At 8:45 am, a series of fires and 3 explosions broke out at a 10-ha fireworks storage site. A technician withdrew a series of electric detonators on fireworks ground packs, then a second technician sorted these detonators by colour for[...]
During cleaning operations at a chemical site that had ceased its activities, hydrogen chloride was released for a few minutes when a tank containing 11.7 tonnes of benzoyl chloride was being drained. The substance was no longer used and had[...]
A detonation occurred at 6:45 pm in a reactor on a pharmaceutical site. A worker sustained burns to the face. The device was placed under permanent inerting with nitrogen (N2). The most recent reaction held, a hydrogenation step, had been[...]
In a SEVESO-rated oil depot at 5:20 am, a truck driver notified a technician after observing an anomaly on pumping plant no. 1. The technician manually closed the pump feed valve, and the site was placed in safe operating mode[...]
In a sugar refinery, 4 explosions and a basin fire occurred at 4:42 pm following tests on pumps run until 4:15 along with the transfer of 13 m³ of alcohol into a 1,500-m3 empty degassed tank. The internal emergency plan[...]
Gases with hydrogen sulphide (H2S) contents killed 2 employees at a plant producing algae-based natural food additives. The insoluble fractions stemming from the extraction of gelling agents with no direct usability were being treated on a porous soil (composed of[...]
Within an agro-pharmaceutical industry, phytosanitary products packaged in small quantities and palletised (1-ton loads) ignited underneath an awning positioned against an empty building that had previously contained sulfur in bulk storage. The first alarm sounded at 7:30 pm; for 3[...]
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[...]
At a site dedicated to recycling polyethylene terephthalate for the production of polyol/polyester foam, fire broke out in the PET bottle feed chute connecting the first reactor (containing glycols and a catalyst) while conducting process management validation tests under actual[...]
Fire broke out at a site specialised in collecting, sorting and storing industrial wastes before their transport and ultimate treatment. At the time of the accident, this large-scale platform was warehousing 480 tonnes of miscellaneous chemical waste. Fire-fighters, unable to[...]
