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Major Hazard Installations (MHI)
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As of 1 January 2014

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All facilities operating MHIs must
determine their hazard classes and
register them under a certain hazard
class
The requirement to classify and
register MHIs, applies to most
industrial facilities, as they apply to
facilities handling, storing or using
substances which are commonly used
in industrial and manufacturing
processes

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Examples:
Class I: Facilities handling, using, storing or
manufacturing flammable or combustible gases in
quantities over 2000 tons OR those using flammable
liquids in technological processes in quantities over
2000 tons
Class IV: Facilities handling, using storing or
manufacturing environmentally hazardous
substances in quantities between 20 and 1 tons
Facilities must develop or obtain certain documents,
depending on the hazard class of MHIs they operate,
such as the “safety declaration (for class I-II MHIs
handling hazardous substances)

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