Inside a chemical plant, a sulphur dichloride (SCl2) leak on a pipeline supplying the boiler tube of a distillation column hydrolysed, thereby generating a strong emission of hydrogen chloride (HCl). This column was located in a building with a cladding[...]
A fire broke out in a refinery at 10.15 am in the ETX2 oil aromatic extraction unit, using N-Methyl Pyrrolidone (NMP).After having been shut down for regulator inspection and work, the unit resumed operations on April 19th, then when into[...]
A 200 l metal drum containing paint cabin cleaning solvents exploded at 7 pm in a factory applying paints and varnishes to plastic parts for the automobile industry. 8 employees were injured, included 3 seriously injured and 12 others were[...]
Following the transfer of Jet A1 jet fuel between the hydrocarbons depot of an airport (A) and an adjacent depot (B) on December 29, 2 connecting valves between the unloading booms and the tank were not closed. During unloading operation[...]
During the vacuum transfer of liquid waste into steel tanks at a dangerous waste treatment centre, hydrogen sulphide (H2S) was released from the vent of a receiving tank. As they could not be treated on site, these wastes (received in[...]
Explosions followed by fire ripped through a fuel storage depot in Buncefield, England, located just 40 km north of London. The facility was storing 150,000 t of fuel (petrol, diesel fuel and kerosene) at the time of the accident. The[...]
An explosion occurred in a chemical site causing the cover of a 99.2% sulphuric acid tank (filled to 300 t of its total 1500 tonne capacity) to open partially. The cover opened along the circumference of the tank at the[...]
During the production of biogas by means of an organic waste reclamation process, a release of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) killed 3 employees and a truck driver who had come to unload slaughterhouse waste. The high concentration of H2S in the[...]
Two technicians working with a subcontractor died from anoxia in a refinery while carrying out maintenance work on a down reactor that was part of a hydrocracking unit. One of the technicians descended (or perhaps fell?) into a reactor filled with[...]
In a storage area of a refinery, a tank buckled at 6:35 pm, causing 37,000 m³ of crude oil to pour out like a wave. In less than 15 min, the site's 4-hectare retention basin was covered 1 m deep[...]
