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What are the effects of heavy rains and flooding on industrial facilities?

16/11/2020
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Spells of scorching heat always give way to episodes of intense rainfall and what are known as Cévennes rain events. In recent years, France has experienced many rain events that have resulted in flooding of industrial facilities. Although well known,[...]

Hydrogen and transport: the risks should not be underestimated!

13/11/2020
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As part of its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, France intends to develop low-carbon, renewable hydrogen (H2) in industry, energy and transport. Whether for tried-and-tested processes or new applications, the physicochemical properties of H2 can facilitate or complicate[...]

Fire at a cement plant

07/09/2020
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At around 7.40 a.m., at a cement plant, a fire broke out in a concrete-structured building housing several units including one containing 50t of automotive shredder residue (ASR), another containing 200t of sawdust, and a final one believed to be[...]

High temperatures

25/08/2020
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Exceptionally high temperatures are an increasingly prevalent natural hazard and can lead to numerous events in industrial facilities. For this summary, we've studied more than 300 events throughout France in an attempt to highlight the trends in these types of[...]

Discharge of smoke from the nacelle of a wind turbine

01/08/2020
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At 3 p.m., technicians working on a wind farm observed smoke rising from a wind turbine nacelle. They alerted the operator, which shut down the entire farm. The electricity network administrator shut off the HV network. Smoke was visible and[...]

Newsletter Nr 13 – First semester 2020

22/06/2020
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Content of newsletter Nr 13 (First semester 2020) : Flash ARIA - Startup/restart or shutdown of operations: heightened vigilance Flash ARIA - High temperatures: an increasing natural hazard to get protected from Synthesis - Subcontracting and risk management Accident report[...]

So what feedback is available on conveyor accidents?

22/06/2020
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Conveyors or elevators are used in many agricultural and industrial activities. An analysis of the accidents recorded in the ARIA database shows that this type of equipment is regularly involved in accidents involving fire and explosions. The purpose of this summary[...]

Dossier on subcontracting and risk management

16/06/2020
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Subcontracting is a widespread feature of the industrial landscape: 74% of operators make use of such services. Since less than 10% of accidents involve a subcontractor it would appear that this practice does not represent a high level of risk.[...]

High temperatures

15/06/2020
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The ARIA database contains more than 300 high temperature-related events that have occurred in France. Such events affect all types of industrial facilities and occur throughout the country. This ARIA Flash features a few examples of high temperature-related events and[...]

Derailment of dangerous goods railcars: vigilance needed for couplings!

10/06/2020
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Promoting a modal shift towards rail transport features among the priorities of the French government’s multiannual energy programme. Recent derailments of railcars carrying dangerous goods at branch-line terminal facilities within classified sites show that certain best practices on safe transportation[...]