Bulk Tanker Emergency Response 8 September 2011

Page 2 WorkSafe’s role is to license and provide support to emergency response providers A placard load must not enter into any Citylink or Eastlink tunnels A dangerous goods licence is required for both the vehicle and driver when transporting 500 kg/l or more in a single receptacle Vehicles must be placarded when transporting dangerous goods of: more than 500 kg/l in a receptacle, or 250 kg/l or more of flammable or toxic gas or any PG I, or an aggregate quantity of 1000 kg/l of dangerous goods

Page 3 WorkSafe holds data on incidents but this is not a complete picture DG incident summary in the past 10 years MHF 427 Facilities other than MHF 473 Road Transport Retail Service Stations Explosives & Fireworks 1255 total incidents notified

Page 4 If we breakdown the road transport incidents involving DG bulk tanker vehicles, more than 50% involve fire DG bulk tanker vehicle incident summary in the past 10 years Spills 76 Fires 139 Rollovers 30 31% 57% 12%

Page 5 A key challenge is to direct our collective efforts into preventing incidents, not just improving how we manage an incident “Safety is as simple as ABC - Always Be Careful.” “It’s better to lose one minute in life... than to lose life in a minute.” “Better dead sure than sure dead.” “Prepare and prevent, don't repair and repent.” “Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it.”