All Safety/HSE

SafeStart workshops address key workplace safety issues
Added: 28 Feb 2018
SafeStart is launching three of its discovery workshops for health and safety leaders, operations a…

IChemE publishes process safety conference programme
Added: 28 Feb 2018
Hazards 28 is set to provide a comprehensive review of good practice in process safety. Covering ev…
Gove prepares overhaul to farm manufacture subsidy
Added: 27 Feb 2018
The £3 billion subsidy for British farmers will be continued for several years after EU withdrawal …

Labour’s customs and Euratom stances receive industry welcome
Added: 26 Feb 2018
Labour has won plaudits from industry following party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s call for the UK to com…

Tata Steel fined £1.4m following maintenance worker death
Added: 21 Feb 2018
Tata Steel was fined £1.4 million in February following the death of 26-year-old maintenance engine…

Wood handed contract to bring space tech to nuclear decommissioning
Added: 20 Feb 2018
The Government has awarded energy services firm Wood Group funding worth around £1.5 million to mak…

Preparing for explosive situations saves resources
Added: 14 Feb 2018
A better understanding of safety legislation and improved plant design could help mitigate the risk…

‘Make restaurants display FOG ratings’ demand
Added: 7 Feb 2018
Restaurants should be made to display their record for managing fat, oil and grease (FOG) as part o…

Plans fall into place for IChemE safety conference Hazards 28
Added: 31 Jan 2018
Plans for IChemE’s annual process safety conference, Hazards 28, are taking shape, with the technic…

Sheffield AMRC testing gets ex-builder’s revolutionary aid to market
Added: 24 Jan 2018
Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has enabled a retired builder to get his re…

Chair of US chemical safety board to deliver lecture at IChemE conference
IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) | Added: 24 Jan 2018
Vanessa Sutherland, chair and CEO of the US Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board (CSB), …

Court win as water company cracks down on ‘fatberg’ culprits
Added: 18 Jan 2018
Tougher responses from water companies to businesses responsible for blocking sewers with fat, oil …

UKOOG's Cronin criticises ‘flawed’ Manchester shale claims
Added: 16 Jan 2018
UK Onshore Oil and Gas chief executive Ken Cronin has taken issue with a University of Manchester r…
NIA gives thumbs up to government's Euratom pledges
Added: 11 Jan 2018
The Nuclear Industry Association has welcomed the government’s statement on Euratom delivered by mi…

AODD pumps can solve pump leakage from aggressive liquids
Added: 10 Jan 2018
Leaky pumps create unscheduled downtime but aggressive acids and slurries can cause them to leak mu…

Preventative measures – the new safety certificate winning cross-sector approval
Added: 9 Jan 2018
Process industries are high risk, so a new qualification created by two leading safety organisation…

Pump saves village sewage station from being priced out of existence
Added: 4 Jan 2018
The environmental horrors created by blockages accumulating in the sewage systems of major cities a…

The hidden costs of counterfeit bearings
Added: 4 Jan 2018
Globally, product counterfeiting is increasing. Not only in consumer goods but also in industrial, …

Aquabio's Dutch deal extends AD services
Added: 2 Jan 2018
Water recycling pioneer Aquabio has signed an agreement with Dutch firm Econvert Water and Energy B…

Keeping compressors in proper condition
Added: 28 Dec 2017
For manufacturers and engineers across the UK, compressed air is just as important as gas and elect…