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“Risk assessments did not consider the implications of more than one tank being on fire. They did not assess release of large volumes of fuel and firewater… The risk assessments also failed to consider that bunds might fail structurally (e.g. due to impact of fire) as well as their capacity being exceeded.”
In-text: (Health and safety executive (HSE), 2005)
Your Bibliography: Health and safety executive (HSE), 2005. Buncefield: How Did It Happen?. Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH). [online] Available at: <http://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/buncefield/buncefield-report.pdf> [Accessed 16 December 2014].
CCTV evidence showed that soon after that a white vapour was seen to emanate from the bund around the tank. In the windless conditions this vapour cloud, which was likely to have been a mixture of hydrocarbons and ice crystals, gradually spread to a diameter of about 360 metres…
In-text: (Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2005)
Your Bibliography: Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2005. Buncefield: How Did It Happen?. Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH). [online] Available at: <http://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/buncefield/buncefield-report.pdf> [Accessed 15 December 2014].
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In-text: (Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2005)
Your Bibliography: Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2005. Buncefield: How Did It Happen?. Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH). [online] Available at: <http://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/buncefield/buncefield-report.pdf> [Accessed 15 December 2014].
“In a survey of households in the Buncefield area, of 721 respondents, 76% said their property had been damaged in some way”
In-text: (Buncefield incident - community impact, 2007)
Your Bibliography: Hse.gov.uk. 2007. Buncefield incident - community impact. [online] Available at: <http://www.hse.gov.uk/news/buncefield/community-impact.htm> [Accessed 16 December 2014].
Mr Justice Calvert-Smith said the companies had shown "a slackness, inefficiency and a more or less complacent attitude to safety."
In-text: (£9.5m bill for firms behind Britain's most costly industrial disaster, 2010)
Your Bibliography: Hse.gov.uk. 2010. £9.5m bill for firms behind Britain's most costly industrial disaster. [online] Available at: <http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2010/hse-buncefieldsentencing.htm> [Accessed 16 December 2014].
The purposes of HSWA include protecting people other than those at work from risks to their health and safety arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work
In-text: (Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 - Section 3: Enforcement - Introduction, n.d.)
Your Bibliography: Hse.gov.uk. n.d. Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 - Section 3: Enforcement - Introduction. [online] Available at: <http://www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/hswact/> [Accessed 15 December 2014].
some 90 businesses, from micro-enterprises to large companies, were ‘severely affected’ by the incident because of total or partial destruction to their premises and other business assets, or otherwise restricted access.
In-text: (SQW, 2007)
Your Bibliography: SQW, 2007. Buncefield Social Impact Assessment. [online] Available at: <https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/78983/Buncefield-Social-Impact-Assessment-Final_20Report_0.pdf> [Accessed 16 December 2014].
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