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U"&IAccident/Incident TerminoloQy Tier 1 Minor Incident An event that causes or had potential to cause only minor damage or injury requiring only first aid treatment. • A small fire not requiring assistance to extinguish. • Near misses where injury or damages could have occurred, but are limited to first-aid injuries and property damage of less than$5,000. • Motor Vehicle Accident with damage less than$5,000 • Fall into water or resulting in deployment of lanyard. • Environmental spill less than 25 gallons; o That does not violate any reportable quantity o And does not contact a navigable waterway. Tier II Serious Incident Any event that required or had the potential to require emergency services for treatment of an injury or control of hazards to personnel or the environment to include: • Recordable injuries/illnesses • Restricted workday injuries/illnesses • Any incident that causes damage to equipment requiring extensive repair or causes a disruption in work progress • Near misses where injury or damages could have occurred, but are limited to recordable injuries, restricted work injuries,or property damage of$5,000 to$50,000 • Serious environmental consequences(any quantity of release to the environment requiring reporting to relevant governmental agencies). • Reputation or community relations affected • Environmental spill of 25 to 1,000 gallons, o That does not contact a navigable waterway o but is in violation of a reportable quantity • High potential incidents as defined above • Could affect reputation or community relations Tier III Major Incident Any event causing or having the potential to cause multiple injured/ill personnel requiring emergency services, permanently disabling injuries/illness, fatalities, property damage in excess of $50,000, disruption of critical plant systems,or environmental impacts requiring regulatory notifications to include: • Injuries/illnesses that cause lost work time • Fatality • Hospital admittance(excluding emergency room outpatient care) • Major fire or chemical spill,greater than 1,000 gallons,or a spill of any amount that contacts a navigable waterway, • Radiation exposure • Lost radioisotope • Bomb threat,weapons discharge,terrorist act, NGO confrontation • ISOS evacuation • Any injury or illness meeting the definition of lost time • Any incident causing damage to equipment or resources that will disrupt work activities