The UK Health & Safety Executive published a notification on July 19 confirming the launch of a new regulator for the country's offshore sector. The Offshore Safety Directive Regulator (OSDR) is the Competent Authority (CA) responsible for implementing the requirements…
Nuclear plant workers in Japan will be allowed to be exposed to more than twice the current level of radiation in emergency situations, according to the Nuclear Regulation Authority’s Radiation Council. The radiation exposure limit will be raised from the…
Three former executives of Fukushima nuclear plant face trial due to their negligence resulting to disaster. An independent judicial committee announced that the three plant operator executives should stand trial and face the consequences for their alleged actions during the disaster.…
The death toll from a fire that broke out at a factory of a subsidiary of Japanese cosmetics maker Mandom Corp. on the outskirts of Jakarta earlier this month rose to 17 as of Tuesday, the company said in a…
Warning that it could face as much as $200 million in verdicts for mistreating Indian guest workers, oil rig repairer Signal International of Mobile, Alabama, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday. The company wrote in court papers filed in…
Twelve people died and three were injured in an explosion on July 9 during repair work on a pipeline in Bayelsa state operated by the local subsidiary of Italian oil company Eni. According to local reports, the victims worked on…
At least 200 have been killed in Ghana's capital, Accra, after a huge explosion at a petrol station where dozens were sheltering from torrential rains and floods. Edward Omane Boamah, the Ghanaian Communications Minister, described the situation as a "national emergency".…
Norfolk Southern says more than 20,000 gallons of lube oil spilled after a freight train was struck from behind by another train traveling in the same direction in western Virginia. Norfolk Southern spokeswoman Susan Terpay says the oil spilled from…
Five people were killed and 46 injured on July 10 after an explosion started a huge fire in a chemical factory outside the Indonesian capital Jakarta, police said. The plant was owned by a local subsidiary of Japanese cosmetics maker…
The UK Health & Safety Executive's Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR) external website is now open to the public. Businesses will be able to search the database for consultants according to keyword(s), county, industry or topic, free of…
