Is China the worst place for industrial accidents?
26 April, 2019If recent events are anything to go by, China must currently be the worst place for industrial accidents.
The benefits for SMEs in outsourcing drug and alcohol testing
05 October, 2018Testing regime can be set up for as little as one person per year.
Blast at Indian coal-fired power station kills 36 people
16 November, 2017An explosion at an Indian coal-fired power station has killed 36 people and injured more than 97.
Trump's plan to close chemical safety agency creating safety concerns
27 March, 2017US chemistry groups have joined industry in rising opposition to President Trump's plans to eliminate the Chemical Safety Board.
Pipeline explosion and fire in Alabama kills one
04 November, 2016Colonial Pipeline Co shut down its main petroleum product pipelines on Monday after an explosion and fire in Shelby, Alabama, killing a worker and sending five to the hospital.
Empower employees to be safe and Fearless this Safe Work Month
23 September, 2016Every October, Safe Work Australia Month is held to raise awareness of the importance of workplace safety.
Don't wait to ask, FIFO workmates urged
29 July, 2016With up to 1 in 3 fly-in fly-out workers reportedly experiencing mental health difficulties, as part of a new campaign, suicide prevention organisation R U OK? is urging workmates to support one another before they hit rock bottom.
Coalminers' lives at risk as black lung disease re-emerges in Queensland
02 December, 2015Three cases of black lung have been detected in three months at coalmines in Queensland in what could be the tip of the iceberg for a disease that had been wiped out in Australia half a century ago.
WorleyParsons NZ joins IChemE Safety Centre
13 April, 2015WorleyParsons New Zealand has become the latest international company to join the Institution of Chemical Engineers' Safety Centre (ISC) as an industry partner.
WorleyParsons NZ joins IChemE Safety Centre
13 April, 2015WorleyParsons New Zealand has become the latest international company to join the Institution of Chemical Engineers' Safety Centre (ISC) as an industry partner.
Preparing the way to combat the threat of cyberattacks
11 November, 2014Process control and automation technologies are increasingly under threat from sophisticated and well-funded criminal groups. Many of these groups use sophisticated techniques to disrupt or sabotage an organisation's operations.
EnVizTec becomes ISC's first industry partner
13 August, 2014Australian technology and service provider EnVizTec has signed up as the Institution of Chemical Engineers Safety Centre's (ISC) first Industry Partner.
EPA orders Orica to clean up arsenic in groundwater
11 August, 2014Orica has been ordered to commence the process of cleaning up arsenic-contaminated groundwater at the company's Kooragang Island site. The order was issued by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA).
The human element of the Safety Advisor's job - things that can (and do) go wrong
04 August, 2014Health and Safety Advisors are the heart of the organisation in terms of knowledge about health and safety issues and preventing incidents. However, they are still humans, which means that they, too, can make mistakes.
Hydrocarbon accidents cost industry US$34bn
20 March, 2014The 100 largest accidents in the hydrocarbon industry are estimated to have cost the industry more than US$34 billion, a new publication from insurance provider Marsh shows.
