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Consultation launched on dangerous liquids
A consultation on a new policy to improve the way dangerous liquids are stored has been launched today (28 June). The consultation is backed by the Competent Authority (CA), which is comprised of the Environment Agency (EA), HSE and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). It aims to set out ways to improve the protection of people and the environ...
News | 28 Jun 2007
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Date announced for new COMAH regulations
...me into force on 30 June 2005, the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) announced today (13 June). The Control of Major Accident Hazards (Amendment) Regulations 2005 broaden the scope of COMAH to take into account recent industrial accidents and the results of research on carcinogens and substances dangerous for the environment. They implement Directive 2003/105/EC, which amends Directive 96/82/EC (known as the Seveso II Directive). Seveso II aims to prevent major accidents, or limit the consequences for people and environment near establishments that hold or use specific substances. The key revisi...
News | 13 Jun 2005
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Imminent changes to the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) regime
The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH 1999) are aimed at preventing major accidents and apply to industrial sites storing dangerous substances above certain thresholds. From 30 June 2005 an amendment to COMAH 1999 will change the threshold and classifications of dangerous substances to which COMAH applies. As a result, many businesses will fall within the Regulations for the first time. The new amendment also means that around ...
News | 16 May 2005
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New HSE Portal: Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (COMAH)
...ther information relating to the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH), which came into force on 1 April 1999. COMAH applies mainly to the chemical industry, but also to some storage activities, explosives and nuclear sites, and other industries where threshold quantities of dangerous substances identified in the Regulations are kept or used. www.hse.gov.uk/comah/
News | 6 Aug 2003
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Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (COMAH) 1999
The Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations (COMAH) 1999 came into force on 1 April 1999 and apply to any storage activities, explosive and nuclear sites and other industries where threshold quantities of dangerous substances identified in the Regulations are kept or used. However, the Regulations apply mainly to the chemical industry. Operators of sites that have large quantities of the hazardous substances on site are subject to stricter regulations than those with less on site. The main aim of the...
Regulation | 1 Apr 1999
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Haulage company fined for “massive fire risk”
... operators covered by COMAH and include notification to the relevant authorities of the presence of any dangerous substance. Upper-tier companies (those with particularly high quantities of dangerous substances) must also prepare a safety report and an emergency plan. Workplace Law Network’s COMAH: dangerous substances factsheet outlines companies’ responsibilities under COMAH Regulations.
Case | 13 Jan 2010
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Investigation into BASF chemical leak to look at management systems
...s and with an open mind." The site is subject to the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations 1999, as amended in 2005, which apply mainly to the chemical industry, but also to some storage activities, explosives and nuclear sites, and other industries where threshold quantities of dangerous substances identified in the Regulations are kept or used. The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) control the use of chemicals or other hazardous substances in the workplace, which can put people’s health at risk. To comply with COSHH employers have to follow eight ...
News | 8 Jan 2007
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37 employees injured in chemical leak
... Agency, will now be begin. The site is subject to the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations 1999, as amended in 2005, which apply mainly to the chemical industry, but also to some storage activities, explosives and nuclear sites, and other industries where threshold quantities of dangerous substances identified in the Regulations are kept or used. The use of chemicals or other hazardous substances in the workplace, which can put people's health at risk, are controlled by the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH). To comply with COSHH employers have to fol...
News | 4 Jan 2007
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HSE Consults on Amended Major Accident Hazards Regulations
...d an online consultative document containing proposals to implement an EC Directive that amends the scope of a major accident hazards directive known as the Seveso II Directive. Seveso II aims to prevent, or limit the consequences of, major accidents near establishments that hold or use specific dangerous substances. It is implemented in the UK through the Control of Major Accidents Hazards (COMAH) Regulations. The Amending Directive takes into account recent industrial accidents and the results of research on carcinogens and substances dangerous to the environment carried out on behalf of HSC. ...
News | 14 Jul 2004
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HSE issues enforcement notices to Gloucester waste site
...oticeto Cleansing Service Group Ltd (CSG) in respect of the company's Upper Parting Works at Sandhurst, Gloucester. The Notice, issued under the Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Regulations 1999, prohibits the restart of the waste transfer station's business of handling and storing packaged dangerous substances, until the companyhas demonstrated that it can operate safely.A fire occurred on 30 October 2000 at CSG's site at Sandhurst, Gloucester, a waste treatment site and transfer station. The site islocated on the banks of the River Severn and was subsequently subject to flooding.The site is c...
Case | 14 Mar 2001
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Survival of the fit note?
...o the explosion. The court heard that it was fortunate that, at the time of the explosion, daytime plant personnel were returning to offices to prepare for shift handovers, and the prosecutor said it is likely that this was the only reason no one was killed. Due to the large quantities of hazardous substances present on the site, Shell Bacton is classified as a top tier site under the Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Regulations. At an earlier hearing Shell pleaded guilty to seven charges covering safety, environmental control and pollutionprevention failures at the plant which led to the blast....
Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011
