This consultation seeks views on the HSE’s proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures (one Act, twelve Regulations and one Order and with a related provision in the Factories Act 1961) and to withdraw approval for an associated Approved Code of Practice. Still time to have your say, consultation ends 4 July 2012.
Category: COMAH
CD239 – Proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
This consultation seeks views on HSE’s proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures covering Celluloid and Cinematograph Film, Construction Head Protection, Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes, Notification of Installations Handling Hazardous Substances, Gasholders (Record of Examinations) Order, Docks, Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing and Metrication. The consultation began on 3 April 2012 and ends 4 July 2012.
Seveso Directive
Monday, April 16, 2012
The new Seveso III Directive proposal is under negotiation; a report outlining the likely impact on COMAH sites of possible changes is now available.
RR913 – Linking HSE activities to health and safety outcomes: A feasibility study
Monday, April 2, 2012
This research investigates the feasibility and challenges of developing quantitative evidence of links between ongoing activities and reductions in death, injury and causes of ill health caused by work.
Updating COMAH – 18th HSE/EA/SIESO Workshop 30 April 2012, Manchester
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
With its 18th Implementing COMAH event, SIESO aims to update delegates with the latest information on Seveso III, flooding & pipeline risks, what’s your legal position? and what impact do social media have on COMAH? Manchester Conference Centre 30 april 2012.
Safety chief uses high-hazard visit to distinguish real health and safety from the nonsense
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The Chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has used a visit to a Cheshire oil refinery to highlight a shining example of a proper approach to health and safety.
Risk of explosion from gas release put lives at risk
Thursday, January 5, 2012
A gas company has been fined for putting its employees at risk after a large cloud of flammable gas was released at its Caernarfon depot.
RR899 – High reliability organisations: A review of the literature
Monday, November 28, 2011
In recent years there has been a huge increase in the literature talking about the control of major hazard risks, in particular the philosophies of high reliability organisations, resilience management and safety culture. This report identifies key features and characteristics that need to be adopted by organisations to achieve ongoing high reliability and safety objectives.
Practical application of PSPIs – Energy Institute, London, 13 September
Friday, August 19, 2011
This conference run for the industry by the industry will address the practical application of process safety performance indicators (PSPIs) focusing on the expectations, what to measure, how to measure and what to do with the findings. September 13, 2011, Energy Institute, 61 New Cavendish Street, London.
Shell UK sentenced over Norfolk gas blast
Monday, June 20, 2011
Energy giant Shell UK Limited has been ordered by Ipswich Crown Court to pay a total of £1.24million in fines and costs over the explosion and fire at its Bacton gas terminal in Norfolk in 2008.
RR872 – Identification of instrumented level detection and measurement systems used with Buncefield in-scope substances
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
The purpose of this report is to present the current methods and technologies used by industry for implementing tank gauging systems.
Sussex chemical company fined after serious spill
Friday, May 20, 2011
A chemical company has been fined £150,000 after a tank collapsed, releasing a large amount of waste solvents and water at a chemical plant in Rye, East Sussex.
SIESO: Updating COMAH Workshop – May 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
SIESO – Updating COMAH workshop aims to update delegates on: Seveso III proposals, COMAH Competent Authority strategy, revised Fire Service operations, Cabinet Office view on warning informing the public, and the cyber-terrorism threat to industrial sites. The Conference Centre, Manchester , 16 May 2011.
Report reveals fundamental management flaws lay behind Buncefield disaster
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Fundamental safety management failings were the root cause of Britain’s most costly industrial disaster, a new publication reveals.
Human factors at play during a large gasoline spillage – case study
Monday, February 7, 2011
The footage shows in stark form how humans react when called upon to manage a known serious risk i.e. a significant gasoline spillage.
COMAH major accident scenarios and risk reduction
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
This guidance will assist surface engineering sites which fell within the scope of COMAH (Control of Major Accident
Buncefield explosion – five years on
Friday, December 10, 2010
On 11 December 2005, vapour from thousands of gallons of petrol ignited causing an explosion measuring 2.4 on the Richter Scale.
Explosion at Buncefield Oil Storage Depot – evidence released
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
More evidence is now available relating to the prosecution resulting from the Buncefield explosion
Explosion at Buncefield Oil Storage Depot – evidence released
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
More evidence is now available relating to the prosecution resulting from the Buncefield explosion
SEVESO – Tracking changes to EU legislation that affects COMAH businesses
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The Seveso Directive is the main piece of EU legislation that deals specifically with the control of on-shore major accident hazards involving dangerous substances.
/ Arabic
/ Bengali
/ Chinese
/ Farsi
/ Gujarati
/ Hindi
/ Kurdish
/ Pashto
/ Punjabi
/ Tamil
/ Urdu