Managing risks to health posed by construction & remedial works at former industrial sites.
| Date/Time: | 22 May 2012
12:15-12:30 |
| Location: | Environmental and Land Remediation Theatre |
Seminar Details
It is not uncommon for land previously occupied by industrial manufacturing processes, such as manufactured gasworks, chemical processing plants and metalworks to be contaminated with wastes or by-products that may be hazardous to human health and the environment. For example, wastes, such as coal tar are of concern because of their components toxicity and/ or carcinogenic properties.
Construction or remedial works at contaminated sites have the potential to expose workers, visitors and the general public to hazardous chemicals via a number of pathways e.g. vapour emissions, dusts. As such, site operators have a responsibility to ensure that exposure of persons (whether at work or not) to hazardous substances is prevented or adequately controlled in accordance with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations. A lack of suitable control measures having appropriate monitoring and feedback systems may result in exposures of worker or the public to unacceptable concentrations of chemicals. A number of reported cases have illustrated the potential consequences and liability when control systems are absent or failures occur. Such cases have also raised awareness amongst the general public and may be responsible for an increased opposition to the development of contaminated sites.
Here, RAW Group provide case studies and experiences in respect to managing and controlling health risks posed by works at contaminated sites, using examples to illustrate risks, control measures and the benefits that concise environmental monitoring systems offer. This presentation will be of interest to site managers and regulators.
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