Health and Safety News

In the light of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill tragedy, a safety and health lawyer from the UK has suggested that a global safety standard for the gas and oil industry be put in place. Bond Pearce LLP’s Hilary Ross strongly feels that consistent safety standards can help save lives and protect the environment. [...]

A 24-year-old worker’s death in a recent fire and explosion incident at the Lindsey oil refinery, Lincolnshire, has prompted independent investigation demands by the union Unite.
The man died when a crude oil distillation machine, stationed close to him, caught fire and exploded. As many as 50 fire-fighters were rushed to the spot to [...]

The explosion at the Buncefield Oil Storage Depot on December 11 2005 was the largest in peaceful times in Europe. It recorded a tremor reaching 2.4 on the Richter scale and the blast was heard more than a hundred miles from the accident site. The large scale fire and devastation followed after 250,000 litres of [...]

One in four British workers have never taken part in a fire evacuation mock drill at their workplace despite a government advisory that a full drill must be performed at least once a year, a new study has revealed.
The survey of more than 2,000 adults by insurer RSA also saw 5 per cent [...]

The owner of a fireworks firm and his 25-year-old son have been jailed after being convicted of killing two fire fighters due to their negligence. The firemen were killed in a massive blast at their family-run company named Alpha Fireworks Ltd (formerly called Festival Fireworks UK Ltd).
The owner Martin Winter has been jailed for seven [...]

The ABI (Association of British Insurers) has released a statement that UK Businesses working through the recession are being stung by an increasing fire cost threat. This follows recent statistics from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) that claimed that fires in buildings and areas where people meet had declined by 11% to [...]