Sheila Pantry – RIP

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sheila Pantry OBE on 1st October 2025.

Sheila was the Managing Director of Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd, a long-established provider of health, safety, environment and fire information. She worked internationally and in the UK in information provision, and was strongly committed to the use of computers in information management and associated training.

Sheila worked in a variety of major industries, but her primary focus was the development of electronic products in health, safety, fire and chemical engineering. She developed and managed the world-renowned UK Health and Safety Executive Information Service, and over many years developed a number of computerised services, pioneering health and safety, environment and fire information via the Internet and compact disc technology.

She wrote and edited extensively for the health, safety, fire and environment press as well as for the information industry. She gave many talks and seminars in the UK and internationally on all aspects of information management, staff training and development, and the use of health, safety, fire, chemical and environment information.

Sheila was awarded the OBE by HM The Queen in 1993 for services to the health and safety information industry.

Links:

• More about Sheila Pantry
• Facebook: Sheila Pantry OBE - A Tribute

Very important news regarding OSH UPDATE + FIRE

After 27.5 years, we have decided to terminate the service on 28 February 2025.

The number of subscribers has fallen despite the ever-increasing content plus user friendly subscription rates.

OSH UPDATE is one of the world’s largest specialist OSH + Fire information collections with information including research going back to the 1920s.

With data coming from a wide range of worldwide organisations such as the UK Health and Safety Executive, US NIOSH, European Union, etc.

So many, many thanks to all the individuals and organisations who have stayed with us over the years.

Contact

Email: contact@sheilapantry.com