Health and Safety Executive

Category: COMAH

Control of major accidents and hazards

Report of explosion at Corus UK Ltd in 2001

Thursday, October 23, 2008

This report concerns the events of 8 November 2001 at the premises of Corus UK Ltd, Port Talbot,

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Location and design of buildings at major accident hazard establishments

Friday, October 10, 2008

The purpose of this SPC is to provide ongoing inspection guidance on the location and design of

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Career in HSE: Nuclear Inspectors

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

15 Nuclear Inspector job vacancies are now available in a variety of disciplines - deadline

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Public consultations alerts

Friday, September 19, 2008

Sign up email or mobile phone text alerts to be informed about new consultations, reminders and

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Carbon capture storage (CCS) website launched

Monday, July 21, 2008

Carbon capture & storage (CCS) is the process of capturing the CO2 that is emitted when fossil

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Buncefield Investigation Board publishes 8th report

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The Buncefield Investigation Board’s 8th report is titled: “Recommendations

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COMAH application at surface treatment sites

Monday, May 12, 2008

This circular is to advise Field Operations Directorate (FOD) and Hazardous Installations Directorate (HID) staff

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Major hazards conference - presentations

Friday, May 9, 2008

HSE convened a ‘Leading from the top avoiding major incidents’ conference to reinforce the importance of process safety

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Major Hazards Conference speeches

Thursday, May 8, 2008

HSE recently convened a ‘Leading from the top avoiding major incidents’ conference to reinforce the importance of

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Video: major hazards conference media briefing

Thursday, May 8, 2008

HSE recently convened a ‘Leading from the top avoiding major incidents’ conference to reinforce the importance

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Review of the Seveso II (COMAH) Directive

Thursday, February 28, 2008

The European Commission has launched the first of several studies as part of its review of the Seveso II Directive

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Geoffrey Podger issues challenge to major hazard industries

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

HSE Chief Executive, Geoffrey Podger, today challenged the major hazard industries to take more responsibility for tackling

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Safety Alert to operators of “COMAH” oil/fuel storage sites & others storing hazardous substances in large tanks

Friday, February 8, 2008

A dangerous incident occurred at a facility storing urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) fertiliser in solution.

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Land use planning around major hazard installations

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Responses to a public consultation  carried out by HSE from April to July 2007 on the Government proposal that societal

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Land use planning consultation outcome

Thursday, December 6, 2007

HSE has published the results of its consultation that will shape its future

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Land use planning advice - large scale petrol storage

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Follows the explosion and fire at Buncefield Oil Storage Depot on 11 December 2005 and

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Petroleum Enforcement Liaison Group (PELG)

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Agendas and minutes from the 33rd, 34th and 35th meetings of PELG are now available.

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Large-scale petrol storage depots - consultation results

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

A summary of the responses to the consultative document on proposals for revised policies for

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Major Hazard Safety Performance Indicators report 2006/07

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Published annually to monitor and compare industry safety performance year-on-year across the UK’s

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Managing human performance topic updates

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Additional information has been added to a number of the managing human performance topics, these will be

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