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The health and safety sector was saddened to learn of the death of one of the world’s utmost authorities on chemical process safety, Dr Trevor Kletz, on October 31, 2013. …

The Health and Safety Executive has launched an official investigation into a steam leak at a South Killingholme refinery which left two people seriously injured. HSE inspectors will be looking …

Like the central nervous system, good safety processes run up and down the backbone of any oil and gas organisation. From operators on the ground to decision makers in the …

You normally can’t put a price on shoring up your safety systems, only in this instance you can: it’s free. Put your operators through their paces with our new Permit …

We all know that too much beer is bad for our health. Doctors are united on this. The Great Beer Flood of 1814 took this adage to a whole different …

A month long nationwide campaign by the Health and Safety Executive has found more than 1,100 construction sites falling foul of poor standards and dangerous practices. The HSE visited 2,607 …

An explosion and fire has ripped through a sweet factory in northern Mexico leaving at least one person dead and dozens more injured. Fire crews and about 30 ambulances arrived …

Scotland’s Grangemouth petrochemical plant is to stay open after a new deal was reached between workers and site operator, Ineos. The move marks a dramatic u-turn on Wednesday’s decision to …

Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, said on Friday that he remains “absolutely certain” that the Grangemouth petrochemical plant can be saved from closure. Mr Salmond’s comments came as staff wait …

Union leaders are said to be considering concessions in a bid to save Grangemouth petrochemical plant from closure. Unite, along with the Scottish and UK governments, remains hopeful that site …