A gas tank lorry has exploded outside a maternity and children's hospital in Mexico City, killing a woman and a baby, the city's mayor said. The explosion, on the western edge of Mexico City, was so large that much of…
Hydrochloric acid and diesel fuel were spilled from an overturned train in Allendale County, South Carolina. The spill happened around 2:20 a.m. on Tuesday when a train traveling from Savannah to Atlanta reportedly took a wrong turn, derailed and crashed…
Three powerful accidents in recent years highlight weaknesses in the oversight of how natural gas providers maintain the largest pipelines in their networks, accident investigators said Tuesday as they issued more than two dozen safety recommendations. A major effort a…
Victorian coal mine operators will have to comply with tough new regulations aimed at reducing the risk of fire in the wake of last year's Hazelwood mine blaze. The fire burned for 45 days and covered the nearby town of…
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is responding to a damaged unmanned platform in South Timbalier (ST) Block 27 in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 5 miles south of Port Fourchon, LA, in 50 feet of water. The…
U.S.CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD FINAL INVESTIGATION REPORT REPORT NO. 2012-03-I-CA JANUARY 2015 CHEVRON RICHMOND REFINERY PIPE RUPTURE AND FIRE http://www.csb.gov/assets/1/7/Chevron_Final_Investigation_Report_2015-01-28.pdf
The Malaysian government has officially declared the disappearance of Malaysian Airline flight MH370 an accident and has said that there were no survivors. No trace of the Beijing-bound aircraft has been found since it disappeared on 8 March 2014. Officials…
An oil company has been served with an improvement notice after inspectors found more than 180 "safety critical" work orders outstanding on one platform. Talisman Sinopec had not been given approval to delay 159 of the orders on the Clyde…
Almost 500 miners are trapped underground after a shell hit an electric substation near the site in war-torn east Ukraine. Emergency services were alerted when Donetsk's Zasyadko coal mine, one of eastern Europe's largest, lost all power in the blast. It…
Substantial progress has been made on measures to improve offshore helicopter safety but there is still more to do, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said today as it published a progress report on the recommendations and actions from its…
