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Engineer jailed for illegal gas work

A plumbing and heating engineer has been jailed for 20 weeks after carrying out illegal gas work. Read More

Carlsberg fined £3m following ammonia gas leak

Carlsberg has been fined £3 million after a contractor died and another was seriously injured following an ammonia gas leak at one of its breweries. Read More

BCGA issues revision for Code of Practice surrounding safe storage of gas cylinders

The British Compressed Gases Association has published a revised Code of Practice which defines the principles of safe practice for the storage of gas cylinders and bundles. Read More

Gas engineers fined following illegal gas work

The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland has successfully led a prosecution against two separate gas engineers. Read More

Gas engineering company fined for unsafe LPG installation work

A gas engineering company has been fined after undertaking Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) installation work at a food factory near Spalding that was later condemned as being unsafe. Read More

Making the leap into gas

Gina Siebler shares her experiences of moving into a new industry, discussing how she overcame the challenges and how she has adapted, highlighting that a lack of experience in a specific sector, doesn’t need to be a stumbling block when progressing your career. Read More

Manufacturer fined after workers are exposed to sulphur dioxide

A food manufacturing company been fined after employees were exposed to sulphur dioxide (SO2) gas, which was released as a result of poor planning and unsafe systems of work during the commissioning and operation of a new potato processing line. Read More

Offshore oil company fined for hydrocarbon release

Offshore oil company Apache has been sentenced after they failed to provide written safety procedures for the depressurisation of an oil well, which led to the release of more than 1000kg of hydrocarbon gas at their Beryl Alpha production installation in the North Sea. Read More

How to prevent slow speed manoeuvring incidents

Mark Pawsey, UKI Distribution Manager at Air Products, discusses why incidents that occur at slow speeds can be just as dangerous as those at speed and explains the measures that Air Products has taken to introduce a preventative approach. Read More

Ineos fined after major gas leak

Ineos Chemicals Grangemouth Limited has been fined after ethylene, a flammable gas, was released from a cracked pipe at its KF Ethylene Plant. Read More



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