Stormwater Management Plan MCU17/0014

Health and safety

The EnviroPod has been designed to trap and
retain pollutants in stormwater runoff, helping             The procedures indicated in the Operations
                                                            section of this manual are recommended as the
to maintain the quality of water entering our
                                                            safest and most efficient manner of conducting
aquatic ecosystems. Depending on the nature                 the maintenance of EnviroPod units (Section 2),
of your site, pollutants can range from organic             however contractors and cleaning staff may
material such as leaves and sticks through to               vary the procedure in response to the site
                                                            conditions; varying work practices; or general
debris such as broken glass, syringes or other
                                                            preferences in the cleaning techniques. Please
potentially harmful materials.                              note that procedures outlined in this manual
                                                            are not exhaustive, and that any changes
Access to gully pits containing EnviroPods may              made should always comply with general safe
require removing heavy protective grates,                   work practices.

while cleaning such pits may entail working in
confined spaces. For these reasons, all aspects
                                                     Cleaning of EnviroPod filters and StormFilters is a specialist
of maintaining and cleaning your EnviroPod
                                                     activity. The material collected by the devices can be
require careful adherence to Occupational            harmful, and needs to be handled correctly. For example,
Health and Safety (OH&S) guidelines. Doing so        sediments may contain heavy metals and carcinogenic
will ensure that all maintenance personnel are       substances as well as harmful objects such as broken
                                                     glass and syringes. It is essential that Occupational Safety
adequately protected and have been properly
                                                     and Health guidelines are followed at all times, and that the
trained before taking part in any specialist         following steps are carried out to ensure safe and successful
activities. The same level of care needs to be       maintenance operations.
taken to protect non-work personnel in and           In addition to the dangers associated with the cleaning and
around the site, while appropriate traffic control   handling of material in the filter bags, precaution needs
measures must be put in place where collection       to be taken with activities such as removing the grate as
pits are situated in, or adjacent to, roadways or    well as with managing the traffic, pedestrians and other non-
                                                     worker personnel at the site. The general workplace hazards
car parks.                                           associated with working outdoors also need to be taken
                                                     into account..




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