Mill owner accused of wilful violation of safety standards following worker’s death
THE US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has accused a mill owner of wilful vi...
News - Risk & Safety
Seven killed in US chocolate factory explosion
THE death toll following an explosion at a US chocolate factory on 24 March has risen to seven. T...
Search for survivors continues at fatal Chinese mine collapse site
A LARGE-scale rescue effort is ongoing after reports of an open-pit coal mine collapse in China, ...
One killed in US metals plant explosion
ONE person has died and at least a dozen others were injured in an explosion at a metals plant in...
CSB identifies six key safety issues that led to 2018 Superior refinery explosion
FAILURE to learn from a similar incident investigation released less than a year prior is among s...
Company fined £800,000 for near-fatal 2020 explosion
COATINGS company International Paint has been fined £800,000 (US$976,512) for a near-fatal 2020 e...
Fire at Chinese plant kills 38
A FIRE which broke out yesterday at a goods factory in China has killed 38 people and injured two...
One reported dead after Petronas pipeline explosion
LOCAL news reports that one person is dead, and as many as three are injured, following an explos...
Analysis finds cause of major LNG exporter facility fire
A FIRE which resulted in the shutdown of major US LNG export facilities in June has been found to...
Explosion at BP refinery in the US kills two
TWO workers have died after sustaining injuries in a fire at a BP-operated refinery in Toledo, Oh...
Carlsberg fined £3m for fatal ammonia leak
CARLSBERG has been fined £3m (US$3.6m) after one contractor died and another was seriously injure...
Toxic gas leak kills 13 in Jordan
A LEAK of toxic chlorine gas at Aqaba’s Red Sea port has killed 13 people and injured more than 3...
One killed in Chinese petrochemical plant fire
ONE person was killed by a fire which broke out at an ethylene glycol facility belonging to the s...
Freeport LNG to remain offline until September
Freeport LNG, which shut down after a fire earlier this month, has announced that its Texas, US p...
Six people missing following blast at Chinese pesticide site
At least eight people are injured, and six others are missing after an explosion at a chemical fa...
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