Barry Industrial Complex
Safety Booklet

Helpline: 0800 783 0187
Message line: 020 3824 1912
Warn & Inform registration:
https://barry-registration.sendwordnow.eu

Dearneighbour

Welcome to the Barry Industrial Complex’s
safety booklet, which includes very important
information for our neighbours.
Incidents are rare but you, and yourfamily and employees, need to knowwhat to do in a major emergency.
Please keep this information safe
and accessible at all times. Please
read carefully the “What to do in amajor emergency?”

The booklet also includes
information on:The chemicals handled in thecompanies
What you should do if you hear
the emergency siren
Contact details for the companies
in the Barry Industrial Complex
You are still able to register forthe telephone Warn and Informsystem using the online registration
system: https://barry-registration.
sendwordnow.eu
You can now sign up for Emergency
alerts via telephone (landline and ormobile) and, also via email and texts.

We would also recommend that if you
have already registered your details,
please check them to ensure that wehave your accurate contact details.
There will be no charge for any calls or
messages received by you.
If you are part of a business orplace where people gather, then westrongly recommend you have anin-house emergency plan using theguidelines under ‘what do I do if I
hear the siren?’ should you hear oneof our site sirens. This will ensure thesafety of your employees, visitorsand customers. Note that we test oursirens on Mondays between 3pm
and 3.30pm. We would be happy towork with you to guide you whendeveloping your plans.
We hope that you find the bookletuseful. Please contact us if you haveany questions.
Yours faithfully,Site Manager/Leader
Dow Silicones UK Limited
Bakelite Synthetics UK LtdNavigator Terminals Windmill Ltd

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Safety
information
about oursites

We must, by law, give you information
about safety because you live or work in
an area that could be affected by a major
emergency at any of our sites.
This information includes details of any chemicals we use that areconsidered dangerous by the Control of Major Accident Hazards
Regulations (known as COMAH).

What do we make and whatchemicals are used?
Dow Silicones UK Limited makes arange of silicon-based products fromcosmetics to car airbag coatings andconstruction sealants. The principal
chemicals on site that are classed
as dangerous substances under theCOMAH Regulations are:• Methyl chloride (a colourless andflammable gas)• Methanol (a flammable liquid thatis volatile, meaning it can evaporateeasily)• Chlorosilanes (a flammable liquidthat generates an acid vapour
called hydrogen chloride on
contact with air or water).

Bakelite Synthetics UK Ltd
manufactures phenolic resins that areused for making foam and as a binder
in a wide range of products, including
coal briquettes and moulds formolten metal casting. The principal
chemicals on site that are classed
as dangerous substances under theCOMAH Regulations are:• Phenol (a white solid at room
temperature but turns into a liquid
above 40oC) and has an aromaticvapour.
• Formaldehyde mainly used as a50% solution in water and is volatile(evaporates easily).
Navigator Terminals Windmill Ltd
does not manufacture any materials
but stores products and raw materials
for an adjacent chemical sitecustomer. Under COMAH Regulations
methanol is the only dangerous
product stored.

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How could thesechemicals affect me?

How do the sites deal
with a major emergency?

An accidental fire, explosion or releaseof chemicals could result in a cloud ofgas that would be harmful if you cameinto contact with it, as follows:

The site’s own emergency response
teams would act immediately andcall out the external emergency
services for support (for example
South Wales Fire Service).

Methyl chloride and methanol
Short term contact can causedizziness, disorientation, headaches
or sickness. Longer term exposure
could cause an effect similar toan anaesthetic, which in extreme
circumstances could cause
unconsciousness.
Chlorosilanes
Low concentration (strength) of
chlorosilanes can cause irritation
to your eyes, nose and throat
causing eyes to stream and making
you cough with a potential sorethroat. In higher concentrations it
can also cause headaches and in
extreme circumstances could cause
unconsciousness.
Formaldehyde vapour
At low to medium concentrations
this can cause streaming eyes and atight chest. At higher concentrationsin the air it can cause headaches andpossibly unconsciousness.
PhenolPhenol is corrosive and can burn theskin. The vapour is unlikely to pose riskother than being a nuisance odour.

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The Barry Industrial Complex would
then use its offsite plan to deal withthe major emergency in a planned
and tested manner. This plan wasprepared by the Vale of Glamorgan
Council in consultation with the sites
and the emergency services. It is
tested and updated every 3 years.

