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A waste management project with logistics and occupational

hygiene interactions

Martin JenningsJamie Bradford

37th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Australian Instituteof Occupational Hygienists Perth, 2nd December 2019

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CLIENT REQUIREMENTS

• Minimise reputational risk

• Full compliance with legislation• Work Health & Safety

• Dangerous Goods

• Environmental

• Cost recovery of scrap & recyclable waste

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THE PROJECT

• Decommissioning and planning for demolition of 3 major manufacturing plants.

• All sites are of a significant size (100 hectares)

• Considerable age (60 -100 years)

• Different operations at each site

• Surveys conducted of soil, structures & equipment

• Identified asbestos, lead, PCBs, mercury, chromium6+, VOCs and others.

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ROLE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENIST

• Develop:• Hazardous materials management plan;

• Hazardous materials removal guidelines;

• Asbestos management plan;

• Asbestos register & update as necessary.

• Oversee drafting of detailed specifications for regulated materials;

• Coordinate hazardous materials testing.

• Due diligence checks of OH consultants.

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REGULATION OF WASTE STREAMS

Waste

Strea

m

Item GHS

Category

DG

Class

EPA Scrap or

recycle

03 Asbestos 08 9 ✔

04 PCBs 08, 09 9 ✔

05 Mercury 06, 08, 09 6, 8 ✔ ✔

06 Fluorescents - - ✔ ✔

10 E-waste - - ✔ ✔

22 Lead 08, 09 9 ✔ ✔

23 Oils - 9 ✔ ✔

25 Pb/Acid

batteries

05, 07, 08,

09

8 ✔ ✔

28 Compressed

gases

02, 03, 04 2.1, 2.2,

2.3, 5.1

✔ ✔

29 Refrigerants 04, 09 2 ✔ ✔

36 USTs - - ✔ ✔

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THE ROLE OF LOGISTICS

• Definition

The planning and execution of the flow of things from a point of origin to a point of destination. This includes identification of all the individual functions and information management considering many separable portions, to deliver a holistic solution for the task at hand.

• Role

• Identify all internal/external stakeholder requirements

• Develop Materials Management Plan (MMP)

• Automate all processes

• Develop Contractor Scope of Work aligned to MMP

• End to end solution

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TRACBASE

• Proprietary system

• 10+ year in-field experience

• Operationally and Technically aligned

• Flexible to meet additional milestones

• Must not stop the contractors

• Meet or exceed industry best standards

• Work front or desk-based applications

PHASE 1: PLANNING

• Clients Global Corporate Specifications

• Statutory regulations• EPA, OSH Act & Regs,

Dangerous Goods Act

• Safety Guidelines

• Stakeholders

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PHASE 2: DEVELOPMENT

• Database development

• Materials Management Plan • Formally introduced he

database

• Role-based Manuals

• Role-based Swimlanes

PHASE 3: DELIVERY

• Work Areas

• RM Materials criteria

• Waste Streams

• Work Activity

• Work Plan

• Site Departure

• Documentation

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PROCESS FLOW

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COMMUNICATIONS

• Facility Owner• Corporate, Reputational, Strategic

• Project Management Company • Deliver to client's requirements, contractual

• Hygienist compliance & verification

• Materials management planning & verification

• Contractor • Operational deconstruction

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STATISTICS

3 Sites

49 Waste Streams

235 Work Packs

2,240 Components & Sub-Components

785 Line Items of Trackable Regulated Materials

694 Site Departure Forms / loads

6,263 Tonnes of decommissioned materials

415 Loads requiring scrap metal rebate

1 Source Of The Truth (database) for approvals, progress and record keeping

0 Non-Compliances

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OTHER APPLICATIONS

• Mine site monitoring• Air/water/soil sampling depository across separate projects

• Medical• Health surveillance

• Long term / job change compatibility

• Personnel• Toolbox attendance

• Drug & Alcohol testing records

• Geofence tracking

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Thank you…

www.matmangroup.com.au

Your Material, Our Focus

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