned to bring forward testing?
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Phil
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No only leaked during tank sand blasting.
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IRF-0718-0046 – Severe misconduct at wharf
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Process we follow is good but operator not following processes.
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ACTION
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Further discussion regarding incident at next meeting
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Phil
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Issue not resolved at this moment.
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Michael
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Would he be aware of what he was doing was wrong?
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Phil
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Yes, he was.
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Incident Actions
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Phil
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All actions relate back to incidents.
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Robin
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Real message is information is all there and readily accessible.
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Dashboard – total number of incidents that have actions
against it
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Red are actions overdue. Green are actions complete.
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ACTION
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Phil to provide further advice on IRF-0518-0009 – ACT-001:
Investigate repair of DP cells
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Robin
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There are too many little boxes. Suggest removing boxed text
at the top and bottom of dashboard.
1st line actions
2nd line incidents
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Phil
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WorkSafe audit – all our improvement notices approved and
signed off by WorkSafe.
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There is a tank in Plant B that is close to
the fence. We have to put a fence up to fix the
issue.
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EPA notice around Aluminum Sulphate spill
discovered in groundwater. Conducted further testing and found a small
amount which means it has deposited some product on clay liner in bund and
has gone hard. Laboratory test listed on of the components
as Aluminum. We are in the process of preparing
a report to EPA.
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EPA were good as we went to them early, we told them how we were
going to remediate. EPA still gave Terminals a fine as we had broken
the law.
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