7th Annual Managing Hazardous Substances and Dangerous Goods Conference

About

Practically developing effective hazardous substance management in your organisation


“Acid Spill Scare in Palmerston North”
- Manawatu Standard, 22 May

“Toxic gas cloud injures four in Humberside chemical explosion”
- The Guardian, March 5

Headlines like this can be found surprisingly regularly. And without proper management of your organisation’s hazardous substances, the likelihood of an incident or near miss can move from possibility to probability. Bright*Star’s 7th Annual Managing Hazardous Substances and Dangerous Goods Conference has been designed to answer all your burning questions about HSNO regulation and safety to help you achieve a safe and compliant work place.

We’ve changed the format of this year’s event to make it more practical than ever. With an increased focus on delivering practical case studies and industry participation, this event has been designed specifically to give you action points to take back to the office and use the very next day. We’re also including three interactive and highly informative mini-workshops throughout the conference to really give you to opportunity to roll your sleeves up and get in to a topic in more depth.

Featuring case study presentations from:
Tonkin & Taylor | Damar Industries | E-Tec Crop Solutions | PGG Wrightson


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Agenda

Agenda: Day 1

8.30

Registration & Coffee

9.00

Opening Remarks from the Chair

Suzanne Broadbent, Principal Consultant, HAS-EXPERTISE

9.10

Developing Sound Test Certification Relationships and Standards

Your test certifier is most organisation’s first port of call for all HSNO compliance enquiries and issues. This means that it’s extremely important to develop a good working relationship with your TC and that they understand your business and its health and safety requirements.
• The current standard of test certifiers in New Zealand – and how to spot a good one!
• What do test certifiers want to see from the organisations they audit?
• Performance standards for test certifiers

John Downey, Director, Enviroservices (2002) Ltd

10.00

HSNO Compliance: The Enforcement Perspective

The Department of Labour is the enforcement and regulatory body in all OH&S and HSNO compliance areas. This session will discuss what the DoL is seeing at the coalface and what businesses can expect through the inspection and investigation process.
What are the current attitudes to compliance in New Zealand?
• What are the major areas of non-compliance that we are currently seeing?
• Interventions and assessments
• The investigation process

Ron Andrew, National Practice Manager – HSNO, DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR
(subject to final approval)

10.50

Morning Break & Refreshments

11.10

Mini Workshop: Interpreting and Navigating HSNO Regulations (Mini Workshop)

The current compliance regime is complex, and it is easy to make a mis-step in key areas. With the amount of legislation that currently exists, the prospect of correctly interpreting them can be daunting – especially considering the potential consequences on compliance and safety. The current HSNO regulatory landscape will be set out in a clear, concise, and easily understandable way in this highly practical mini workshop.
• Common misunderstandings in the HSNO Act and surrounding regulation.
• Turning legislation into actionable items in the workplace
• Communicating and ensuring clarity to your approved handlers and the other site users
• How can the frameworks be simplified at a national level for better overall compliance and safety?

Phillip Tse, Principal, CHEMIE-TECH and Registered Safety Professional

12.45

Lunch Break

1.45

Mini Workshop: Site and Substance Classifications (Mini Workshop)

There are a large variety of toxic, ecotoxic, poisonous, flammable and explosive materials that an approved handler may come in to contact with on their site. Classifying and storing these materials in the correct manner is the cornerstone to HSNO Compliance. This practical workshop will cover:
• Which are the most commonly used (or misused) hazardous substances and how are they classified?
• Deciphering the different forms of product classifications in the regulation matrix
• Which require test certificates and what are the trigger quantities?
• Which shouldn’t be stored together?
• What other factors should you consider when thinking about storage and site design?
• What are the standards for work areas?

Peter Dawson, Managing Director
TECHNICAL STRATEGY GROUP

3.15

Afternoon Break & Refreshments

3.30

Transportation of Hazardous Substances – Pitfalls and Potholes

Transportation is one area of HSNO compliance that is often overlooked in the larger scheme of things – largely the victim of blame shifting to the courier or transportation company. But what if it’s your organisation transporting the substance between sites? Or your vital shipment is delayed in transit? This session will examine:
• Common areas of transportation non-compliance
• Documentation and MSDS requirements
• Working positively with contractors and staff to make sure compliance is achieved

Harry Price, General Manager Logistics/Health & Safety, CHEMFREIGHT
Debra Pickering, General Manager, CHEMFREIGHT

4.15

Case Study: Improving Compliance Levels over Time by Developing a HSNO Safety Culture (Case Study)

HSNO compliance needs recognition and development from all levels of an organisation – not just from those who practice it on a daily basis. This session will share the experiences of Damar Industries, their dangerous goods operation, and how they have embedded a culture of HSNO safety into their organisation to improve levels of compliance over a period of time
• Getting staff buy-in for HSNO safety
• Moving from raising awareness to changing behaviours
• The effects this had on our compliance
• Experienced gained and lessons learned along the way

