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Using Bow Ties to Classify Barriers
Not all parts of a process safety management system are of equal importance
Type: Feature
CSB releases safety video on paper mill incident
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new safety video about the 2020 fatal incident at the Evergreen Packaging paper mill in Canton, North Carolina, US.
Type: News
Three killed in Texas oil well blowout
AN oil well blowout in Texas, US, has killed three people.
Type: News
Judge accepts fatal dam collapse charges
REUTERS reports that a Brazilian state judge has accepted homicide and environmental crime charges filed against 16 people – including former Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman – over the fatal collapse of a tailings dam owned by the mining giant, which killed at least 259 people.
Type: News
Explosion at UK oilseed plant injures three
AN explosion at an oilseed processing plant in the UK has injured three people.
Type: News
Two workers killed in acetic acid leak
TWO workers have been killed by an acetic acid leak at a LyondellBasell plant in Texas, US.
Type: News
BASF announces deadline for Russia exit
BASF has announced that it will wind down its remaining activities in Russia and Belarus by the beginning of July.
Type: News
ExxonMobil plant explosion injures 37
ON 31 July an explosion and subsequent fire broke out at an ExxonMobil plant in Baytown, Harris County, Texas injuring 37 people, reports local news media site Click 2 Houston.
Type: News
ExxonMobil launches voluntary redundancy programme
EARLIER this month, ExxonMobil announced that it had launched a voluntary redundancy programme for its Australian employees as a means of helping the company to manage through the current “unprecedented” market conditions.
Type: News
Chemical engineer in Forbes’ ‘30 under 30’
Amrit Chandan’s firm Aceleron recycles Li batteries
Type: News
Texas chemical plant fire injures 21
A fire at the Kuraray America chemical facility in Pasadena, Texas, US, on 19 May has injured 21 workers.
Type: News
Explosion shuts down Canada’s largest refinery
AN explosion has shut down Canada’s largest refinery, operated by Irving Oil in Saint Paul, New Brunswick.
Type: News
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 South Bank, Teesside, UK.
Type: News
Explosion at Texas chemicals facility
THREE people have been injured in an explosion at the Texas Petroleum Chemical (TPC) Group facility Texas, US.
Type: News
Collaboration to advance ship-based carbon capture
AN international collaboration has been granted €3.4m (US$3.7m) in EU funding to accelerate the uptake of ship-based carbon capture.
Type: News
UKWIR calls for help in creating GHG accounting tool for water industry
UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) is calling for expressions of interest to deliver a new version of a greenhouse gas (GHG) estimation and reporting tool for use by the water industry, a sector which generates 5m t/y, or 1% of the nation’s annual emissions.
Type: News
Chemical spill injures five at Western Australian alumina refinery
TWO PEOPLE were hospitalised, and three others also injured, after a spill of caustic solution at aluminium major Alcoa’s Pinjarra refinery in Western Australia.
Type: News
