ARIE
ARIE stands for Additional Risk Inventory & Evaluation. As its name suggests, this is an additional risk inventory and evaluation of the risks of major accidents involving hazardous substances, which has replaced the old Work Safety Report (AVR).
It could be argued that bigger companies with large quantities of hazardous substances on the premises usually have to deal with the Major Accidents (Risks) Decree (BRZO), while smaller companies work with the ARIE facility.
An ‘ARIE company’ is monitored by the Health and Safety Inspectorate, while monitoring of ‘BRZO companies’ is carried out jointly by the competent authorities under the Environmental Management Act, the Health and Safety Inspectorate and the Fire Brigade (disaster management). Although the obligations under both types of legislation are related to one another, there are still differences.
BRZO companies may also be obliged to apply ARIE. The ARIE facility includes similar obligations such as the basic BRZO obligations. Click here for more information on BRZO.
ARIE obligations
The obligations in the ARIE facility are as follows:
- Compiling a risk inventory and evaluation on the dangers and risks of major accidents involving the equipment indicated (Loss of Containment (LOC) Scenarios)
- Pursuing a Major Accidents Prevention Policy (MAPP)
- Working out the MAPP in a Safety Management System (SMS)
- Implementing an internal emergency plan as part of the SMS
- Drawing up an action plan for risk reduction
Fulfilling the ARIE obligations
D&F can help you to fulfil the ARIE obligations. Some of these ARIE obligations are additional to the general RI&E. We can assist you step by step by drafting the RI&E for accidents with hazardous substances and the ARIE scenarios.
For more information (free of obligation), you can make an appointment with one of our consultants. To do this, please call Daisy Markerink on +31(0)316 712800.