EDF and Trillium are being prosecuted after a contractor sustained severe foot injuries near the main cooling water discharge valves at Dungeness B power station

Yorkshire Water has urged the public to prioritise their safety by refraining from entering reservoirs, as the company highlights the potential risks and hazards associated with such actions

The Health and Safety Executive found records on 769 buildings were missing, which meant gas risershad not been subject to condition surveys, inspection or routine maintenance for a number of years

SafetyOn’s primary objective for 2019 is to develop a means of collecting health and safety performance data and statistical analysis of industry trends

The Office for Nuclear Regulation there was no radiological risk to workers or the public

The second phase of a project aimed at raising health and safety standards across the energy sector has been launched. Called ‘Powering Improvement’, it is designed to promote continuous improvement in the management of health and safety risks with the electricity industry. It will concentrate on managing priority risks and working with electricity at height […]

Health, safety and environment are at the top of oil and gas industry’s risk agenda, according to a new report. Regulatory compliance, price volatility, increase in costs and inflation and energy policy uncertainty also falls in the top five risks this year identified by oil and gas industry executives, according at Ernst & Young. The […]

Workers at ExxonMobil’s largest refinery in the US have threatened a possible lockout or strike next month. United Steelworkers (USW) union had proposed an agreement on health and safety issues with the company in its Baytown refinery in Texas but said that management “refused to accept it in its last, best and final offer given […]

Oil tanker drivers are threatening strike action, according to the union Unite. Britain’s largest union is holding a ballot today to determine whether its 2,000 tanker driver members will begin industrial action over what it says are unfair employment terms. The ballot closes this afternoon. Unite claims “behind the scenes, the major employers have been […]

The British Safety Council’s 2012 awards for safety in the workplace are now open for application. The global health and safety advocates take submissions for their International Safety Awards from sectors including energy generation and transmission, facilities management, oil and gas, transport and utilities. Last year the awards recognised Wylfa Nuclear Power Station in Anglesey, […]