All Safety/HSE


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…

Paper

Valmet fined £130,000 over worker’s pulping machine injury

Added: 19 Nov 2016

Valmet, which supplies automation and technology equipment to the pulp, paper and energy industries…

Chemical firm incurs £3m fine following fatal toxic leak

Added: 9 Nov 2016

Cristal Pigment UK has been fined more than £3 million following the release of a toxic vapour clou…

Safety Council supports healthy workplaces campaign

Added: 24 Oct 2016

The British Safety Council has leant its support to the 2016 European Week for Safety and Health at…

BP oil field north sea

BP investigating Shetland oil leak

Added: 3 Oct 2016

Oil and gas firm BP has taken its Clair Platform offline after oil was found to have leaked into th…

Parker Hannifin fined £1m for worker death

Added: 26 Sep 2016

Manufacturing firm Parker Hannifin has been fined £1 million after a worker died at its factory in …

Oil spill

Welsh refinery hit with £400k ‘laceration’ fine

Added: 19 Sep 2016

Valero Energy has been fined £400,000 after a worker suffered fractures and lacerations to both his…

Emerson highlights priorities of latest safety system

Added: 13 Sep 2016

The DeltaV SIS safety system helps users reliably protect their assets and improve process availabi…

Sellafield nuclear facility

Industry hits back after Sellafield safety slam

Added: 8 Sep 2016

An investigation by the BBC’s Panorama team has uncovered a number of safety concerns at Sellafield…

Alcohols distillery fire

Man ‘engulfed in flames’ at distillery

Added: 25 Aug 2016

Drink manufacturer Alcohols has been fined £270,000 after one of its employees was engulfed in flam…

Yoghurt recall hits UK retailers

Added: 1 Aug 2016

Yeo Valley has recalled a number of chilled yoghurt products over fears that they may contain piece…

Offshore safety record improve

Offshore safety shows signs of 'improvement'

Added: 1 Aug 2016

Personal safety performance throughout the UK’s offshore oil and gas sector continued to improve in…

Tata Steel

Tata Steel fined £1.9m for double safety failing

Added: 27 Jul 2016

Tata Steel has been fined a total of £1.98 million for safety failings after two if its employees s…