The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have added twenty substances to the candidate list. Companies manufacturing or importing these substances, or articles containing the substances, need to check whether they have any obligations which result from the listing.
The list now contains seventy-three s…
Three people were killed and four others injured in a workshop explosion in Zhejiang Province last night.
Initial reports are that a reaction kettle exploded and triggered a fire in a chemical factory.
All seven workers trapped following the explosion were rescued, but two died at the scene, and ano…
Emmett UK Ltd pleaded guilty to contravening Regulation 12 (1) of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 and was fined £8,500 at Spalding Magistrates' Court. It was also ordered to pay full costs of £2,478.
In September 2009, an agency worker was cleaning food processing ma…
A chemical company has been sentenced after a worker suffered toxic burns to his arms and chest at an Ellesmere Port factory.
The employee at Abacus Chemical Ltd was mixing two chemicals together on 7 May 2009 when they exploded, causing him to be drenched in a hot, toxic chemical solution.
Abacus C…
An 89-year-old man died after hospital staff left him with only one rail on his bed to prevent him from falling out.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is supporting the European Chemical Agency's…
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