INEOS ChlorVinyls - Runcorn Site
Environmental Performance Report 2001

INEOS ChlorVinyls publishes an annual Environmental Performance Report covering aspects of its safety, health and environmental performance at Runcorn Site, UK.

In 2001 INEOS ChlorVinyls outlined its ongoing commitment to safety, health and the environment through a set of challenging performance targets for Runcorn Site called 'Towards 2005'.

This is the first year of performance data covering the site under INEOS ChlorVinyls ownership, and we are pleased to share this with you.

Summary

1. The total number of minor injuries in 2001 was less than in 2000 which was a very pleasing achievement. Although the number of Classified Injuries (those injuries requiring more than first aid treatment) increased slightly over the exceptional performance of 2000, data shows a continued downwards trend.
2. Substantial progress was made to reduce releases to air as major improvement projects such as the Chloromethanes refridgeration packages came on stream. Waste disposal was also down on the previous year.
3. The first area of Runcorn site was recommended for accreditation to ISO14001 in line with other sites operated by the business. We have made good progress to better protect the health of our workforce - primarily though better understanding and monitoring of the effects of work related stress.
4. On the whole, the number of incidents remained low during 2001, but unfortunately there were two releases of chlorine at the end of the year that warranted the instigation of the 'Cloudburst' off-site emergency procedure. No member of the public or any people on the site were affected by these releases and the on and off-site emergency response dealt quickly with each incident. INEOS Chlor sincerely apologises for these and is committed to working as safely and responsibly as possible in the future.

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