The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive, Sarah Albon. Ms Albon is set to join the HSE on September 1st, 2019. She will leave her current role as Inspector General and Chief Executive of the Insolvency Service, a role she has occupied since 2015. Ms Albon’s will [...]
The Tank Storage Association (TSA) has published its annual review, looking at the health (and the safety) of the Bulk Liquid sector. Happily, it reports that our sector is in good shape. Bulk liquid storage is a critical component of the UK economy and greases the wheels of the supply chain for many industries - [...]
The Health and Safety Executive and industry have come together to promote 2019 as the “Year of Major Hazard Leadership”. To this end, they organised a ‘COMAH Strategic Forum Open Meeting’ for senior managers of sites with the potential to cause a major hazard accident. It included presentations from the Environment Agency and several [...]
The all-new NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation Course is here! And we’ve got a really sweet video to introduce you to this health and safety offering. What’s even sweeter is that Reynolds Training Services is one of the first learning partners NEBOSH has accredited to offer the practical one-day course. When it comes [...]
At Reynolds Training Services, we’re delighted to be one of the first learning partners NEBOSH has accredited to offer its new Introduction to Incident Investigation qualification. This practical one-day course covers the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of minor incident investigation, to help ensure such incidents don’t happen again, and don’t develop into major incidents. John Reynolds, [...]
The Energy Institute’s (EI) Containment Systems Working Group (CSWG) is calling on industry to help shape new above-ground storage tank guidance in a drive to establish industry good practice on remedial work to tank floors where an under tank liner is installed. A trio of surveys have been rolled out to gather expert views from [...]
The Tank Storage Association is an industry based organisation whose members are dedicated to the professional provision of third party bulk liquid storage in the UK. Current President, Andrew Amos, has announced he is stepping down from the position. However, he will recommence as the role of vice-president in order to accelerate TSA's future plans. [...]
Process Safety Performance Indicators mark the difference between a safe and unsafe site. After all, the knowledge we acquire is critical to: Preventing major incidents such as Buncefield Learning from events to avoid similar occurrences in the future Accurate reporting informs decision makers, metrics providing a guide against which safety systems can be tailored [...]
The Tank Storage Association (TSA) has been the face of the UK's bulk liquid storage providers for almost 40 years and during that time, the TSA has worked hard to ensure the industry's voice is heard across political, regulatory and commercial channels. Representing 23 companies that have over 300 terminals in the UK, plus international [...]
Only two in five high-hazard organisations discuss process safety and asset integrity at board meetings, according to a survey by consultancy DuPont Sustainable Solutions. Dupont surveyed 82 senior managers from the oil and gas, mining, chemical manufacturing and construction sectors. The findings come against the backdrop of a continued push by the Regulator to impress [...]
