Health & Safety Executive (HSE)

HSE invites comments on ACOP revision

UK HSE has opened a consultation on possible changes to a number of Approved Codes of Practice (ACOPs).

Blame it on HSE

British people are curious creatures. It is hard to square their cherished belief of being free-born and independent – “an Englishman’s home is his castle” sort of thing – with their delight in having rules to live by.

Seveso III explained

UK HSE has added a section to its website to explain the changes that will enter into force via the revised Seveso Directive, known as ‘Seveso III’, on June 1, 2015.

What about the workers?

PSM The UK’s efforts to spread the word about process safety management are reaching the shop floor with the development of a suite of training modules for operatives

RTS with NSAPI

Lead from the front

PROCESS SAFETY All employees in any organisation need to be competent in the role they perform and be fully aware of both personal and process safety requirements. This is vital in high-hazard industries such as refining, chemical manufacturing and storage terminal operations, as continuing incidents prove

Simon Storage Seal Sands Terminal

HSE wants comments on chemicals regulation

The UK Health & Safety Executive has issued a consultative document on proposals to pull together several pieces of chemicals legislation to support EU mandates.

Big bang theory

MULTIMODAL The third session of the current biennium saw the UN experts faced with an extremely long agenda. The number of papers on Class 1 issues meant that the Working Group on Explosives alone needed three days to work through everything. Some major changes have resulted

Road tanker

By industry, for industry

PREVIEW Don’t turn up at the TSA conference in Coventry this month expecting to be able to pay on the door – the event is already sold out. The programme continues to give the UK terminal industry what it needs, making it the place to be seen for operators and suppliers alike

TSA conference 2011 - Delegates and stalls

Welcome to DG

CONFERENCE REPORT An update for old hands and an introduction for those new to the business are both offered at the annual VCA Dangerous Goods Seminar. This year’s event drew a large and eager crowd who got plenty for their money

VCA conference 2012 - Delegates

Life with the Lyons

INTERVIEW The annual Tank Storage Association conference and show rolls into Coventry again this month. HCB spoke to Martyn Lyons, TSA chairman and managing director of Simon Storage, to hear what’s happening in the UK market and how TSA is helping its members

Simon Storage - Man standing outside terminal
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