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Incident Investigation and Reporting

This document discusses incident investigation and reporting procedures for pollution control officers. It defines an environmental incident and outlines when investigations are required, including for accidents, injuries, unsafe conditions, and exceedances of effluent standards. The summary describes the six steps for successfully investigating incidents to discover causes and prevent recurrence: securing the area, collecting data, analyzing data, identifying causes, recommending corrective actions, and preparing a report. Requirements to report incidents in writing within 24 hours to the regional environmental office are also summarized.

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Incident Investigation and Reporting

This document discusses incident investigation and reporting procedures for pollution control officers. It defines an environmental incident and outlines when investigations are required, including for accidents, injuries, unsafe conditions, and exceedances of effluent standards. The summary describes the six steps for successfully investigating incidents to discover causes and prevent recurrence: securing the area, collecting data, analyzing data, identifying causes, recommending corrective actions, and preparing a report. Requirements to report incidents in writing within 24 hours to the regional environmental office are also summarized.

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Incident

Investigation
and
Reporting
Pollution Control Officer and Managing Head’s Training
01 TECHNICAL
DEFINITION OUTLINE
02 LEGAL
OBLIGATIONS

03 ACTION PLAN

04 APPLICATION
INCIDENT & ACCIDENT

INCIDENT ACCIDENT
an event that has an event that has
unintentionally unintentionally
happened, but this may happened, that results in
not result in damage, damage, injury or harm
harm or injury.
Environmental Incident
DAO 2014-02 Revised Guidelines For Pollution
Control Officer Accreditation

“an incident that has caused or


has potential for causing
pollution to the environment”

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WHY CONDUCT AN INCIDENT
INVESTIGATION?
An incident investigation is a tool to
find and solve problems in your
environmental management system.

When one of the elements is not


functioning properly, an incident can
occur.

We investigate incidents to:


○ discover what caused the incident
(what part of the system broke down
and why) and
○ eliminate the causes to ensure that
employees/environment are not
harmed during their work and that
work continues as planned Image Source: Vector Stock
WHEN TO CONDUCT AN INCIDENT
INVESTIGATION?
● All injuries (even the very minor ones)
● All accidents with a potential for injury
● Events involving unsafe conditions or property
damage
● All Near Misses where there was a potential for
serious injury
HOW TO CONDUCT AN INCIDENT
INVESTIGATION?
Source: Center for Chemical Process Safety
Six steps for
successful
incident
investigation

Source: Risktec
CONSIDER HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
Materials Facilities
Machinery Environment
Equipment People
Tools Workload
Chemicals
DENR-EMB
Incident investigation
and reporting
requirements
Incident Investigation and
Reporting
Report in writing within twenty-four (24) hours
from the occurrence of any of the following
environmental incident to the concerned EMB
Regional Office, as the case may be:
○ Breakdown of any pollution source and/or control facility or
monitoring instruments
○ Release (e.g. leaks, spills, etc.) of chemicals or hazardous wastes
(listed in this Order as well as the Priority List of Hazardous
Substances as published by the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry of the Department of Health & Human Services
of the United States of America) to environmental media
Incident Investigation and
Reporting
Report in writing within twenty-four (24) hours
from securing of the results of laboratory analysis
or from online monitoring instruments any
exceedance to effluent and/or emission standards:

The report shall include:


○ Date/Time of the Incident
○ Cause(s) of the Incident
○ Description of the Incident detailing the estimated amount of chemicals
or hazardous wastes, emissions, and/or effluents released to the
receiving environment
○ Interim/contingency measures to mitigate any potential negative impacts
“
...when human activities may lead to threats of serious
and irreversible damage to the environment that is
scientifically plausible but uncertain, actions shall be taken
to avoid or diminish that threat.

—PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE

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