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Environment, Health and Safety Information

Concern for safety and safeguarding the environment is fundamental to the way we operate the Barry site. Continuous improvement in environmental, health and safety performance is a key goal for the site. We recognize that good standards of performance in these areas will contribute not only to the success of our business, but also to the well being of our neighbors, employees and society. Health, Safety and Environmental Reports (Responsible Care® Reports) Each year we report on our performance for you to see what progress we are making. We report all aspects of health and safety including employee health and safety, process plant safety, distribution, product stewardship, community links, emergency response and pollution prevention. Recent Barry site Health, Safety and Environment (EHS) Reports are available to download: EHS Report for 2011 published April 2012 (pdf size = 2.8MB) EHS Report for 2010 published May 2011 (pdf size = 4.4MB) EHS Report for 2009 published May 2010 (pdf size = 4.5MB) Environment The safekeeping of our environment is a core value of Dow Corning, upon which the quality of life depends. Air, water and land around the site are monitored constantly as part of our unrelenting drive to prevent and reduce pollution. Our goal is zero spills and zero emissions, against which we measure our performance and progress. We are also highly regulated by the UK Environment Agency. In 2006, the Barry site was granted its new Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit. This specifies the maximum levels of pollution we are allowed to release. The guidelines make sure that the amounts are environmentally insignificant. Nevertheless we work to continually improve on our performance.		The site has its own modern emergency response vehicles and fully trained emergency response teams

Health and Safety

Safety is our highest priority and we work hard to ensure the safe operation of our processes and the health and safety of our neighbors and our employees. Our approach involves many layers of safety built into everything we do:

• safe design of processes - to assess and eliminate risk prior to building the plant  
• sophisticated computer controls and automatic alarms and shutdown systems for our processes
• regular audits of facilities and procedures
• planned maintenance and inspections
• safety training for all employees in safe working practices and procedures
• monitoring the health and safety of the working environment
• regular exercises and drills for on site emergency response
• procedures and information for off site response

The Health and Safety Executive regulates us.

Safety information for residents living close to our site

Residents living close to our site will be mailed printed versions of the emergency safety information. However, a copy of the safety information is available here. Emergency Safety Information  (PDF size = 218 KB)

Residents and businesses can sign up to the Barry Industrial Complex Warn and Inform system. This system is a telephone notification system than can be activated by any of the industrial companies to give you safety information in the event of a major emergency at the complex. If you live or work locally to the Dow Corning Barry site then we strongly encourage you to register using the online web registration system.

Responsible Care®

In line with all Dow Corning sites, we have adopted the international Responsible Care® program as the foundation for our activities. The initiative sets a framework for continual improvement in safety, health and environmental performance. The program is totally voluntary.