Health and Safety Feature Library

Operations Engineer's library catalogues editorial features going back five years.

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18/03/2025 Exhausted by non-compliance? With some testing companies reporting failure rates of 60-80%, many plants clearly struggle to achieve first-time COSHH compliance for their LEV system » Read More

02/07/2024 Chemical clean-up Carbon reduction is a common theme across industry today, with everyone working hard to move in the right direction. Tom Austin-Morgan reports on the key issues facing the chemical processing industry’s push for decarbonisation to achieve ... » Read More

21/06/2023 Less persistent chemicals New policies are being proposed for the control, disposal, and eventual replacement of ‘forever chemicals.’ Tom Austin-Morgan investigates what this could mean for industry » Read More

21/06/2023 All about PI Process intensification (PI) is an approach to chemical engineering that can have a transforming effect, reports Toby Clark » Read More

31/10/2022 What’s up with HAZOPs? A hazard and operability study (HAZOP) is a type of risk assessment used for chemical process systems at the design and planning stage. It was first created as part of ICI’s six-stage hazard study process in the 1960’s, and subsequently ... » Read More

17/10/2022 Digital transfer for safety data Four regional automotive manufacturer and supplier associations have endorsed a free and open-source digital transfer system of chemicals safety data sheets, ESDScom, in a joint position statement, an edited version of which is published ... » Read More

17/05/2022 Beyond REACH What does a government-imposed delay to the implementation of UK REACH regulations mean for chemical plants and their supply chains? By Steed Webzell » Read More

13/07/2020 Lifting spirits The UK Coronavirus crisis has seen distilleries, breweries and other plants pivot their operations to hand sanitiser production. How easy was it to do in such a short space of time? » Read More

30/03/2020 Handy advice Irritant contact dermatitis is an eczema that can be triggered by a range of substances used across industry. This article focuses on employee hands and looks at what measures can be put in place to prevent it » Read More

05/10/2012 Absorbing practice Staying on the right side of the law might mean paying more attention to absorbents, spill kits and the professional services around them to prevent problems. Brian Wall reports » Read More

10/08/2010 Comfort zone Protecting plant employees with state-of-the-art equipment and clothing is both the goal and bane of plant management, as Brian Wall reports » Read More