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Gas boiler accidents

  • 21/08/2013
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The analysis of gas boiler accidents is based on a sample of 121 French accidents listed in the ARIA database. After a foreword on the activities involved, typology and consequences of the accidents, the main risks related to the use[...]
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Are retention systems passive ?

  • 21/08/2013
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While their design may be simple, tried and trusted, and they are considered, in certain cases, as "passive" systems, retention devices nevertheless require particular vigilance. The numerous accidents recorded in the ARIA database remind us a certain number of good[...]
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Lightning: industrial accidentology

Lightning, often associated with the powers of gods in mythology, can have serious impacts on industrial facilities and entail human, social, environmental and economic consequences. The ARIA database records about 100 lightning accidents that took place in France between October[...]
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Accidentology involving hydrogen

  • 21/08/2013
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The analysis of accidents involving hydrogen (H2) draws from a sample of 215 events involving the gas and recorded in the ARIA database. After going through a few general indicators on such accidents, their consequences and impacted activities, the various[...]
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Accidents in confined spaces

  • 21/08/2013
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Many industrial accidents involve work conducted within confined areas, where the primary risk has been generated by the latent or accidental presence of an either flammable, toxic or simply oxygen-deficient atmosphere. The objective of this analysis is to build awareness[...]
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Accidents associated with the destruction of pyrotechnic waste

  • 21/08/2013
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The destruction of pyrotechnic waste remains a hazardous activity; in France, this activity alone accounts for 15% of all accidents arising within the pyrotechnics industry, as catalogued in the ARIA database. Waste treatment steps are carried out on materials that[...]
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Accidents associated with dry cleaning activities

  • 20/08/2013
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Dry cleaning is a common activity within urban settings, yet one that is accompanied by a number of risks whose prevention requires the adoption of good practices. Beyond the chronic risks associated with chlorinated solvent emanations, this activity can also[...]
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Petrol stations accidents

  • 12/08/2013
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Petrol stations are classified facilities presenting the unique characteristic of containing large quantities of hazardous materials while some of their equipment is available for direct use by customers, in accordance with concise information and instructions. The storage and transfer of[...]
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Accidents associated with cattle farming activities

  • 12/08/2013
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The present analysis is based on 2,686 events recorded between January 1st, 1992 and August 31st, 2009 in relation to farming activities of beef cattle, pigs, rabbits, poultry and game birds. The purpose of this document is to characterise general[...]
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