Notification forms and free leaflets
Notification forms
Free Leaflets
- Organisational change and major accident hazards - Chemical Information Sheet No CHIS7
- Major Accident prevention policies for lower-tier COMAH establishments CHIS3
- Better Alarm Handling CHIS6
- Leadership for the major hazard industries: effective health and safety management INDG277
General reports
- Storage of gas in natural strata - application of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (COMAH)
- Second study to assess the effectiveness of the Seveso II Directive
- COMAH - Regulation : SI 1999 No. 743
- COMAH - Amendment Regulations: SI 2005 No. 1088
- Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major accidents involving dangerous substances
- Directive 2003/105/EC amending Directive 96/82/EC
- Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 (COMAH15)
- Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 (COMAH) Performance Report 2016/17
Investigation reports
The COMAH Competent Authority undertakes investigations as a result of an incident or complaint at a COMAH establishment. The investigation may be concerned with issues related to COMAH, or another legislative regime or many regimes (Health and Safety at Work Act or Environmental Permitting Regulations).
Buncefield research and reports
Final reports
- The explosion of No. 5 Blast Furnace, Corus UK Ltd, Port Talbot 8 November 2001
- The explosion of No. 5 Blast Furnace, Corus UK Ltd, Port Talbot 8 November 2001
Welsh version
The following reports are available from the National Archive:
- Public report of the fire and explosion at the ConocoPhillips Humber refinery on 16 April 2001
- Major incident investigation report - BP Grangemouth, Scotland, May - June 2000
- A Review of high-cost chemical/petrochemical accidents since Flixborough 1974
Case studies
Case Studies are being developed to assist those companies who want greater assurance that the next big incident to occur won't be at one of their sites.
The studies will explain the process companies have gone through to develop a suite of performance indicators for their process safety management systems.