All Safety/HSE


Food manufacturer Moy Park fined £200k for engineer laceration

Added: 17 Apr 2017

Food manufacturer Moy Park has been fined £200,000 following an incident in which an engineer suffe…

Viewpoint: time to rethink the need for safety gloves?

Added: 10 Apr 2017

Globus’ Nick Green considers the case for wearing safety gloves in a modern engineering process.

Wireless is key when it comes down to gas detection

Added: 10 Apr 2017

Companies across the process industry are increasingly adopting technological solutions that provid…

Essar

Essar Oil fined £1.65m for refinery explosion

Added: 6 Apr 2017

Oil and gas firm Essar Oil has been fined £1.65 million following an explosion at its Ellesmere Por…

Case study: gas pipeline benefits from alarm system revamp

Added: 21 Mar 2017

Integrated data analysis improved safety monitoring for the Bacton-Zeebrugge bi-directional pipelin…

PUWER up – how predictive checks underpin electrical safety

Added: 21 Mar 2017

Electrical safety enforcement has got tougher. Avoiding injuries won’t suffice if you can’t prove c…

Portable gas safety from Michell Instruments

Michell Instruments | Added: 16 Mar 2017

The MDM300 I.S high-speed portable dew-point hygrometer enables gas pipeline operators to ensure sa…

Solutions for safe maintenance from Martindale Electric

Added: 7 Mar 2017

Martindale Electric specialises in safe isolation, providing solutions to ensure circuits have been…

Show Preview: Hazardex 2017

Added: 15 Feb 2017

The Hazardex 2017 international conference and exhibition returns to Runcorn, Cheshire for the seco…

Viewpoint: gas tech innovations bring speedy safety solutions

Added: 7 Feb 2017

Honeywell’s Thomas Negre identifies the latest trends in gas detection technology.

Hazard perception: the smart way to save lives in the process industry

Added: 10 Jan 2017

Having the right knowledge and the right technology could help prevent a process industry disaster,…

Viewpoint: five steps to defusing explosive situations

Added: 10 Jan 2017

Five steps can help ensure processes that carry the risk of explosion are managed safely and comply…

Plant hire manager jailed over crane tragedy

Added: 9 Jan 2017

The manager of a Scottish plant hire firm has been jailed over an accident that resulted in the dea…

Scott Safety protection

Chemical spray leaves workers ‘severely burned’

Added: 4 Jan 2017

An engineering firm has been fined £150,000 after two of its workers suffered severe burns when the…

Lessons from the fast lane at IChemE’s Hazards 27

IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) | Added: 3 Jan 2017

Former Grand Prix senior manager and Formula One analyst Mark Gallagher will deliver the third Trev…

tank water

CMA upholds £2.6m water tank cartel fine

Added: 21 Dec 2016

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed fines of more than £2.6 million on three bu…

SSE Ferrybridge coal power station

ABB handed Ferrybridge demolition contract

Added: 15 Dec 2016

Energy firm SSE has appointed ABB’s engineering and consultancy division to handle decommissioning …

Viewpoint: picking the right switch for hazardous locations

Added: 12 Dec 2016

A design engineer needs to consider a number of factors when choosing a switch for use in hazardous…

Case study: robots help company get out of safety jam

Added: 5 Dec 2016

Specialist robot technology helps jam manufacturer keep its employees safe, while also increasing p…

Machine safety: why sticking to standards is a step in the right direction

Rob Smith | Added: 4 Dec 2016

Keeping European law at arm’s length may not be a good thing when it comes to following machine saf…