Rotheram Advertiser 7 April 2011
Sterecycle appointed a specialist in process safety, ABB Engineering, to carry out an internal investigation.
And the company says it has now complied with all Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stipulations and implemented the recommendations of safety specialists ABB.
A pressure vessel, which was not involved in the January 11 incident has been modified according to ABB's recommendations and the plant has officially resumed taking waste from the Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham (BDR) Waste Partnership.
Sterecycle says the second pressure vessel will be brought back into use over the coming weeks.
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Blast probe continues
Rotheram Advertiser 22 March 2011
HEALTH and Safety officials are still investigating the blast at the Sterecycle waste recycling plant in Rotherham.
The plant was closed two months ago after a blast which killed worker Michael Winfrey and left his colleague Peter Davis seriously injured.
Sterecycle has said that it plans to restart waste treatment at the plant, in Sheffield Road, Templeborough, soon.
The company says it has met various requirements put on it after the explosion.
The blast was in one of two autoclave machines and Sterecycle has said it plans to restart operation using the undamaged unit and then bring the other into use after it has been repaired.
HEALTH and Safety officials are still investigating the blast at the Sterecycle waste recycling plant in Rotherham.
The plant was closed two months ago after a blast which killed worker Michael Winfrey and left his colleague Peter Davis seriously injured.
Sterecycle has said that it plans to restart waste treatment at the plant, in Sheffield Road, Templeborough, soon.
The company says it has met various requirements put on it after the explosion.
The blast was in one of two autoclave machines and Sterecycle has said it plans to restart operation using the undamaged unit and then bring the other into use after it has been repaired.
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