Automotive Mechanical Workshop Aspects and Impacts - ISO14001

[Marty50]

Does anyone have a typical breakdown of an automotive workshop into aspects/impacts they would care to share with me?

I'm doing a theoritical one prior to going into a workshop on a large plant I am working at. I have dreamed some of my own but want to be better armed with a few more possibilities prior to speaking with the workshop manager.

- use of electricity/greenhouse gas emissions
- dispoal of waste solids/increase landfill
- noise of revving engines/noise pollution
- potentila spillage of oil-chemicals/contamination of soil, water or air

Marty

[harry]

ISO 14001 in Transportation (Truck) - Small to Medium Transportation

Also, don't forget about your local legislation, environmental laws, ELV (if you are involved) etc.

[Marty50]

Thanks people, much apprecaited. Now I feel ready to go talk to the workshop manager.

Marty

[Gabry]

Hy Marty,

don't forget any substance critical for the Ozone, many machine CNC they still use Regrigerant gas as R22 (or something worst)........here in Italy, mantenance is required by law and record documents are mandatory........
Also cos(FI) for reactive power is an environmental aspect that you should dempostrate to manage.....also ISO 14001 Req.4.3.1 requires to identify and asses the aspect that you can influence.......................I'm sorry but I am also an environmental auditor (ISO 14001 and GHG Emission Trading).....Let me know, contact me if you need.

Bye

Gabry

[Marty50]

Thanks Gabry, much appreciated. I totally overlooked that one. And lots of the forklifts working around here are airconditioned.

Marty

[Paul Simpson]

In Reply to Parent Post by Marty50

Does anyone have a typical breakdown of an automotive workshop into aspects/impacts they would care to share with me?

It depends on their scope. For example if they do bodywork there may be emissions to air.

Your first grouping looks pretty good to start with. There will be some specific aspects that come out of their scope of activity.

[Marty50]

Paul,

They did turn out to have a panel shop with spraypainting which I have worked through.

Also after initially being advised that a contractor comes onto the plant to deal with all tyre issues so there is no waste stream I found they do replace tyres themselves on some machinery. But the old tyres are turned into traffic islands and markers around the yard. Disposal of tyres in Western Australia is regulated by law.

I have now pretty much finished with the auto workshop and am now looking at the core business, the brick manufacturing but appreciate anything anyone would like to add.

Marty