SAFETY TRANSPORT
&
LOGISTICS SOLUTION
STLS
BIEENIAL NATIONAL SAFETY
CONFERENCE
19TH JUNE 2013
focus on transportation safety
within the chemical handling industry
(HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS)
STLS - when logistics
professional and safety
are required
PRESENTER GHASSAN HUSSEINI
LEAD AUDITOR FOR
ISO14001-OH&S 18001 –ICMC
AND VISE CHAIRMAN FOR ROTTBA
CELL-00233-244-310180
GHASS@STLSGH.COM
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• Executive Summary
– Safety Transport &
Logistics Solution
– Ghana (STLSGH): is a
Ghanaian
transport company that is
specialized in handling and
disposing of hazardous &
none hazardous chemicals.
– Located at lake side estate
New Legon plot 18
– The company registered on
5 Feb 2009
with registration #CA-54863
– STLS :the management of
the company comprises of
expertise in the field of
transport, safety and
environmental engineering.
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Accident in Africa
• Accident
• (conversation between insurance broker and
transporter in Africa)
– Transporter : I am sorry to inform you we had an
accident we had few casualties
– Insurance : level of injuries and location
– Transporter : they 3 dead one male and 2 female
– Insurance : so no injuries
– Transporter : no
– Insurance : thank God
– Transporter : I don’t think you heard well I said 3 died
– Insurance : I heard you well in the case of death the
claim values are much lower than injuries
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Impact on family after
one year
• The wife :received a lump sum of money
• The money were spent on the following
– The cost of funeral and other
– Family member shared the money
– Business investment with No experience
• Lack o knowledge
• Lack of education
– Children are not doing well in school extra
classes
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Impact on family after
two years
• The wife business venture collapsed
• Family obligation consumed some
money
• Children are out of school
• The income from social security is not
enough
• Family had to relocate to the village
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The end
• The wife became dependent on her
family
• The children are scattered with no proper
education or jobs
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Employers & Insurance
company
• Pay compensation for family
• Pay for the assets damage
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But they cannot pay for
The emotional trauma
Loss of father
The education
The family collapse
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HAZMAT RECORDS ON
TRANSPORT
• DJIBO INCIDENT
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on July 23, 2011 a 6 trucks left Tema to Inata with 2 escorts .
The convoy arrived at Djibo 30 KM from mine on 29-7-2011 @13:00
The first 3 vehicles crossed the dam safely but
the 5th truck in an attempt to avoid the pot hole lost control over
the steering axel
• rolled over into the pond
• COST $1,000,000USD
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Accident records
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road accident COSTS over 500 million ghc with more than 1600
deaths
Between 2001 and 2008, 110 chemical related accidents were
reported in Ghana
88 incident out of 110 occurred in 3 regions.
From 2010 to 2012, 1,862 accidents were reported
462 cases out of 1862 were transport related chemical accidents on
the Tema-Paga corridor involving many chemicals these incidents
directly affected, 1,860 people, 80 drivers and 259 persons died and
the rest sustained various degrees of injuries.
100 out of 1862 were within Ghana, cargo transported to mines
30 warehouses, & 8 fuel stations
others as miscellaneous accidents in nature
From 2001 to 2012, 5,380 people died from chemical transport &
related cases
2001-2012, 3400 people died out of 14,890 reported chemical
poisoning incident in 8 hospitals in 4 regions (mostly agro-chemicals)
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Predominant Hazards
• Equipment: most of the equipment examined condition
were generally poor
• Drivers :
– had no proper training
– No defensive driving skills
– drivers had little or no knowledge of what he is carrying
• Emergency response : drivers had no idea what to do incase
of an emergency rather during investigation it was realized
that some drivers reaction might be more harmful than the
actual incident, escalating the situation
• MSDS/Trem-card : material safety data sheet was not
available on most of the trucks and the drivers were not
literate enough to read and understand
• Handling: inappropriate handling methods, no protective
gears, direct exposure
• Safety: no fire fighting gears no PPE
• Cargo exposure: some of the cargo was transported on flat
bed no container or containing medium
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• Impact on national Security
• Loss of properties
– >500 million cedis cost of these accident
• Loss of life
– 1600 people dies every year
• Damage to the environment
– 200 contaminated sites in 5 regions with 56% due to
small scale mining identified in a 2012 assessment cost
of decontamination runs into millions
• Damage to reputation
– Accident affect the reputation of Ghana and put us on
the chart
– Ghana is number 55 in the world
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Impact on National
Security
• All hazardous cargo such as acids, caustics,
cyanide and even fertilizer have national
security implications as they are ingredients for
ammunitions and bombs
• Water bodies contamination can create
catastrophic impacts on health
• Scale of impacts not limited to frontline staff
but as people congregate towards disasters
• Djibo incident cyanide
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Requirement
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Mandatory rest: every 4 hrs work 30 minutes rest
hazmat employee must be properly trained on the product
Worked with hazmat for at least 1 year
Defensive driving course
Basic transport regulation
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SAFETY STANDARDS – VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT
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must be suitable for transporting dangerous goods.