Paul Wightman, GM Manufacturing and Operations &
Joan Gemmell, Health and Safety Officer
DAMAR INDUSTRIES

5.00

End of Day 1 and Networking Drinks

Agenda: Day 2

9.00

Opening Remarks from the Chair

Suzanne Broadbent, Principal Consultant, HAS-EXPERTISE

9.05

Coping with MSDS’s

Any person using a hazardous substances must have access to a NZ compliant MSDS. This presentation provides information on the differences between NZ and international MSDSs/SDSs and will help you to decide which direction to take to ensure compliance with HSNO.
• Legal requirements for MSDSs/SDSs under regulations and group standards
• Responsibilities for providing MSDSs (e.g., importer vs manufacturer)
• Writing your own MSDSs – starting from scratch?
• Or Starting from international MSDS – which countries are closest to NZ?
• What needs to be added for NZ?

Dr Birgit Rahm, Senior Consultant, HAS-EXPERTISE

9.55

Case Study: Replacement for Methyl Bromide Fumigant (Case Study)

The application process, risk assessment and the controls for this new product known as “Ripper” will be discussed. The controls for this product – toxic but not flammable, include buffer zones, further training requirements and test certification for sites. This is a significant change from previous and has interesting implications for users of other toxic substances. The practical implementation of these controls will also be discussed from the importers and users perspective.

Suzanne Broadbent, Principal Consultant, HAS-EXPERTISE
Brian Smith, Technical Manager E-TEC CROP SOLUTIONS

10.40

Morning Break & Refreshments

11.00

Mini Workshop: Emergency Management: Planning for the Worst so you Don’t Have to Hope for the Best (Mini Workshop)

Emergency management is a critical part of HSNO compliance, and of general risk and facilities management. However a comprehensive emergency management plan requires care and forethought before being created. Many organisations neglect this crucial element of HSNO health and safety, or if an emergency plan exists it lies forgotten in a bottom drawer.
• This workshop will assist you in developing a robust emergency management plan, and covers:
The regulatory requirements of an emergency plan
• Factors to consider while developing the plan
• Location-specific considerations
• Making the plan a living document and embedding it into organisational culture
• Developing effective emergency management training exercises

Bruce Evans, Director, EVATECH

12.30

Lunch Break

1.20

Case Study: Reducing the Impacts of Hazardous Substances throughout the Manufacturing Cycle (Case Study)

In an effort to reduce their impact on the environment, many organisations are reducing their usage of toxic or hazardous materials through the manufacturing process, and product stewardship after sales. This case study will illustrate some of the work of PGG Wrightson through the product lifecycle, from manufacture to product disposal and recovery.
• Where we reduced the need for hazardous substances through smarter process
• Chemical collection through the Agrecovery programme, in partnership with Northland Regional Council
• Safe disposal and reuse of materials

Mark Jones, Health and Safety Manager, PGG WRIGHTSON

2.00

Case Study: Contaminated Site Cleanup and Material Recovery (Case Study)

Should the worst happen and occurs a spillage or leakage of hazardous material, it’s important to have an extraction and recovery plan in place to reduce the environmental impacts of the accident. This case study will profile some of the experiences of Tonkin and Taylor in their site cleanup work and resource recovery for clients. We will cover:
• Choices faced in material recovery
• Soil/groundwater removal and disposal
• Post cleanup monitoring and site assessments to reduce long term impacts

Tony Cussins, Director & Geosciences Team Leader, TONKIN & TAYLOR

2.45

Afternoon Break & Refreshments

3.00

CASE STUDY: Developing an Effective HSNO Management System

In this session, Air New Zealand will give an overview of the journey they took in developing & improving the HSNO Management System in our aircraft maintenance operations:

- How we shift from dealing with high-risk issues to system based issues
- Development of dossiers management system into a more self-sustainable system
- The growing awareness in environmental & HSNO compliance through different communication channels

April Wong, HSNO/Environment Co-ordinator Technical Operations, Air New Zealand

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3.45

Approved Handler Training and Staff Awareness of HSNO Issues

Getting the right people, and right number of people trained in Hazardous Substance handling is a vital part of your overall HSNO risk mitigation strategy. This session will guide you on the staff training process to ensure compliance and safety.
• What does an Approved handler currently need to know?
• Does the current Approved Handler training go far enough? What extra training may be needed?
• Ensuring the Person in Charge is as well versed in HSNO requirements as any Approved Handlers

Elizabeth Jenkins, Chemical Consultant, Chemsafety

4.30

Summary Remarks from the Chair and Close of Conference

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