News and Prosecutions
Shell worker receives £77,000 for pleural thickening
25 February 2010
A former employee of Shell Chemicals (UK) has received more than £77,000 in an out-of-court settlement after he developed a serious lung condition following asbestos exposure.
BAE pays £198,000 for lack of supervision with “explosive consequences”
15 January 2010
Global arms manufacturer BAE Systems has been handed a £198,000 penalty following a fatal explosion at its Lancashire munitions plant.
Shell shares £280,000 fine after worker crushed
5 January 2010
Oil giant Shell and two other companies have been ordered to pay more than £326,000 in penalties after an unplanned lifting operation at an oil refinery ended when a cage…
Agency workers burned in solvent vapour fire
5 November 2009
An industrial adhesive firm’s failure to provide inexperienced agency workers with proper instructions and safe systems of work has cost it £20,500 after the men suffered chemical burns when flammable…
Toxic cloud costs chemical plant £65,000
8 April 2009
A chemicals manufacturer has been ordered to pay a £65,000 penalty after chemicals escaped from its plant forming a toxic vapour cloud over the river Humber in North East Lincolnshire.
Articles
Dangerous goods: gently does it
5 June 2009
Chris MacRae explains how new regulations will dramatically change the way dangerous goods are moved by road, rail, sea and air.
Safety data sheets: part 2
7 April 2008
In the second of two articles, Lawrence Bamber sets out the common contents of a safety data sheet.
When things go wrong - health and safety sentencing
27 February 2008
Nine years after the Court of Appeal concluded that fines for health and safety offences were too low, little has changed from the abject situation that we reported two years…
In safe hands
11 January 2008
Chris Packham looks at whether natural latex gloves really represent a health hazard.
Dealing with dust extraction
1 December 2007
Many buyers of dust and fume extraction equipment only consult the manufacturer after the machinery it will operate on has already been installed. Consulting the experts at this late stage…
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