This safety alert describes a serious incident caused by fitting a seal-ring of incorrect material in a proprietary clamp connector used in hydrocarbon service.
It outlines the action that should be taken by installation operators.
Home 
News News from HSE Safety Alert – Hydrocarbon leak and fire caused by incorrect seal material used in the assembly of a pipe work clamp connector
News News from HSE Safety Alert – Hydrocarbon leak and fire caused by incorrect seal material used in the assembly of a pipe work clamp connector News from HSE
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- December
- November
- October
- September
- August
- July
- June
- May
- HSE Podcast – Construction inspection initiative
- Launch of new construction safety group builds big support
- AALA Articles
- Business Awareness Open Days – free nationwide events
- GMOs consultation ends 31 May 2010 – amendments to law
- Textiles Industry Advisory Committee
- HSE Chair Speech – CCS Early Adopters’ Seminar
- New gas flue installation puts family at risk
- Worker’s fingers chopped off at plastics firm
- Moving Goods Safely – 2 June 2010, Leicester
- Nuclear LLC Qtr 1 reports – Sellafield, Windscale and Calderhall
- HSE employee wins award for research into new carbon technology
- Council prosecuted after dumper truck overturned
- Construction website rebranded
- Waste management firm fined after driver killed at Northamptonshire landfill site
- Plumber sentenced for carrying out bogus gas fitting
- Inspections improve safety on Hartlepool industrial estates
- Safety Alert – Hydrocarbon leak and fire caused by incorrect seal material used in the assembly of a pipe work clamp connector
- The Science of Safety – Eddie Morland on YouTube
- Control of legionella bacteria in hot and cold water systems
- RR797 – Investigation of potential exposure to carcinogens during thermal processing of plastics
- Project Support Officer vacancy
- Domestic gas maintenance – Landlords’ responsibilities
- IoSH National Safety Symposium 2010
- Identifying the health risks in health and safety – 9 June 2010, Harrogate
- Contractor fined after worker crushed by wall
- Electrical Engineer vacancy details
- Nuclear LLC Quarter 1 Reports 2010 for Torness, Rolls Royce Marine, AWE and Dungeness B
- HSE Strategy one year on – showcase your contribution
- Workshop guilty of continuing to use dangerous gas heater
- Leeds company fined after man crushed to death
- Development company fined for asbestos breach at Poole property
- Safety Notice – Assessment of the adequacy of venting arrangements for cargo oil tanks on FPSO and FSU installations
- Outreach work – What is HSE doing about diversity?
- Safety during tyre inflation in motor vehicle repair
- Examples of outreach work
- Working safely under motor vehicles being repaired
- Occupational health – advice line pilot
- Occupational health – advice line pilot
- LA prosecution reports – three-year data sheet for convictions
- LA prosecution reports – three-year data sheet for convictions
- Firms fined after worker fractures vertebrae in seven-metre fall
- Noise Action Week
- Construction Infonet – April 2010
- One in three Nottinghamshire construction sites fail safety inspections
- Two out of three Lincolnshire construction sites fail safety inspections
- One in three Derbyshire construction sites fail safety inspections
- Workplace transport campaign – phase 2 coming soon
- Workplace transport campaign – phase 2 coming soon
- One in three Lincolnshire construction sites fail safety inspections
- NHS Trust fined £75,000 after drug mix-up kills nurse hours after giving birth
- “True to your own values”: Judith Hackitt in Sunday Times
- The Safe Isolation of Plant & Equipment – Workshop – Cardiff
- Inspection in the waste/recycling industry 2010/11
- Nuclear LLC Quarter 1 Reports 2010 for Heysham, Hinkley Point ‘B’ and Wylfa
- Geoffrey Podger and Judith Donovan at Expo 2010
- HSE supports mental health charity campaign
- Businesses urged to take proper precautions after worker suffers serious back injuries in fall
- £7,000 fine after worker crushed in building collapse
- Company fined after MDF boards fall injures worker
- Quick reference factsheet to guide retailers on asbestos
- Marketing and Communications Manager vacancy details
- Summary of expenses incurred by HSE’s board and senior management
- White van safety roadshow follows deaths
- Shattered Lives survey
- Lincoln College fined after window cleaner falls from roof
- Telford firm fined £75,000 after worker suffers serious head injury
- Fishing boat firm fined following electrician’s fall
- Pesticide approvals for April 2010
- Safe systems of work essential after contractor injured at Aberthaw Power Station
- Noise and Vibration Specialist Inspector – vacancy
- HSE Publications – Free to download or buy online
- Woodworking – safety videos
- New ‘one stop shop’ website for landlords on domestic gas safety
- Greater Manchester roofers warned over safety
- HSE launch new look woodworking website
- Safety Notice – Rollover risk associated with the use of road vehicles in off-road applications in quarries
- Asbestos Liaison Group
- Landlord jailed after blaze left tenant with less than one per cent chance of survival
- Safety Alert – Stress corrosion cracking of beverage mixed gas cylinders
- Cranes in Arboriculture – Towards an Industry Standard
- Companies and director fined after worker is paralysed
- Calor Gas fined over LPG release
- HID Specialist Inspector vacancies
- Firm fined after teen worker’s leg crushed by steel
- Burnley tool manufacturer fined after worker loses finger
- Competence is key: Ensure asbestos surveyors are qualified for the job
- Myth: You don’t need to secure your load if you’re just driving down the road
- Free Offshore eBulletin – subscribe today
- Guidance for the provision of accommodation offshore
- Report on the stability of tallescopes
- RR795 – Triaxial measurements of the performance of anti-vibration gloves
- Stress at work – Work related stress – Research and statistics
- Food manufacturer fined after worker’s finger is amputated
- April
- March
- February
- January
- 2009