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TWG2 Meeting Prompts Discussion on Ageing Assets
22/07/2010
A French national plan on safety of ageing equipment has been raised for discussion at a meeting of Technical Working Group 2 in Brighton, raising questions on the treatment of ageing equipment.
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22/07/2010
A French national plan on safety of ageing equipment has been raised for discussion at a meeting of Technical Working Group 2 in Brighton, raising questions on the treatment of ageing equipment.
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Ispra Workshop Renews Attention Towards Safety Culture
22/07/2010
A subject of note at the mutual joint visit meetings at Ispra and associated workshops was the role of safety culture on process safety performance. A greater interest in ability to demonstrate a good process safety culture has been raised in recent years as it has been cited in major accident investigations.
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22/07/2010
A subject of note at the mutual joint visit meetings at Ispra and associated workshops was the role of safety culture on process safety performance. A greater interest in ability to demonstrate a good process safety culture has been raised in recent years as it has been cited in major accident investigations.
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HSE Advises Against Planning Permission For Flats Near Gas Storage Site
07/07/2010
A large commercial and residential development planned for construction near a natural gas storage facility is to be refused planning permission following local authority consultation with the UK HSE.
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07/07/2010
A large commercial and residential development planned for construction near a natural gas storage facility is to be refused planning permission following local authority consultation with the UK HSE.
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Mutual Joint Visit Fulda To Cover Safety Management
05/07/2010
The Mutual Joint Visit in Fulda on 27th to 29th October is to have a theme of Safety Management Systems (SMS) presentations.
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05/07/2010
The Mutual Joint Visit in Fulda on 27th to 29th October is to have a theme of Safety Management Systems (SMS) presentations.
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EPSC Presents Clarifiations on IEC61511 to TWG2
05/07/2010
At a Technical Working Group 2 meeting, at the request of the Joint Research Centre, EPCS Technical Director Richard Gowland made a pair of presentations on IEC 61511 and Safety Instrumented Systems.
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05/07/2010
At a Technical Working Group 2 meeting, at the request of the Joint Research Centre, EPCS Technical Director Richard Gowland made a pair of presentations on IEC 61511 and Safety Instrumented Systems.
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News
TWG2 Meeting Prompts Discussion on Ageing Assets
22/07/2010A French national plan on safety of ageing equipment has been raised for discussion at a meeting of Technical Working Group 2 in Brighton, raising questions on the treatment of ageing equipment.
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Ispra Workshop Renews Attention Towards Safety Culture
22/07/2010A subject of note at the mutual joint visit meetings at Ispra and associated workshops was the role of safety culture on process safety performance. A greater interest in ability to demonstrate a good process safety culture has been raised in recent years as it has been cited in major accident investigations.
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HSE Advises Against Planning Permission For Flats Near Gas Storage Site
07/07/2010A large commercial and residential development planned for construction near a natural gas storage facility is to be refused planning permission following local authority consultation with the UK HSE.
Read More »
Mutual Joint Visit Fulda To Cover Safety Management
05/07/2010The Mutual Joint Visit in Fulda on 27th to 29th October is to have a theme of Safety Management Systems (SMS) presentations.
Read More »
EPSC Presents Clarifiations on IEC61511 to TWG2
05/07/2010At a Technical Working Group 2 meeting, at the request of the Joint Research Centre, EPCS Technical Director Richard Gowland made a pair of presentations on IEC 61511 and Safety Instrumented Systems.
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EU Competent Authorities Meet On Land Use Planning For Chlorine and LPG Storage
01/07/2010In Ispra in June, competent authorities from European countries met to share and confirm risk scenarios and associated risk frequencies for the storage of liquefied petroleum gas and chlorine. Also shared was information on case studies of land use planning decisions near establishments storing LPG or chlorine.
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HSL Study Of Electrostatic Ignition Risks of Plastic Containers
01/07/2010An HSL report commissioned by the UK HSE on the subject of static ignition risks posed by plastic materials used in storage of flammable substances is available.
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EPSC Film Process Safety Pays Now Available
10/06/2010Process Safety Pays, a short presentation film from EPSC, is now available to order. The film forms the centrepiece of a presentation package aimed at fostering support from senior management for process safety.
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HSE Paper - Experimental validation of PipeTech release model
09/06/2010The UK HSE have released a report on a study of the PipeTech software package comparing simulation results with experimentally measured values.
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CSB Receives EPSC Award 2010 for Safety Videos
12/05/2010The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has received the EPSC Award 2010 for its CSB Safety Video series. The award is given to acknowledge progress toward a less-hazardous Europe.
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ISSA Research Into Financial Crisis Impact on Safety
12/05/2010ISSA have made a study of the impact recession and recovery have made on safety performance with a focus on stress and human causes of accidents
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Three Companies Facing Charges Following Buncefield Investigation
22/04/2010Following the completion of the investigation into the Buncefield Oil Storage explosion, three companies are being brought to trial.
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HSL Report on Validating Liquified Natural Gas Dispersion Models
22/04/2010An HSL report has been commissioned by the UK HSE to study the validity of commonly used models of dispersion for releases of hazardous fluids and vapours, primarily LNG.
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Investigation Into The Regulation Of Bulk CO2 Storage Under Seveso
14/04/2010CO2 is not currently classed as a dangerous substance for the purpose of Seveso, however, moves towards storage of large amounts of CO2 as a greenhouse gas reduction measure has prompted attention towards the hazards. An HSE paper details the investigation for its inclusion as a Seveso hazardous substance.
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US National Fire Protection Association - Updated Disaster Management Standards for 2010
31/03/2010The US National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released an updated 2010 Edition of NFPA 1600®, "Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs".
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Failure Rate and Event Data for use within Land Use Planning Risk Assessments
25/03/2010The UK Health and Safety Executive have made available a document detailing failure rates of process, storage and transport equipment for use in land use risk assessments. A range of external hazard event data is also included.
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Applying the Lessons of Safety Leadership, Culture and Performance Measurement After Texas City
23/03/2010A Joint Research Council sponsored workshop in Ispra, Italy met this month to review the connections between leadership, safety culture and process safety performance indicators in driving overall process safety performance. Taking examples from successful safety programmes, the Safety Culture Technical Advisory Committee has been working on guidance to encourage safety focussed working environments.
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Working Paper - Risk Management and Rule Compliance
23/03/2010Professor Andrew Hopkins has prepared a paper on the roles played by risk management approaches and rules based approaches to safety in industry, examining the contrast and the practical outcome of the methods.
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HSE Position Paper: Societal Risk and Land Use Planning
05/03/2010HSE have produced a list of 23 advised positions for determining societal risk of potential hazard during a land use planning process. Of these, all but two are general principles that will apply to any potentially hazardous site.
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EU-OSHA Invites European Good Practice Awards Nominations
25/02/2010EU-OSHA seeks nominations for the tenth annual European Good Practice Awards for outstanding or innovative health and safety practice.
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EPSC To Screen Film At Loss Prevention 2010
23/02/2010EPSC is to present its film, Process Safety Pays, at the Loss Prevention 2010 symposium in June. The film contains a hard hitting message for senior executives to seriously consider their responsibiltiies toward management of major accident hazards.
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