must be free from any defect
Pertains to lighting devices, reflectors, and electrical equipment.
Brakes, windows and windshields.
OBC on board computers.
Emergency equipment.
Tracking device.
Working Twist locks
Road worthy
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Solution
VEHICLE
MANAGEMENT
JOURNEY
MANAGEMENT
HSSE
MANAGEMENT
HAZMAT
TRANSPORT
MANAGEME
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DRIVER
MANAGEMENT
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ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
• Pre employment requisite
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Police report
Background verification
Competency frame work
third party assessor
3 month training/Induction
3 month as co driver
Required characteristics of
Hazmat operator
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Product knowledge
Team player
Disciplined
Responsible
Literate
Good in his job
Mentally stable
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JOURNEY
MANAGEMENT
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CARGO TRACKED FROM PRODUCTION TO
DESTINATION
At Port Cargo is segregated.
GPRS Tracking devices are mounted on carriers
All shipping lines adhere to the IMDG code
Stevedoring is done by certified Stevedore
Cargo is tracked through the trucks tracking
device
In every inland journey, a journey plan is
developed and closed at return compared to
the GPRS tracking report
In land transport to destination
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Road risk assessment is done to all destination
Convoy management include the ER team
Pre-trip briefing is done
Safety team escort cargo +emergency equipment.
Review road condition on every trip
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JOURNEY
MANAGEMENT
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JOURNEY
MANAGEMENT
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HSSE
MANAGEMENT
• HSSE MS to include
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Operational procedures
Assessment
Convoy and escort
HSSE Training: passport to operate
• Product knowledge
• Hazardous chemical handling
• Defensive driving
• Convoy & escort movement
• Road risk assessment and hazard
identification
• Emergency response search and rescue
All these training are registered on HSSE passport
• Transport emergency cards TERM TREC
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Transport emergency cards must be in every carrier
TREM-TREC must contain
– Steps for the driver to take in case of emergency
– Basic first aid
– Required PPE
– Contact numbers
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VEHICLE
MANAGEMENT
DRIVER
MANAGEMENT
• Driver management
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– Recruitment
– Training & induction
– Route selection
based on experience
– Fatigue (how do we
manage fatigue)
– Drivers grade and
chemical handling
– Driver assessment
– Competency frame
work
• Proactive
– Maintenance plan
mileage based
– Maintenance plan time
based
– Daily inspection
– Pre trip inspection
– Post trip inspection
– weekly inspection
– Monthly
Reactive
– Repair based on
breakdown or
complain
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• ER PLAN
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Emergency
response
OBJECTIVE
To ensure that in times of emergency,
maximum action will be taken to combat any peril likely to bring
problems to people, property and the environment.
Training of staff to react to emergency such as spill, fire, etc.
To train staff on bringing spillages to its minimum level.
For minor accidents/incidents where no significant damage is done & is
still safe to operate an incident report should be developed but in case of
serious accident/incident emergency response plan should be activated
mobilizing the emergency response team
The ER Plan should contain
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roles and responsibility during emergency
Contact details and emergency numbers, police fire service
Possible scenario if scenario is not available consult base controller.
Investigation procedure
Recovery procedure
Reporting procedure
Press / Media
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Conclusion The Good, the
Bad & the Ugly
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Good
– There are companies or UNIONS who are trying to manage
transport as per best practice
– Comply with local international standard and sign to ISO or OHSAS
EPA.
– Procedures and processes available no need to invent the wheel
– Ghana customs track cargo
Bad
– There are much more companies or unions that don’t really care
– Complying cost is expensive.
– Training and other requirement is out of reach
– Not equipped to train and to implement.
Ugly
– Regulating Bodies on it s own will not be able to achieve the goals
– Regulating bodies need a collective support from international
and local (involving private sector).
– Great ideas available but finances is out of reach(passport to
operate to be implemented).
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• THANK YOU
• QUESTIONS
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