1.1.1
This Emergency Response Plan for Tank Farm is
prepared for Contract HY/2011/03 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge Hong Kong Link Road – Section between Scenic Hill and Hong Kong Boundary
Facilities (“the Contract”) for the Highways Department of HKSAR. The Works in this Contract are
considered to be a “Designated Project”, under Schedule 2 of the Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance (Cap 499) and an Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) Report was undertaken “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge Hong Kong Link Road (HKLR)” (Register No. AEIAR-144/2009). An Environmental Permit (EP) was
successfully applied for and received on 23 October 2009 (EP-352/2009). The EP was subsequently varied and
reissued on 31 October 2011 (EP-352/2009/A). These documents are available
through the EIA Ordinance Register.
1.1.2
The construction site of the Scenic Hill Tunnel
is located at a distance of 162m away from the nearest tank at the Aviation
Fuel Tank Farm where a large amount of flammable jet fuel is stored. The
location of the Tank Farm and the boundary of the construction area is shown in Figure 1.
Due to the close proximity of the construction site with the tank farm,
an emergency response plan should be prepared. The purpose of this document is
to fulfil the Condition 2.10 of the Environmental
Permit for the Project to detail the emergency response procedures in the event
of fire, fuel spillage and fuel leakage at the tank farm.
2.1.1
According to the Hazard to Life Assessment of the approved EIA Report conducted for the Hong Kong Link
Road Project, fuel spillage outside tank bund with subsequent ignition, thermal
radiation emitted from bund fire and smoke dispersion have been identified as
potential hazardous scenarios caused by the tank farm.
3.1.1
The personnel of the Emergency Team are
full-time on site and it will be triggered in case of emergency. In case of
sick leave/holiday leave of individuals during emergency case, other
construction managers and safety officer will take up their relevant
responsibility. Where an emergency
happens after working hours, members of the Emergency Team will be called up
when necessary. The Organisation Chart of China
State’s Emergency Team is shown in Appendix
A.
3.1.2
Members of the emergency team should have
received sufficient trainings in handling emergency situations. There will be trained personnel to use
fire-fighting equipment and provide first aid. In particular, two certified first
aiders will be included in the Emergency Team.
4.1.1
The functions of the site emergency team in
relation to Aviation Fuel Tank Farm incident are to:
·
Contact Aviation Fuel Tank Farm operator (AFSC) and
confirm the situation of aviation fuel spillage or fire;
·
Notify relevant government departments / organisations
if necessary;
·
Assess the seriousness and potential impact to the construction
site and initiate emergency evacuation if necessary;
·
Assist in evacuating all workers and staff to assembly
point;
·
Assist in checking casualty, provide first aid
treatment and accompany to hospital, if required;
·
Under a safe situation, fence off the scene and
staying intact;
·
Report the incident to relevant parties; and
·
Lead external rescue team to the scene, to assist Fire
Services Department personnel to rescue trapped people if required.
4.1.2
The roles of site emergency team personnel
required to handle Aviation Fuel Tank Farm incident are specified in the
following table:
|
Position
|
Responsibility
|
|
Emergency Coordinator
|
·
Notify Team Leader (Deputy Site Agent)
immediately about the accident.
·
Determine with Team Leader (Deputy Site Agent)
if an emergency evacuation is required and any emergency action is required.
·
Analyse the
situation and determine if rescue services from relevant government
departments are necessary (e.g. Ambulance Station, Fire Services Department).
·
Organize of rescue team to deal with emergency
situation before the arrival of the rescue services.
·
Inform onsite Safety Officer about the
incident.
·
Act as a point of contact for the rescue
services such as police and fireman arriving at the construction site.
·
Conduct a review of the accident site with
onsite Safety Officer after resolving the accident and determine if it is
safe to resume the construction work.
·
If it is not safe to resume the construction
work after the accident, it is necessary to report the situation to Team
Leader (Deputy Site Agent) and determine the appropriate action
required.
·
Instruct team member to release the accident
site to allow staff to go back to the construction site under a safe
situation.
·
Conduct a post-accident review and report the
review to Team Leader (Deputy Site Agent).
|
|
Team Leader (Deputy Site
Agent)
|
·
Work with Emergency Coordinator and Safety
Officer to develop actions to handle the emergency situation.
·
Participate in the post-accident review and
report the review to head office of the China State Construction Engineering
(HK) Ltd. (CSHK) and Supervising Officer’s Representative/Delegates.
|
|
Safety Officer
|
·
Work with Team Leader and Emergency
Coordinator to develop actions to handle the emergency situation
·
Notify the accident to Labour
Department/Marine Department if necessary
·
Notify the accident to CSHK Head Office
–Safety & Environmental Protection Department).
