Content of newsletter Nr 16 (Second semester 2021) : * Synthesis - Accident trends in the waste sector * Flash ARIA - Heavy rains and floodings * Accident report - When one alarmes hides another * Accident report - When[...]
Au programme de la lettre d’information N° 72 – novembre-décembre 2021 du BARPI : * Zoom – des tuyauteries labyrinthiques mènent à une fuite * Le nouveau film pédagogique du BARPI : l’effet tunnel * Le séminaire 2021 sur le[...]
The waste sector is the predominant industry in the accidentology related to classified facilities. This sector shows an increase of the number of events. This synthesis offers a comprehensive and macroscopic approach of the accidentology of the waste sector over…
Vers 3h35, une alarme en salle de contrôle informe les opérateurs d'un feu dans l'unité de distillation d'une raffinerie. Vers 4 h, les flammes atteignent 50 m de haut et impactent 2 500 m². L'incendie est localisé dans une zone qui comprend notamment des pompes[...]
At approximately 10:00 am on a Saturday, a fire broke out in a goods shipping building (floor area: 6,000m²) at a specialist freight business. A large plume of smoke raised and explosions were heard. A security perimeter was set up[...]
At approximately 9:55 pm, a fire broke out on the external walls of a hazardous waste incinerator rotary furnace. The furnace's automatic shutoff function with smoke extraction was triggered. Upon seeing the flames, the team on shift triggered the internal[...]
At around 3.45 a.m., a spill of 2,600 litres of acetonitrile (flammable solvent) occurred during a product transfer operation in a pharmaceutical plant. When arriving at the operations room to close the bottom valve of the receiving tank and stop the[...]
Summer is on its way with its seasonal heat waves. These increase the risk of fires in classified facilities, and particularly Non-Hazardous Waste Storage Facilities. This flash highlights the lessons to be learned from feedback in this sector of activity,[...]
The increase in the number of methanation facilities has also resulted in an increase in accidents from which feedback must be gathered over the last few years. As illustrated by recent accidents, incidental or accidental events can occur at all[...]
At around 15.30, the operator of a pig farm noticed that the liquid manure reception pit was overflowing. Liquid manure was running into a nearby stream, then the PENZÉ river and the KERJEAN tributary. Since early morning, in preparation for corn[...]
