Notification of Accidents Or Dangerous Occurrences Involving Specified Animal Pathogens

Health and Safety Executive

______Specified Animal Pathogens Order 2008, 2009 Notification of Accidents or Dangerous Occurrences Involving Specified Animal Pathogens  Please provide the information relating to the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence in as much detail as possible.  Please continue on separate sheets if required. For HSE use only

Date received by HSE

1. General data Date of Accident or Time of Accident or Dangerous Occurrence Dangerous Occurrence SAPO licence number

Name of organisation

Address of premises where contained use of specified animal pathogens is carried out

Principal activity of installation

2. Type of the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence Please describe the type of Accident or Dangerous Occurrence, the location, and numbers of people involved. Names of people should only be provided in Section 8 (Confidential Information) of this form.

3. Specified animal pathogens involved

Please provide details of the specified animal pathogen(s) involved including categorisation and containment level required for use of this specified animal pathogen(s)

Approximate quantity, form and concentration of specified animal pathogen(s) involved

4. Description of the circumstances of the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence Please describe the circumstances surrounding the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence and provide initial detail on how the Accident or dangerous occurrence is thought to have occurred

5. Emergency plan

Was there an emergency plan drawn up in advance?

Yes No

If yes, please provide the name of the person who drew up the emergency plan in the box provided in Section 8 (Confidential information) of this form.

6 Steps taken in response to the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence Please describe action taken at the time to minimise the consequences arising from the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence and any action taken since (a) Inside the installation:

(b) Outside the installation:

7. Nature and extent of exposure Please include information on: - damage to animal health - types of environments exposed (water, sewage systems, agricultural land, natural environments) material damage - damage affecting the containment measure (equipment and facility) - whether the danger to animal health is still present - if the danger still exists, details should be provided

Confidential Information 8. Non-disclosable information not supplied in 1-7 Please provide full details of any information you would not want disclosed, including the names of people involved in the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence

Name of person responsible for supervision and safety of specified animal pathogens at the premises (as provided in licence application).

Name of person who drew up the emergency plan

Name of person notifying the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence

Please send completed forms to: SAPO Applications Officer Health and Safety Executive Building 5S2 Redgrave Court Merton Road Bootle Merseyside L20 7HS

or email to [email protected]

Please use this sheet for additional comments

NOTES FOR GUIDANCE

Notifying accidents or dangerous occurrences

1. The SAPO licence requires the licence holder to notify the licensing authority immediately in the event of an Accident or Dangerous Occurrence involving any of the specified animal pathogens listed in Schedule 1 of their licence. There may be situations where as well as notifying the licensing authority, HSE also requires notification under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) (eg if a person were to require hospital treatment or the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) 2014 Regulations (eg if the specified animal pathogen is genetically modified).

What is an Accident or Dangerous Occurrence?

2. A SAPO licence defines an Accident as:

“accident” means unplanned or uncontrolled event involving the escape of a specified animal pathogen from containment

3. A SAPO licence defines a Dangerous Occurrence as:

“Dangerous Occurrence” means an unplanned or uncontrolled event involving a specified animal pathogen that has not resulted in its loss of containment, but which had the potential to do so.

4. Where specified animal pathogens have been dispatched by the licence holder and fail to arrive at their destination within the pre-planned timescale and where there are not acceptable reasons for this delay, this must be reported to the licensing authority as a Dangerous Occurrence.

5. For more information on Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences please see Guidance for licence holders on the control and containment of specified animal pathogens http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg280.htm

Information to be provided

6. Information to be provided to the licensing authority includes the people involved in the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence (eg laboratory personnel, engineers, bystanders); the specified animal pathogen involved in the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence and an indication of the quantity of material involved; the date, time and location of the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence; the circumstances or contributing factors that gave rise to the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence; and the measures being taken to eliminate any immediate hazard to animals outside the licensed premises.

7. When providing information in the form, it is helpful to provide as much details as possible to enable HSE to determine the severity of the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence, particularly where there is an immediate risk to animal health. This will enable HSE to alert the relevant authorities where further action is required to prevent the spread of specified animal pathogens in the environment.

8. The form requests information on the immediate and underlying causes of the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence. It is understood that this may not be available immediately and where this is the case, this should be stated on the form but should not delay notification.

Non-disclosable information provided in an accident or dangerous occurrence notification

9. The detailed information provided on an Accident or Dangerous Occurrence notification is kept on HSE files and hence may be subject to requests for disclosure. Regulation 12 of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004) sets out the disclosure provisions for information provided on such a notification. If a request for information is received, the licensing authority will decide whether the information provided in the Accident or Dangerous Occurrence notification should be exempt from disclosure on the grounds set out in EIR2004.

10. If, on receipt of a request, the licensing authority decides to release this information in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and EIR 2004, it will inform the licence holder in writing before releasing the information.

11. Please note that all personal information is confidential and provision is made for this on the form.

Who do you contact?

12. Accident or Dangerous Occurrence notifications should be sent to:

SAPO Applications Officer Health and Safety Executive BUilding 5S2, Redgrave Court Merton Road Bootle Merseyside L20 7HS

Email [email protected]