·
Instruct General Foremen to take the required actions
(e.g. asking them to announce emergency evacuation to other site workers.
·
Work with Emergency Coordinator to conduct a
post-accident review to determine if it is safe to resume the construction
works.
|
|
General Foremen
|
·
Take actions instructed by Safety
Officer/Emergency Coordinator.
·
Conduct head-count in the Emergency Assembly
Point and report any missing person to the Safety Officer/Emergency
Coordinator.
|
|
First Aiders
|
·
Provide first aid to injured worker
|
5.1.1
The Contact List of Site Emergency Team is shown
in Appendix B.
6.1.1
The Government Authority & Outside Emergency Contact List is shown in Appendix B.
1. When
an incident occurs in the Aviation Fuel Tank Farm (e.g. fire, leakage,
spillage, etc.), emergency coordinator in the site will be notified by AFSC
immediately.
2. The
emergency coordinator will gather all emergency team members.
3. The
emergency team will assess the seriousness of the incident and determine if an
emergency evacuation of all construction workers is required.
4. Should
an emergency evacuation is not required, a person will
be assigned the duty to keep a close monitoring of the situation until the
incident is controlled.
5. Should
the spillage overflowing the bund wall or a significant fire occurred, an emergency evacuation is required. The emergency team
members will announce (in Cantonese, Mandarin and English) on loudspeaker as
follows:
“Attention please!
Attention please! There is an emergency occurred in the construction site,
please switch off the construction machine and evacuate to the emergency
assembly point orderly and report to the person in charge.”
6. The
emergency team members will lead the construction workers to an emergency
assembly point and head count will be conducted at the assembly point to ensure
no one is left inside the construction site. The location of the emergency
assembly point is shown in Appendix C.
7. Under
a safe condition, the emergency team members will block all access to the scene
of emergency to prevent un-authorized entry.
8. The
emergency coordinator will dial 999 to call the Fire Services Department and
Police Force to report the spillage incident.
9. The
emergency coordinator will also report the incident to other relevant parties
such as the Supervising Officer immediately.
10. Upon
arrival of the firemen and policemen at the scene, the emergency coordinator
will provide assistance to them.
11. If
someone is missing, the emergency coordinator will report the missing to the
policemen and firemen.
12. Nobody
is allowed to return to the affected area for any reason until they are
authorized to do so.
13. When
the incident is recovered and permission has been granted from the firemen and
policemen, the emergency coordinator will first go into the affected area and
identify the area and the construction machines being affected by fire/leakage
or fuel spillage.
14. The affected
area and equipment will be rectified and/or replaced before construction work
is resumed.
15. The
emergency team will record the details of the emergency and submit to the
Supervising Officer.
16. A
meeting will be held following the emergency for reviewing the problem arisen.
Minutes of the meeting will be recorded.
7.2.1
China State will inform the Airport Fuel Tank
Farm operator (AFSC) about the details of the construction work before the
tunnel construction is commenced and a formal communication channel between the
two parties should be set up and maintained throughout the construction period.
7.2.2
In case of jet fuel spillage from the tank farm,
AFSC will contact the construction site to report the incident. Upon receiving
the reported incident, the emergency coordinator in the construction site will
review the incident. If this is a minor fuel spillage (i.e. contained within
the bund wall) without the potential to affect the construction site, the
emergency coordinator will assign a staff to keep monitoring the situation. The
emergency coordinator will report the incident to the Team Leader and in turns
will report to the Supervising Officier’s
Representative / Delegates.
7.2.3
In case of significant fuel spillage which may
potentially affect the construction site, the emergency coordinator in the
construction site will first contact Fire Services Department and Police Force
to report the incident and ask for assistance. The operator of the fuel tank
farm will be contacted to confirm the latest situation of the incident and
remedial work. Under a safe situation, the emergency coordinator and the Team
Leader will report the incident and any damage/casualty to the Supervising
Officer’s Representative / Delegates and other relevant Government Departments
(including HyD, MD, EPD, and AFCD where appropriate).
7.2.4
Post-accident review will be conducted should
there is any damage/casualty on site. The findings of the review will be
reported to the Supervising Officier’s Representative
/ Delegates and Labour Department within one month
after the incident .
8.1.1
Fire and evacuation drills will be held at
interval of 6 months for all site workers and staff. Training
on emergency procedures will be provided during induction training, and
refreshments on the subject will be given every two month during the regular
toolbox talk sessions.
9.1.1
The evacuation route map, which is shown in Appendix C
will be posted at the bulletin boards at the site entrances and other
conspicuous places that allow workers to read. .
