30 Years Ago: June 1989
29 May 2019Thirty years ago, HCB readers were presented with a bumper 100-page issue, not...
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NOS: Down in the hole
28 May 2019Every month we hear stories of people being asphyxiated or poisoned by entering...
Financial letter from the Editor
27 May 2019Investment funds are on the prowl again. Over the past couple of months a...
Learning by Training: Creating a healthy work culture
8 May 2019When energy companies buy other organisations, they are not just taking over...
30 Years Ago: May 1989
29 Apr 2019By any standards, March 1989 had been a bad month for dangerous goods-related...
Editor’s letter on the move
23 Apr 2019The first time I moved house as an adult, I had two black bin liners and a...
Learning by Training: You can’t have your cake…
15 Apr 2019A few days ago I was invited by Cofano, a risk management software company, as...
NOS: Excuse our dust
8 Apr 2019In industrial situations, the risk of dust explosions is comparatively well...
30 Years Ago: April 1989
29 Mar 2019Thirty years ago, the world of the dangerous goods shipper and packer was...
Decarbonised letter from the editor
20 Mar 2019There has been an ‘E’ in ‘SHEQ’ for decades now, so there can be few...
NOS: The art of mastering fire
14 Mar 2019Being able to control fire is one of the significant differences between...
Learning by training: The art of steering
7 Mar 2019Perhaps you drove to work this morning behind the wheel of your car. With that...
30 Years Ago: March 1989
28 Feb 2019“Bulk chemical storage results soar,” shouted the cover of HCB thirty years...
NOS: aerosols, batteries, oxy-acetylene and natural gas
20 Feb 2019A woman in Calgary, Alberta got more than she bargained for on Valentine’s...
Editor’s letter to America
19 Feb 2019This month’s HCB has more than the usual flavour of North America to it, as...
Training, reading, learning by feedback
1 Feb 2019What is in store for us this year? Can we predict what will happen? Yes we can,...
30 Years Ago: February 1989
30 Jan 2019As the UK struggles to disentangle itself in an orderly fashion from the EU, it...
Digital letter from the editor
23 Jan 2019Harmonisation in the regulations that govern the transport of dangerous goods...
View from the Porch Swing: That shit’s hazardous!
21 Jan 2019One day last November I found myself in another country digging in the dirt. I...
Not otherwise specified: Strike a light
14 Jan 2019Would the headline ‘Man sets himself on fire at gas station’ grab your...
Learning by training: The limits of PGS 29
11 Jan 2019In the Netherlands, the so-called PGS 29 is used as a standard reference to...
