Dam collapse tragedy could have been prevented
BRAZIL’s National Mining Agency (ANM) has released a technical report on the history of the taili...
News - Risk & Safety
CSB releases update on Philadelphia refinery fire
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released its factual update on the refinery fire that occu...
Fire burns through two tanks at US fuel depot
A FIRE has raged through two tanks at a fuels storage facility in California, US.
US CSB release update on Texas chemicals plant explosion
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a factual update on the explosion and fire which ...
Fire breaks out at a French chemicals plant
A FIRE broke out at a Lubrizol chemicals factory in Rouen, France, in the early hours of 26 Septe...
New safety digest released by CSB
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new safety digest about the importance of worke...
Australian mining leads the way in tailings safety
THE Australian minerals industry has released a communiqué, which reinforces its position as a gl...
Two die in explosion at former SSI UK steelworks site
TWO contract workers have been killed after an explosion at a former SSI UK steelworks site in So...
Fracked natural gas well blowout still burning after two weeks
A BLOWOUT at a fracked natural gas well in Louisiana, US, has been burning for two weeks and is e...
Blast at Indian pharmaceutical plant injures 16
A REACTOR exploded at a pharmaceutical plant in India injuring 16 workers, according to reports.
Removing hydrofluoric acid from damaged refinery
WORK has begun on removing 30,000 bbl of modified hydrofluoric acid at the damaged Philadelphia E...
ExxonMobil plant explosion injures 37
ON 31 July an explosion and subsequent fire broke out at an ExxonMobil plant in Baytown, Harris C...
Gas plant explosion in China kills 15
A GASIFICATION plant in China’s central Henan province has exploded, killing 15 people and seriou...
Fire at Petronas gas processing plant
PETRONAS Gas (PGB), a subsidiary of Petronas, has confirmed that a fire which broke out at one of...
Two dead and one missing after explosion at Indian chemicals plant
AN explosion and fire at Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection in Dera Bassi, India, has killed tw...
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