Hazard and Risk 03
Hazard and Risk 03 : Chemical Hazard: A hazard involving chemicals or processes, which may realise its potential through, agencies such as fire, explosion, toxic or corrosive effects. Wherever the word hazard is used below, it has the meaning of chemical hazard as so defined. The term Major Hazard has been used in the United Kingdom for more than a decade; it was used in 1067 in the Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories and in 1972 in the Robens Report. In addition, various documents have proposed definitions based on the quantity of materials stored on a given site. These include DoE Circular No. 1/72 and the 1st and 2nd Reports of the Advisory Committee on Major Hazards. Perhaps, it should be noted that subsequent legislation, namely the Notification of Installations Handling Hazardous Substances (NIHHS) Regulations 1983, and the draft Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazard (CIMAH) Regulations, which were derived from the earlier sources, do not use the term major hazard. The term may be defined as follows: See: Next: Hazard and Risk.
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