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Article image Humberside chemical explosion injures four

Four people have been taken to hospital suffering from chemical burns after a cloud of toxic gas escaped following an explosion in a chemical vessel at approximately 12.30am on the 5th March at a factory on the river Humber near Grimsby. The casualties also inhaled toxic fumes after titanium tetrachloride gas escaped from the Cristal Global chemical plant. The estuary was closed off to shipping for several hours after the chemical leak. The incident has been contained by at least 10 fire crews who used a blanket of foam to contain the spillage. Residents in the surrounding area are not at risk from the fumes, as the gas is dissipating naturally and wind is blowing what remains of the gas cloud across rural land and out...

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Attack on Nigeria oil flow station

Planted explosives damaged a Royal Dutch Shell PLC oil flow station in the Niger Delta but the station was not in use and was unmanned at the time of the explosion, so there were no injuries. The incident in the troubled Niger Delta marks the latest attack in a region supposedly brought under control by a government amnesty programme. This attack is believed to signal the resumption of fresh and final hostilities in the Niger Delta and beyond. Militant group, The People's Patriotic Revolutionary Force of the Joint Revolutionary Council, claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place on the 2nd March on the Kokori oil flow station, operated by a Shell subsidiary in Nigeria.The militant group warned all foreign oil companies to...

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Competence and compliance in plant safety Article image

The Majestic Hotel in Harrogate, UK once again hosted the annual HazardEx conference which was held on the 24th and 25th February 2010. The programme concentrated on the experiences of leading end-users in the oil, gas and downstream process industries where hazardous areas exist and safe operational procedures must be adopted. Speakers included: Gordon Macdonald, HSE Director of hazardous installations; Richard Lawson Head of technical regulation, BIS; and John Hodges, Head of the Explosion Safety Unit at Health and Safety Laboratories who detailed the findings of the investigation into the explosion at ICL Plastics, Glasgow. Two of the country’s leading associations – UK Petroleum Industry...

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Chinese starch factory explosion kills 19

An explosion at a starch factory in China’s northern Hebei Province on the 24th February has left 19 dead and 49 injured after 22 hours of rescue work. The explosion ripped through a workshop in the factory in Qinhuangdao City around 4pm local time, when approximately 107 workers were in the No.4 workshop. Initial investigations indicate that a flammable dust caused the accident.  Police have the company's vice general manager and workshop director in custody. The privately run company, Qinhuangdau Lihua Starch Company, which employs 2,800 workers, produces mainly starch and glucose and has been ordered to halt production. In the wake of the accident a two-month-long overhaul of work safety in the city had been launched...

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