Health and safety in oil, gas and chemical industries
February 25, 2008
Major accidents in the oil, gas and chemical industries are, by definition, high consequence and include fires, explosions, and toxic releases. They are also, thankfully, relatively infrequent. Here, Martin Anderson writes about his personal experience of regulating the human aspects of health and safety on such major hazard sites. Read More
Health and safety compliance in construction
January 22, 2008
Fatalities and injuries on construction sites continue to rise, despite new and updated regulations covering the industry. Rob Slater says the reason for this is many contractors are more interested in ticking boxes for the purpose of compliance rather than improving the actual safety of their workforce. Read More
National Safety Symposium- Putting the profession’s problems right
November 2, 2005
Training gaps, confusion over risk assessment, and the fact that practitioners too often talk "complete nonsense" were all highlighted as issues for the profession at this year's Public Services Group's National Safety Symposium. Read More
National Safety Symposium- Putting the profession’s problems right
November 2, 2005
Training gaps, confusion over risk assessment, and the fact that practitioners too often talk "complete nonsense" were all highlighted as issues for the profession at this year's Public Services Group's National Safety Symposium. Read More