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The Health and Safety Executive has published a document which outlines the main features of the regulatory approach taken by HSE and local authorities in the drive to improve standards …

The Health and Safety Executive is seeking the views of industry on proposed revisions to the Approved Code of Practice (L101) relating to the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997. This ACOP …

David Wilkins, representative of The Engineering Equipment & Materials Users’ Association, has underscored the need for preventative measures to assure the integrity of above ground flat bottomed storage tanks. Mr …

Rachel McCann, of the Health and Safety Executive, has moved to downplay concerns that an increased flow of public information as required by the impending Seveso 3 directive could hold …

The Health and Safety Executive has said major changes to the way it operates the COMAH regulations will have a positive impact on business. Alf Williams told delegates at the …

COMAH Strategic Forum chairman, Ken Rivers, has called on industry to work together in implementing major changes to the COMAH regulation. Mr Rivers told delegates at the Tank Storage Association’s …

Mike Nicholas , regulation officer at the Environment Agency, has advised COMAH sites to implement the Chemical and Downstream Oil Industries Forum (CDOIF) risk methodology. Mr Nicholas made his comments …

Fire up the engines. The Tank Storage conference and exhibition at the Ricoh arena in Coventry is underway. Reynolds Training Services is onsite giving delegates a first hand demonstration of …

A year has passed since Reynolds Training Services launched its online health and safety training platform iLearn at the Tank Storage Conference and Exhibition 2013. The web-based training tool helps …

Firms from the construction industry and associated trades are being invited to give their verdict on a mock trialling involving a fictitious health and safety prosecution. The event, which is …