News - January 2011

World news round-up

31st January 2011

Revised fire prevention methods needed after South Carolina blaze?

Fire prevention methods may need to be improved at a plant in South Carolina after firefighters had to respond to a blaze. Crews from a number of ...

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31st January 2011

Environmental risk assessment needed following Baltimore oil spill?

The Baltimore Coast Guard may need to carry out an environmental risk assessment as it continues to respond to a mineral oil spill that took place ...

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31st January 2011

Indian gas leak claims fourth life

A fourth person has died as a result of a gas leak at a chemical factory in the Uttar Pradesh province of India. Investigators may order a human ...

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31st January 2011

Emergency procedures tested in chemical spill drill

Firefighters in Bury have held a training exercise to test the emergency procedures that will be followed should a chemical leak occur in the area. ...

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31st January 2011

Man killed in oil field accident

A revised risk assessment may be needed at oil fields in Utah after an employee was killed following an accident in Duchesne County. Cody McMullin ...

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28th January 2011

61 'ill after chlorine gas leak'

An evaluation of emergency procedures may be needed after an incident in India resulted in 61 people being taken ill following a chlorine gas leak. ...

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28th January 2011

Risk assessment needed after gas leak?

A risk assessment could be required after a gas leak in India resulted in three people needing treatment in hospital. The trio were taken to ...

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28th January 2011

Fire precautions may be needed 'after part of a factory is destroyed'

Fire precautions might be required at a factory after part of it was destroyed in a blaze. According to the BBC, a section of a shuttlecock facility ...

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27th January 2011

Environmental risk assessment leads to $1m settlement?

A gravel and asphalt company has agreed to pay $1 million (£627,089) after it was reported many times between 2007 and 2010 for air quality ...

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27th January 2011

Risk assessment issues to be reviewed after chemical worker sues?

Risk assessment failings may need to be looked at as a chemical worker is suing 28 companies. Mark Majors of Jefferson County in the US stated he ...

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26th January 2011

Human reliability assessment needed following Tulsa tanker spill?

A human reliability assessment may have to be carried out at a chemical plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after a spill that occurred on a half-mile stretch ...

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26th January 2011

Shell accused of providing misleading Nigeria oil spill data

Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth have accused oil company Shell of ignoring the environmental aspects of oil spills that took place in ...

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25th January 2011

Emergency procedures to be reassessed following Nagerbazar ammonia leak?

An evaluation of emergency procedures may be required in India after an attempt to stop a gas leak in Nagerbazar, close to Kolkata, was plagued with ...

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25th January 2011

Workers hospitalised following Michigan chemical leak

Hazard identification measures may need to be improved at a chemical facility in the US state of Michigan following a leak that resulted in two ...

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24th January 2011

Debate continues over effects of Buncefield disaster

The debate is still ongoing with regards to whether the fuel storage industry has improved its fire prevention techniques since the Buncefield ...

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24th January 2011

No fine for cyanide accident firm

A chemical company in Yorkshire may be reviewing its hazard identification procedures after escaping a fine for an incident in which cyanide was ...

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21st January 2011

Hazard identification 'a factor' in Bayer explosion

Better hazard identification may have been able to prevent the explosion at a chemical facility in West Virginia owned by Bayer CropScience. ...

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21st January 2011

Chevron to revaluate risk assessment following Utah violation notice?

A violation notice from the US state of Utah may encourage oil company Chevron to improve its approach to risk assessment. The state imposed the ...

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20th January 2011

Fire precautions needed at South Carolina manufacturing plant?

A review of fire precautions may be required at a manufacturing plant in Spartanburg County, South Carolina after three workers suffered burns as a ...

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20th January 2011

Environmental aspects of Kelowna leak cost C$4m

More than C$4 million (£2.5 million) has been spent addressing the environmental aspects of a chemical leak that occurred in Kelowna, Canada, ...

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19th January 2011

Shell halts North Sea production after rig incident

Shell has employed emergency procedures and shut down production at four of its oil platforms in the North Sea following an incident on the Brent ...

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19th January 2011

Employees hospitalised following Massachusetts chemical spill

Fire protection may need to be improved at a building in Marlborough, Massachusetts, after a chemical spill and explosion that resulted in almost 20 ...

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18th January 2011

Fire prevention systems employed to tackle oil facility blaze

Fire prevention systems have been put to use at an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) after a blaze broke out at a site in Mumbai. The incident occurred ...

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17th January 2011

Updated risk assessment to be used at new BP drilling site?

BP may be using any risk assessment revisions it made following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill last April at a new drilling project off Australia's ...

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17th January 2011

Four killed in Brazil chemical plant accident

Risk assessment procedures may need to be evaluated at a chemical plant in Brazil, after four workers were killed while cleaning storage tanks. The ...

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14th January 2011

Risk assessment failings 'linked to Hungary chemical spill'

Risk assessment failings may have contributed to the chemical accident that killed ten people in northern Hungary last October, the European ...

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13th January 2011

Risk assessment to be carried out during Trans Alaska Pipeline closure?

The Trans Alaska Pipeline is to be closed over the coming days to allow for the installation of a new pipe segment following the leak that was ...

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13th January 2011

Fire prevention methods used at India pharmaceutical plant?

Fire prevention methods may have helped prevent a major disaster at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in India. The Times of India reports a ...

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12th January 2011

Emergency procedures in UK oil and gas industry to improve?

Emergency procedures used in the UK's offshore oil and gas industry may be set to improve after the government announced more stringent ...

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12th January 2011

Washington fertiliser firms fined for risk assessment failings

A pair of Washington-based fertiliser distributors have been fined by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPL) after failing to update their risk ...

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11th January 2011

Emergency procedures followed following Kilmarnock chemical spill

Emergency procedures have been implemented on an industrial estate in Scotland following a chemical spill. The incident, which occurred at the ...

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11th January 2011

Better hazard identification to help reduce oil spill risk?

The oil industry in the US needs to put in place further reforms to avoid a repeat of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that occurred last April, a ...

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10th January 2011

Firefighters attend corrosive chemical leak

Fire precautions were taken in California on Saturday (January 8th) after a corrosive chemical leak. According to the Ventura County Star, ...

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10th January 2011

Trans Alaska Pipeline System closed after leak

The need to carry out fire precautions may be one reason why the Trans Alaska Pipeline System has been closed. Alyeska, the pipeline operator, said ...

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6th January 2011

Risk assessment revisions required at plant?

Improved risk assessment procedures may be required at a chemical plant in the town of Moerdijk near Rotterdam. This follows the break out of a fire ...

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5th January 2011

Drilling may require environmental risk assessment?

Deepwater drilling is set to be allowed to be resumed in the Gulf of Mexico, despite some suggestions that an environmental risk assessment would be ...

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4th January 2011

Environmental risk assessment changes needed for Enbridge?

Enbridge may soon have to improve its environmental risk assessment following a recent incident. The firm reported around five barrels of crude oil ...

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