How do the sites
prevent accidents?
Sites build safety measures into every
stage of their operations so that wehave multiple layers of protection toprevent accidents from occurring.
We also train employees to ensure
they are competent to use equipment
correctly and safely.
We regularly check our facilities andsafety systems and are inspected byHealth and Safety Executive (HSE),
who regularly visit our sites to makesure we are working safely. The HSE
has copies of our safety reports,
which detail the steps we take toprevent accidents.

What shouldI do if I hearthe siren?

What should I do if
I hear the siren?

In an emergency
a warning siren
will sound on forthree seconds
and then off forthree seconds.
In total the siren
will sound forfive minutes.

The ‘All Clear’siren will soundwhen theemergency isover. This is acontinuous siren
tone lasting one
minute.

We will also use
our telephonewarn and informsystem to signal
an all clear.

We test our sirens every Monday
between 3pm and 3:30pm.

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What to do if you hear the siren alarm (or getcalled by our “Warn and Inform” system):

You should:
 tay calm, go indoors
S
immediately and stay there until
you hear the all clear; ake a phone and move intoT
a room facing away from thechemical complex;

 lose all windows and doorsCto keep exposure potential to aminimum;

Listen
to local radio and TV forupdates;

Blockroom vents, draughts andturn off any ventilation fans(oven, air conditioners orextraction fans);
 urn your heating boiler off,T
especially if it draws air from theoutside; tay in the room, even if you canSsmell a chemical, you are bestprotected inside;Whenyou here the ‘All Clear’,open all your doors andwindows and turn on all thosefans you turned off earlier so thehouse will air out.

 ollow similar precautions if youF
are in a stationary car. If you aredriving, then drive away from thecomplex;

You should not: ry to collect children fromTschool or day care, they need tostay indoors too; o outside, please wait until youG
hear the ‘All Clear’ before doing so; all the emergency services,C
unless you need their help.

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Where canI get more
information?

To find out more about
an ongoing emergency
situation:
Listen to your local
radio station

Turn on TV to a local
TV station

Listen out for
any loudspeaker
announcements(but stay indoors)
Call the chemicalcomplex helpline
number 0800 7830187

Call message line tohear update details
about the incidentYour local radio stations are:
BBC Radio Wales

103.9 FMBBC Radio Cymru

96.8 FMBro Radio

98.1 FMC
 apital Radio

103.2 FMH
 eart Radio105.4 FM

Register for ourWarn & Inform service
We can then telephone you withspecial safety information in theevent of a major emergency.
Register on-line at: https://barryregistration.sendwordnow.eu
If you are concerned or havequestions, please contact us. If youprefer, you can also speak to your local
councillor or the Emergency Planning
Unit of the Vale of Glamorgan Council.
Contact details for the companies inthe complex, and for the Emergency
Planning Unit, Natural Resources
Wales, and Health and Safety
Executive are listed in this booklet.

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Company contacts:

Other contacts:

Dow Silicones UK Limited
Cardiff Road
Barry
Vale of Glamorgan
CF63 2YL
Tel: 01446 732350

Vale of Glamorgan Council
The Alps OfficeWenvoeCF5 6AA
Tel: 01446 700111
www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

Bakelite Synthetics UK Ltd
Sully Moors Road
Sully
Vale of Glamorgan
CF64 5YU
Tel: 01446 725500

Health & Safety Executive
Tŷ William Morgan
6 Central Square
Central Square
Cardiff
CF10 1EP
www.hse.gov.uk/contact/contact.
htm#out-of-hours

Navigator Management Team
Navigator Terminals Windmill LtdHayes Road
Sully
Vale of Glamorgan
CF64 5RZ
Tel: 01446 736677
Cabot Carbon Limited
Sully Moors Road
Sully
Vale of Glamorgan
CF64 5RP
Tel: 01446 736999

Natural Resources Wales
c/o Customer Care Centre
Tŷ Cambria
29 Newport RoadCardiff
CF24 0TP
Tel: 0300 065 3000
Tel: 0800 80 70 60 (24-hour helpline)
Email: enquiries@
naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

Helpline: 0800 783 0187
Message line: 020 3824 1912
Warn & Inform registration:
https://barry-registration.sendwordnow.eu
Date: January 2022

Form no. 903-363-01-0122