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The Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is considering creating a regulator to oversee health, safety and environment practices in the oil and gas sector. Petroleum and Natural Gas …

A chemical firm has been fined £150,000 after three employees suffered serious burns in an explosion at Burscough industrial estate in October 2010. Personnel Hygiene Services (PHS) Ltd pleaded guilty …

In today’s culture of political correctness, you’ll be hard pushed to find an individual ballsy enough to admit to judging a book by its cover. “It’s the substance that counts”, …

The Health and Safety Executive has published figures detailing the number of work-related deaths reported to them and local authorities during the first three months of 2013/14. These preliminary statistics, …

Julie Harris, a partner at Edinburgh-based Allan McDougall Solicitors, has warned that changes to health and safety laws could leave workers vulnerable. The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act covers a …

When accidents occur, they usually do so without warning. It is crucial then that operators wear the right Personal Protective Equipment at all times. This is particularly the case when …

With major incidents such as Flixborough, Seveso, Piper Alpha, Texas City and Buncefield imprinted on the industrial landscape, process safety has never been more important. We have some good news …

The Buncefield oil depot explosion of 2005 sparked a firm warning from The Health and Safety Executive: companies who fall short of safety standards “will be prosecuted”. Fines totalling £9 …

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive has led to the prosecution of a north east pharmaceutical company after “preventable” safety failings left a worker fighting for his life. …

Until the high hazard industry learns the lessons of the past it will always be vulnerable to major incidents on the scale of Flixborough, a health and safety adviser for …