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PLANT SAFETY HAZARDS3.0 PLANT SAFETY HAZARDS3.1 FIREDescription of Safety RiskThere are three areas at higher risk from fire within HUM. These are the Welding, Paint and Die Casting areas as eitherhot work is carried out or flammable material is being stored and used.How is the Risk managed/controlled?HUM’s fire policy focuses on the prevention of fire, ensuring effective and tested evacuation procedures are in place andfinally fire fighting but only if assessed as safe by trained and competent Associates.Fire PreventionThe most important part of managing fire is to prevent it occurring in the first place. This is achieved by both physicaland management controls including:• Fire Risk Assessments carried out for every building on site in accordance with Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order2005 and action taken on all high priority items.• All new equipment is ATEX specified as required and checks carried out following installation on site.• A high standard of housekeeping is maintained.• Regular sweeps through higher fire risk areas to ensure combustibles are not in contact with sources of ignition.• Regular maintenance checks on all equipment.• The controlled storage and use of flammable substances, particularly petrol, solvents and gases.• The use of water based paint within the paint shops rather than solvent based paint• Responsibilities for fire prevention are clearly allocated and documented.• Designated smoking areas and a restricted site smoking policy.• A permanent security presence on site to the reduce risk of arson.• Permit to work system controls irregular hot work outside of designated hot work areas.• Regular inspections by related insurance companies.Fire Training at HUMFire EvacuationTo ensure effective, immediate and safe fire evacuation, detection systems are installed throughout. Fire managementsystems include:• Fire alarm sounders, break glasses, emergency lighting, fire exit signs and smoke detectors that are linked to a firemanagement computer system.• Fire procedures detail actions to be taken by Associates and emergency teams.• Emergency evacuations and roll calls tested regularly. There are two types of fire evacuation a soft evacuationwhich includes only the evacuation of people from their areas and a hard evacuation which confirm that allrequired equipment shuts down when the alarms are activated. Trained emergency teams to investigate and ensureevacuation.• Fire assembly points with radio communication to emergency teams.20SE/D/G/15 - Nov 2011www.hondamanufacturing.co.uk
3.1 FIRE (Continued)Fire FightingIf a fire were to take place at HUM the priority is to ensure safe evacuation.Stratton Fire Station is only 2 minutes away from the main site entrance and regular liaison is carried out to ensure allcrews are familiar with emergency arrangements and site layout. This enables the fire and emergency authorities toupdate tactical information, which is held at the main site entry point.Physical fire fighting controls are also in place. These include:• All areas except die casting have fire sprinklers.• Fire extinguishers in all areas including large trolley mounted extinguishers in higher risk areas and water hydrantring main around both plants.• Fire management computer system automatically shuts down high risk areas such as Paint and the petrol deliverysystem. It also opens security locked doors.• Specially designed solvent storage and mix rooms in Paint and Bumper Paint.• Emergency cabinets containing equipment and tools likely to be required in an emergency.• All fire equipment is regularly maintained.The effectiveness of these controls is reviewed in each department through the company safety audit system.Activities and Improvements in 2010Easy to Identify Fire ExtinguishersThere were a total of 12 minor fires during the last year details of the cause and countermeasure of these is detailed insection 3.6. Fire sweeps of each area hasve now been increased with the concern items from 2010 reflected into the firesweep check sheet.In addition in 2010 the following improvements were implemented:• All fire drills were completed according to schedule using the hard and soft fire drills method introduced in 2009.• A total of 158 people completed fire extinguisher training including 33 trained in the use of the Class D fireextinguisher for metal fires from the Die Cast area.• The site wide fire risk assessment was completed by an external company and while no major concerns werehighlighted a small number of minor issues were raised, which will be counter measured in the first part of 2011.SE/D/G/15 - Nov 2011www.hondamanufacturing.co.uk21
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