A storm surge coinciding with high tides flooded the salt caverns used to store hydrocarbons at a petrochemical site. The alert was given at around 11:00 p.m. by a technician who was conducting a patrol. The remote-controlled shut-off valves were closed[...]
A storm surge coinciding with high tides raised the level of the Humber Estuary. The water flooded the gates of the port and filled the port to overflowing. A Seveso-classified chemical and hydrocarbon storage terminal was under 1 m of water.[...]
A storm surge coinciding with high spring tides caused the waters of the Humber River to rise and flood a cement works, where the water rose as high as 3 m. A petrochemical site (46146), a chemical terminal (46144), and an[...]
A storm surge coinciding with high tides caused the River Tees to rise. It flowed over and eroded the dykes built to protect the local residents. A Seveso-classified port terminal containing chemicals stored in tanks was flooded 1.8 m above ordnance[...]
What happens when the world’s third-largest economy is simultaneously hit by a once-in-a-century earthquake and once-in-a-millennium tsunami ? Two years after the media coverage of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, this overview provides insight into the primary accidents[...]
A fire broke out at around 2:30○a.m. in a 2000○m² sorting building at a waste processing facility. The facility, which was commissioned in 2010, sits on an isolated 18○hectare plot in an industrial port area. Driven by the wind, the[...]
Test of pressure equipment
At around 11:30 a.m., a flash in the presence of petrol fumes occurred inside the manhole of one of the three compartments (two containing SP95 and one containing E10) of a 60 m³ underground fuel tank at the petrol station of a[...]
New accident report available!
Hydraulic, leak or strength tests, internal or external inspections are just some of the operations conducted to verify the reliability of pressure equipment, with the aim of preventing pressure risk. Yet even though these tests appear simple to implement, they[...]
