Industrial Accidents

The predicted impacts include:

• Endangerment of life.
• Damage to property and the local area.
• Pollution of the local environment and water courses.

The consequences could include:

• Impact to UK oil and gas supplies.
• Economic impacts through damage to local businesses.
• Long term restoration and recovery of the local area.
• Contamination of crops and agricultural land.

What can you do?

• Be aware if you live near a hazardous site.If you hear warning of an incident, go indoors, close all your doors and windows and tune into BBC Radio (Essex 95.3FM of 103.5FM) for advice.
• This advice also applies in the event of a significant fire related smoke plume from any industrial site.