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Regulators should weigh up the differences between floating oil and floating gas processing facilities when drafting up new safety rules according to the marine terminal service company, Smit Lamnalco. Smit’s …

The US Chemical Safety Board has published a computer animated re-creation of the gas release and subsequent explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. High-pressure oil and gas from the …

Toyota’s Burnaston car plant has scooped pole position for its work to promote health and safety in the workplace. The South Derbyshire-based company was commended at the RoSPA Occupational Health …

Owing to popular demand, we’ve just added September 2014 course dates to the calendar for the NEBOSH International Technical Certificate in Oil & Gas Operational Safety. Students can travel from …

The Health and Safety Executive is inviting small businesses to partake in a live Twitter chat on Thursday 5th June. Barbara Hockey, small business advisor at the HSE, will field …

A roofer has been fined £4,000 after balancing a double extension ladder on a transit van in order to paint guttering on a building next to a busy road. Southampton …

Columbus Building Contractors Ltd. has been fined after it exposed workers and homeowners to potentially fatal asbestos material during work on a garage extension at a home in Ipswich. The …

Three men have died in hospital after falling ill aboard a German cargo ship, according to police. The workers were transported to Hull Royal Infirmary on Monday morning, where one …

It doesn’t matter whether you are working on a property extension or an Olympic stadium, the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2007 apply to almost everybody involved in construction work. …

There needs to be greater focus on process safety and not just individual safety across Canada’s oil and gas industry, according to the president of Enform. Cameron MacGillivray, speaking at …