Health and Safety Executive

Category: COMAH

Control of major accidents and hazards

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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New legislation from 1 October

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Two changes to health and safety law commence from 1 October 2007:

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Buncefield Investigation Board response to consultation

Friday, September 21, 2007

The Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board has issued its response to the consultation issued by the COMAH

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Emergency relief systems for chemical reactors

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Research - the AWARD (Advanced Warning and Runaway Disposal) Project addressed the needs to detect runaway

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Societal risk and responsibility event

Friday, August 3, 2007

‘Societal Risk and Responsibility - Buncefield and Texas City’ 15th Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH)

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Managing competence for safety-related systems

Monday, July 30, 2007

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in partnership with the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET) and the

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