Report: Chemical Accidents Have Killed Nearly 200 People in China This Year A recently released reported has revealed a grim statistic about the state of the chemical industry in China. According to the report by Greenpeace, chemical accidents have caused…
Bacteria more effective on oil spills without dispersants, study finds EDINBURGH, UK – Heriot-Watt University claims to have cracked the genetic code of the marine bacteria that helped “eat” the oil spilled from the Deepwater Horizon. Dr. Tony Gutierrez, Associate Professor of Microbiology at…
The Health & Safety Executive’s latest business plan, published in April, has low-frequency, high-impact catastrophic incidents as one of its particular areas of focus. The other main priority areas include leading and engaging with others to improve workplace, providing an…
China Probe Identifies Stored Chemical Behind Tianjin Blasts BEIJING (AP) — The deadly warehouse blasts that killed 165 people in a Chinese port city in August were triggered when the stored chemical nitrocellulose became too dry and caught fire, investigators announced Friday.…
CSB Blames Poor Chemical Storage For Fatal West Texas Blast Volunteer firefighters were fighting a blaze at a West Fertilizer Co. storage and distribution facility in 2013 when an estimated 30 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded, damaging more than 150…
Mexico’s official findings have been released into the fatal Abkatun-A Permanente platform explosion that killed seven offshore oil and gas workers. The explosion occurred on 1st April 2015, causing a fire that engulfed much of the platform. At first, it…
Federal regulators on Thursday alleged that DuPont maintained a failed safety plan at a Texas plant where four workers died in November 2014. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration levied citations against the chemical giant for three willful safety violations,…
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority has published its statistics on the number of personal injuries on fixed and mobile facilities with figures updated for 2014. Links: Injuries per million man-hours distributed according to function - fixed facilities Injuries per million…
The state Minister for Energy and Resources says there must be a plan to progressively rehabilitate Victoria's four coal mines. The State Government will reopen the Hazelwood mine fire inquiry to investigate mine rehabilitation and air pollution concerns. The inquiry…
TORONTO (AP) — Canada needs to implement tougher standards for oil trains earlier than a 2025 target, the transportation safety board said Tuesday. The government proposed tougher standards for tank cars this month in response to a string of fiery…
