In a dockside warehouse of oil and petroleum products, a reservoir containing 1,600 m³ of ortho-cresol broke and a vapour cloud rose in the direction of the nearby Rotterdam metropolitan area. The reservoir collapsed on one of its sides and[...]
At a chemical plant, a tank containing a mix of toluene-2,6-diisocyanate (TDI) / tars with a high boiling point increased in pressure and exploded around 7:40 pm. The cloud ignited 5 min later; afterwards, the fire was fed by 20[...]
The concrete wall of one of the vertical storage bins cracked throughout its length of 25 m in the silo of an agricultural cooperative built in 1963 during the first out of the three construction lots of the facility. About[...]
In a fine chemistry plant employing 70 staff, a 1,500-litre enamelled reactor underwent a pressure surge and exploded during the oxidation of 200 kg of dichloro-dicyano-hydroquinone (DDHQ) into dichloro-dicyano-quinone (DDQ) by means of nitric acid and oxygen in a solvent[...]
Acid water stemming from the manufacturing of dyes and pigments was partially channelled to a neutralisation facility located 18 km from a chemical plant. Between 5th and 11th August, a succession of leaks was observed, especially over the first 2[...]
During a transfer of heavy fuel oil (HFO), a leak occurs on a pipe between a coastal depot and a power plant storage (length: 7430 m; depth: 2 m). The procedure involves flushing with light fuel oil (LFO) at 10[...]
For the 2nd time in less than 24 hours, the window on an 80-m³ beer tank in a brewery exploded after pressure in the container had risen. Plant activity was suspended for the time needed to determine the precise cause[...]
A propane leak occurred on a loading station in an LPG depot that distributes product to trucks. The depot manager secured the site by pressing the emergency button, in accordance with the site's standard operating procedure. The emergency services were[...]
A leak occurred on a pipe running between a coastal depot and a power plant storage site (pipe length: 7,430 m, depth: 2 m, year of construction: 1975, thickness: 5.56 mm, steel composition) during the transfer of heavy fuel no.[...]
In a chemical plant, 3 empty rail tanker parked on the unloading zone of unit 46 were replaced by 3 full tanker cars: 1 carrying methyl mercaptan (MM) and 2 with chlorine. At 3 am, the 2 chlorine cars were[...]
