A pipeline used to transport gaseous chlorine (Cl2) exploded between a chemical platform (run by the producer) and an elastomer manufacturing site (user). The pipeline, built in 1961 for the transport of hydrochloric acid (HCl), had been operated since 1986[...]
An ammonia container or pressurised drum (NH3) was leaking within a frozen foods warehouse located in an industrial estate. The accident occurred at the time a refrigerating unit condenser was being replaced after being partially emptied of its NH3 contents[...]
At 1.20 pm, a violent explosion rocked a gasoline isomerisation unit in a refinery. Having been shut down for maintenance one month earlier, the separator was being restarted at 2 am. The operators began filling the raffinate splitter with highly[...]
Approximately 2 kg of propane were released into the atmosphere at an LPG filling centre (Seveso installation) and designed to supply customers throughout the region.A tank car was moved while it was being loaded, causing a gas leak. Positioned at[...]
At 6.10 am, a wood dust explosion rocked a panel manufacturing plant in a 360 m³ silo containing 30 m³ of dry chips (silo A). The accident occurred while the reservoir was being emptied, just 5 days after an earlier[...]
An explosion occurred at 2.58 am in a wood panel manufacturing plant in a dry wood chip refiner used in the chip sorting and preparation sector. This unit dries, refines and sorts chips (cyclofilter, sifting screen) to supply two 360[...]
The summary of this accident has not yet been translated. In the meantime, please refer to the French summary : Une tempête appelée "Gudrun" frappe le sud de la Suède dans la nuit. Des vents à plus de 33 m/s[...]
At a chemical plant, a styrene tank "imploded" causing the release of approx. 3 tonnes of styrene product. On the day of the accident, the (44-m³) tank was being filled via a tanker truck when the driver noticed that the[...]
At around 5 p.m., a massive explosion destroyed a 4-storey building consisting of 10 flats, killing 17 people and injuring 15 others. Two semi-detached council housing buildings were damaged (10 flats). One hundred firemen intervened, assisted by search and rescue teams:[...]
As part of the ongoing dismantling taking place in a lubricant depot, a subcontractor disassembled aerial pipes connected to the depot network as well as their concrete foundations. During these operations, the removal of one of the blocks led to[...]
