COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) sites and their consultation zones, as defined by the UK Health and Safety Executive. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service via the EU Open Data platform and relates to emergency planning for North Lincolnshire Council.
Use Cases
- Modeling industrial accident risk zones based on defined consultation areas.
- Supporting emergency response planning for local authorities based on listed hazardous sites.
- Analyzing land-use compatibility and proximity to hazardous installations.
- Creating maps for public information and regulatory compliance related to major accident hazards.
Strengths
- Data is defined by the authoritative UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
- Focuses on a specific, regulated domain (COMAH) with clear legal context.
Limitations
- Row count, file formats, and column-level documentation are unknown.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Health and Safety Executive (UK), provided by Government Digital Service.
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.