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2 workers were killed, and 4 others were injured in an oil well explosion west of Crossville in Illinois on the 29th October 2009 at 10am. Workers were fishing equipment out of the well before plugging it, when the blast happened. It appeared that there had been a gas leak and it was somehow ignited. The fire also burnt a section of a nearby bean field. The fire was not extinguished until after 3pm, through the use of foam application equipment, but the field fire was dealt with much more rapidly. The area, was however, still considered dangerous for sometime due to the possibility of still leaking gas. Autopsies were completed on the 30th October 2009, and through the use of dental records and other information provided by...

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The Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has said people need to be given the correct information so that they can decide for themselves what risks they want to take. A quest for “absolute safety” was not feasible and would come at a cost to freedom, Tom Mullarkey said in his report to RoSPA’s annual meeting. Striking the right balance was the key challenge for health and safety experts if they wanted to win the fight against “nanny state” accusations. “The application of common sense and balance is much more reasonable than the seeking of mindless increments towards ‘absolute safety’, a destination which is neither feasible nor, in all probability, desirable, since it would come at such cost to...

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Emerson has opened its Asia Flow Technology Centre in Nanjing, China, significantly strengthening the company’s presence in Asia Pacific and enhancing Emerson Process Management’s commitment to provide innovative, effective process automation solutions for customers in the region. The Asia Flow Technology Centre expands production capacity and services for Emerson Process Management’s leading flow metering and measurement technologies that serve the oil and gas, refining, petrochemicals, marine, life sciences, food and beverage, metals and mining, and pulp and paper industries. The 12,500-square-meter facility will manufacture world-leading measurement technologies, including Micro Motion Coriolis flow and density meters, Rosemount vortex...

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More than 1 000 engineers, business leaders, technologists and representatives from governments from 53 countries are gathering in São Paulo, Brazil, for the 72nd General Meeting of the International Electrotechnical Commission – the IEC – the world leading organisation that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies – collectively known as "electrotechnology". Experts in the fields from electrical energy efficiency, power transformers, the safety of electrical equipment, the universal plug and socket, to the latest multimedia technologies, are meeting in Brazil's business capital from 17-21 November 2008. They will be helping to set the new International Standards in electrical...

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