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Norfolk gas installer may face prison after gas explosion

HSE — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:00:27 +0000

A Norwich gas installer has received an eight-month suspended prison sentence and 250 hours of unpaid community service after his inadequate work on domestic gas appliances put the lives of a mother and daughter at risk in their own home.

Fire Safety in the Workplace – Free seminar – Bradford, 10 May 2012

HSE — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:00:11 +0000

This free event is organised by Bradford Area Occupational Health and Safety Forum. The seminar will be looking at Fire Safety in the workplace.

Workers’ injuries lead to fines for two Derbyshire companies

HSE — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:00:29 +0000

Two companies have been fined following separate incidents at a Derbyshire lead smelting works. The first happened on 19 August 2009 when an employee suffered severe burns following an explosion at the site. The second incident happened on 7 May 2010 when an employee of Key Engineering (Chesterfield) Ltd was investigating a fault on an overhead travelling crane. The 27-year-old worker, who has also asked not to be named, was on the crane gantry while testing it.

Widnes firm fined over employee’s fall injuries

HSE — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:00:27 +0000

A Cheshire worker could have been killed when he fell from the top of a chemical storage tank, a court has heard.

RR916 – Risk assessment for VCE scenario in an aerosol warehouse

HSE — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:00:01 +0000

n 2006, Dr Graham Atkinson of HSL was asked by HSE to review the risks from fires in large aerosol stores (Atkinson, 2007). Atkinson reviewed incident statistics and reports and concluded that the greatest risk to people from such fires was from explosions, not from the fire itself.

St Helens man sentenced over gas explosion

HSE — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:00:33 +0000

The Managing Director of a St Helens gas supply firm has appeared in court after he and an employee suffered multiple burns in an explosion.

RR908 – Vapour cloud formation: Experiments and modelling

HSE — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:45:44 +0000

Hazard analysis for overfilling of a tank with a volatile liquid is a complex and important problem but (prior to the Buncefield incident) had not been the subject of significant research effort.

Fire and explosion – Simple guide to dangerous substances

HSE — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:30:37 +0000

Explosive atmospheres can be caused by flammable gases, mists or vapours or by combustible dusts. If there is enough of a substance, mixed with air, then all it needs is a source of ignition to cause an explosion. Each year people are injured at work by flammable substances accidentally catching fire or exploding.

Sentencing after Telford fireball incident

HSE — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:00:49 +0000

A company and its manager have been fined after two workers were engulfed in a fireball when they cut through a live 1,000 volt electrical cable at an industrial unit in Telford.

Clocks go back this weekend – Householders check your smoke alarms as well

HSE — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:45:35 +0000

Government campaign asks householders to check smoke alarms when you put the clocks back. Encouraging people to test their household smoke alarm at the same time they change their clocks at the end of British Summer time is the aim of the new ‘Fire Kills campaign’.

Cemex fined after man killed in explosion

HSE — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:38:20 +0000

A multinational cement firm has been fined £200,000 following the death of a worker in an explosion at its Rugby premises.

Construction company fined after worker suffers severe burns from electrical explosion

HSE — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:00:38 +0000

A worker sustained serious burns in an electrical explosion after a North London company failed to carry out basic Health and Safety checks.

Fire and explosion – Dangerous substances advice

HSE — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:00:54 +0000

Pitmachie garage worker fatally injured

HSE — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:00:02 +0000

A Pitmachie garage has been fined after one of its workers was fatally injured when a metal oil drum he was working on exploded.

Liverpool boss in court over workers’ facial burns

HSE — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:00:57 +0000

A Liverpool boss has appeared in court after two of his employees suffered facial burns in a flash fire at the city’s ferry terminal.

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HSE — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:00:19 +0000

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Companies in court over major chemical fire in Crewe

HSE — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:30:43 +0000

Two companies have been ordered to pay a total of £224,530 following a major chemical fire in Crewe which sent aerosols rocketing into the air.

Plumber sentenced after explosion at Willenhall bungalow

HSE — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:00:53 +0000

A Wolverhampton plumber has been given a ten-month suspended jail sentence for causing a gas explosion and fire in which a pensioner sustained 21 per cent burns rescuing his nine-year-old granddaughter.

Cumbrian grandfather survives being engulfed by fireball

HSE — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:30:07 +0000

A global packaging firm has been fined £90,000 after two workers suffered life-threatening injuries when they were engulfed by a fireball at a factory in Cumbria.

Shell UK sentenced over Norfolk gas blast

HSE — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:22:31 +0000

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.