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Boardrooms who fail to focus on process safety are “gambling” with the survival of their business, according to the president of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. Judith Hackitt called on …

Process safety has been a major event on everyone’s health and safety calendar during 2013. From industry, to regulators, to safety providers, ‘process safety’ has ascended from buzzword to an …

Companies in the high hazard sector should open up transparent lines of communications with each other to share safety knowledge, according to the Institution of Chemical Engineers. IChemE president, Judith …

A natural gas pipeline explosion on Thursday 29th November shook the Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company near Hughesville, Missouri. According to reports, no fatalities or injuries were caused by the …

The Health and Safety Executive has updated its guidance to employers on managing and controlling legionella bacteria in water systems. The decision to review and update the Legionnaires’ disease Approved …

Amnesty International’s secretary general, Salil Shetty, has accused Qatar’s construction sector of “ruthlessly exploiting” employees as work gets underway on Fifa World Cup 2022 stadia. Mr Shetty’s comments followed the …

The union Unite has called for a public inquiry into August’s fatal helicopter crash off Shetland which claimed the lives of four oil and gas workers. Unite regional industrial officer, …

The death toll has risen to 52 following Friday’s devastating blast in the Chinese city of Qingdao where a leaking oil pipeline caught fire. State officials say at least 11 …

The Energy Institute’s Containment Systems Working Group has commissioned IKM Consulting Ltd to spearhead a research project into the safety of secondary containment which sits underneath aboveground storage tanks. The …

A natural gas explosion on Wednesday is reported to have killed as many as 25 people in a gold mine in eastern Guinea. A police source confirmed to Reuters that …