An explosion and fire occurred around 10 am in a glue factory. A large black smoke cloud formed and partially drifted over the neighbouring urban area. Since atmospheric conditions were unfavourable for the plume to rise and disperse, rescue services[...]
Inside a synthetic fibre and plastics factory, a 600-litre leak of raw acrilonitrile (ACN) containing 10% hydrocyanic acid (HCN) spilled from a black steel (black PVD) tank located in a retention basin and fitted with a stainless steel extension and[...]
In a synthetic rubber plant, a valve broke on a 12.5 m³ tank half filled with butadiene; 5 m³ of the substance were released into the atmosphere. Production was halted and the internal emergency plan activated (under the scenario of[...]
The summary of this accident has not yet been translated. In the meantime, please refer to the French summary : Sur un poste de dépotage wagon non confiné, 50 kg de trichlorure de phosphore fuient sur un raccord du bras[...]
At 12:27 am, an employee attempted to replace a manometer placed on a tap downstream of a pump that was moving propylene from a storage capacity to the depropanizer (i.e. a tower that separates propane from the remainder of product[...]
The summary of this accident has not yet been translated. In the meantime, please refer to the French summary : Une fuite de pantènes nitriles (PN) a lieu dans un atelier d'adiponitrile dans lequel le 3ème réacteur a été by-passé[...]
Nitrous vapours (NOx) were released during the emergency shutdown of an adipic acid production unit protected by a programmable controller and comprised of 4 reactors in a low-pressure state. The NOx by-product suctioned by a compressor was transformed into nitric[...]
Within a warehouse composed of 8 storage units rented by 4 different operators, fire broke out in bales of cellulose wadding stored in one of the units, while another occupied by the same operator was used as a workshop for[...]
In a distillery, a 5,000-m³ tank containing 1,000 m³ of ethanol at 96% concentration exploded when lightning struck and then ignited. The raised roof fell into the reservoir, which remained intact. However, the tank foot valve cracked upon impact. An[...]
At 10.40 pm, during a styrene/acrylonitrile copolymerisation reaction in a plastics manufacturing plant, the operator in the control room detected an abnormal temperature increase to 125 °C on one of the 75-m³ reactors. The visual display screen in the control[...]
