The heroic but unsuccessful attempt to rescue four miners at the Gleision colliery in south Wales last month was seriously hampered by a lack of resources, the Shadow Welsh Secretary has claimed.
Development of new gas or oil fields in European waters should only be allowed if the company concerned has prepared a suitable emergency plan, says a resolution passed by the European Parliament.
The head of a fire brigade at the centre of an inquiry into the death of a woman who fell down a mine shaft believes that existing health and safety rules are preventing fire-fighters from saving lives.
A committee of MPs has upheld the UK’s offshore regulatory standards as robust and fit for purpose but is concerned that the industry is failing to anticipate and plan for high-consequence, low-probability events.
A US federation of health and safety committees has voiced its concern that the loss of 11 lives following the BP Deepwater Horizon oil-rig explosion in April has been forgotten amid the subsequent environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
The death of a worker, who was overcome by poisonous gas fumes during the delivery of chemicals to a well-known food manufacturer, has culminated in fines totalling £350,000.
The Court of Appeal has ruled against high-street retailer New Look after the company appealed that the £400,000 fine it received last year in relation to fire-safety breaches was excessive.
A SUBSIDIARY of engineering firm Jarvis was fined £400,000 on 5 July at Sheffield Crown Court after a goods train was derailed by a piece of track left after emergency repair work.
Philip Ball explores the need for strategic planning to keep building occupants safe in an emergency such as fire or explosion, looking in particular at the role of signage in supporting an evacuation, or ‘invacuation’ plan.
Can the Police Service fully comply with the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act (HSWA) and, at the same time, deliver the service level expected by the general public? Chris Roberts and Richard Booth explore the situations in which police officers can act bravely and yet, by doing so, expose themselves and their management to prosecution.
Dr Andrew Fowler investigates how the potential for human failure is present throughout the entire lifecycle of a plant – from design right through to decommissioning – and determines the workability of instructions and emergency plans within this context.
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 specify inclusion of emergency and rescue planning, so Terry Oliver explains how the property developer he works for got together with its naval neighbours to carry out a rescue exercise in Portsmouth docks.
In an emergency situation everybody in the workplace must be able to evacuate the premises quickly and safely. For physically disabled members of staff this may be more difficult, so it is up to the employer to ensure that adequate provision is made for them to be able to escape alongside their able-bodied colleagues. Barry Scholes explains how.
Too few businesses have put in place disaster plans and those that have are not testing them properly. That was the blunt message that invited attendees to Cardinus Risk Management’s Health and Safety Forum, recently heard.
The British Red Cross has published a multilingual phrasebook to help emergency responders communicate with individuals who don’t speak English as a first language.
Working in cooperation with industry leading companies Tritech International and Marine Simulation LLC, SeaBotix Inc. has developed the SARbot rapid-response underwater-rescue system.
AED Solutions will be exhibiting Rescue Mate®, described as an interactive voice-guided instrument that incorporates a new platform for education/training and emergency treatment.
Skyguard says it is leading the way in the lone-worker protection market with the launch of its subscription-only emergency-response service, for only £17.75 a month.
