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Control of Major Accident Hazards
SIESO – Updating COMAH
16 May 2011 : The Conference Centre, Manchester With its 17th Implementing COMAH event, SIESO aims to update delegates with the latest information on Seveso … Continue reading
Report reveals fundamental management flaws lay behind Buncefield disaster
Fundamental safety management failings were the root cause of Britain’s most costly industrial disaster, a new publication reveals. The report into the explosion and five-day … Continue reading
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Tagged Buncefield, EA, Environment Agency, Health and Safety Excutive, hse
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COMAH major accident scenarios and risk reduction
This guidance will assist surface engineering sites which fell within the scope of COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 as amended) in October … Continue reading
Buncefield explosion five years on
On 11 December 2005, vapour from thousands of gallons of petrol ignited causing an explosion measuring 2.4 on the Richter Scale. It was Britain’s most … Continue reading
Explosion at Buncefield Oil Storage Depot evidence released
More evidence is now available relating to the prosecution resulting from the Buncefield explosion Image 0512-041/18 – Crushed car in front of Northgate generator Image … Continue reading
Explosion at Buncefield Oil Storage Depot evidence released
More evidence is now available relating to the prosecution resulting from the Buncefield explosionPhotographs of the Buncefield control room presented on 20 April 2010 View … Continue reading
Societal Risk and the consideration of technical and policy issues
A public consultation exercise on proposals for the use of Societal Risk to address risks from Major Hazards around Top Tier COMAH sites (CD 212) … Continue reading
Competent Authority for the Control of Major Accident Hazards
The CA’s main role is to deliver a modern regulatory framework that seeks to protect people and the environment from, and limiting the consequences of, major accidents … Continue reading
Review and revision of COMAH safety reports
Guidance for operators of top tier COMAH establishments. This guidance gives advice on the requirements for review and revision of safety reports under Regulation 8 of … Continue reading
Leicester company fined for huge fire risk
A Leicester haulage company has been prosecuted for creating a massive fire risk by illegally storing huge quantities of highly flammable aerosols The Health and … Continue reading
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