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 Father died in explosion while working with son

Monday 4th October 2021
Chemicals
Chemical company Briar Chemicals Ltd has been fined £1 million after a 46-year-old maintenance contractor died in an explosion at its site Norwich.
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CSB safety video of fatal hydrogen sulphide incident released to improve US industry practices

 Safety video of fatal hydrogen sulphide incident released to improve US industry practices

Friday 6th August 2021
Chemicals
The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new safety video to improve practices in the oil and gas sector following the Aghorn Operating waterflood station incident in 2019, which claimed the lives of an employee and his spouse.
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 Book review: Catastrophe and Systemic Change

Friday 6th August 2021
Fire
This excellent book by Gill Kernick shines a light on all those undercurrents and how, as you read this, they may even be undermining your safety management system.
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 Rail freight terminal operator found guilty of negligence fined £6.5m over boy’s death

Monday 2nd August 2021
Electricity
The company that runs Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal in the Midlands must pay £6.5m after a court found it guilty of negligence over the death of an 11-year-old boy at the depot, near Rugby.
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 Warehouse automation manufacturer fined after engineer electrocuted

Wednesday 14th July 2021
Electricity
Andy Meade, an engineer for more than 30 years, believed the power was cut to the machine he was servicing when he suffered a fatal electric shock.
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 Building Safety Bill: familiar concepts, ‘but much to learn’

Monday 12th July 2021
Fire
Two OSH regulatory lawyers explain the key provisions of the new Building Safety Bill in England.
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 Book review: Investigative Interviewing

Thursday 1st July 2021
Investigative Interviewing: what it is, where it came from and how to use it, by Andrew J Farrall CMIOSH.
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 Future leader: Sam Smith

Thursday 1st July 2021
Fire
Sam's background as a fireman has stood him in great stead managing hundreds of tonnes of flammable products.
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 How to conduct an effective accident investigation interview

Thursday 1st July 2021
How do you know when someone is lying? Accident investigator Andy Farrall on the tell-tale signs.
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 Suspended sentence for guilty fire risk assessor

Tuesday 29th June 2021
Fire
A fire risk assessor has been handed a suspended sentence who failed to lift ceiling tiles or even open riser cupboard doors at three-storey building.
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