News and Prosecutions
BP fined record £33 million for Texas City
16 August 2010
Embattled oil giant BP must pay a £33 million ($50.6 million) penalty for safety violations that led to the 2005 Texas City oil refinery explosion.
Buncefield judgment reveals depth of safety failures
6 August 2010
DIY control measures and operators’ complacency contributed to Europe's biggest peacetime explosion.
Total’s £3 million Buncefield fine an insult, says MP
19 July 2010
The £3 million fine levied on French oil giant Total for the
Buncefield oil depot fire has been branded “an insult” by the MP whose constituency includes the terminal.
Lack of goggles led to acid eye splash
13 July 2010
A chemicals manufacturer that failed to provide properly fitting protective goggles has paid £10,000 in compensation to a worker after acid caused long term damage to his right eye.
Fined chemicals maker "forgot the basics"
19 April 2010
A multinational chemicals manufacturer has been prosecuted after a temporary worker was showered in steam-heated lithium chloride.
Articles
Site specifics: DSEAR
7 June 2010
Bridget Leathley explores the web to find useful information on the explosive atmospheres regulations.
Site specifics: REACH
8 April 2010
Bridget Leathley searches the web for guidance on complying with the EU’s chemicals Regulation.
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…
Five steps debate
Duncan Spencer's recent article in HSW questioning the utility of the HSE's five steps to risk assessment method has prompted a discussion between Spencer and consultant John Anderson.
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