The team responsible for preventing environmental risks at England’s most hazardous industrial sites is facing a recruitment crisis and one insider has warned environmental incidents are going unchecked.
The control of major accident hazards (Comah) regulations cover 950 of England’s most hazardous industrial sites – from nuclear power plants to chemical manufacturers – in locations such as Buncefield oil depot near Hemel Hempstead, where, in 2005, the largest explosion in peacetime took place in the UK.
