New safety digest released by CSB
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new safety digest about the importance of worke...
News - Risk & Safety
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...
CSB calls for new onshore drilling rules after blowout kills five
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has urged regulators to develop safety standards for onshore o...
43 people killed at Glencore mine
A LANDSLIDE at Glencore’s largest copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC...
Valero fined £5m following fatal Pembroke refinery explosion in 2011
VALERO Energy has been fined £5m (US$6.4m) following an explosion at its Pembroke refinery in Wal...
Explosion at Illinois silicones plant
AN explosion and fire at a US silicones manufacturing plant has killed three people with one othe...
Two injured following Tata Steel explosion
IN the early hours of today, two people were injured at an explosion at the Tata steelworks plant...
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