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Hydrogen and transport: the risks should not be underestimated!

13/11/2020

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[...]

High temperatures

15/06/2020

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

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[...]

Startup/restart or shutdown operations: heightened vigilance

28/05/2020

As industrial operations resume in the wake of a health crisis, this Flash bulletin emphasises the recommendations derived from analyses of accidents occurring during the restart of operations. In addition to following the recommendations of the health authorities, it is[...]

Are visual diagnostics enough to anticipate concrete cell ruptures?

12/07/2019

This ARIA newsflash lists the causes of the various cases of collapse and rupture of silos compiled in the ARIA accidentology database. It reminds the appropriate questions to ask and the guides available to avoid collapses of concrete cells. As[...]

Industrial cybersecurity: scope and past accidents

10/04/2019

More and more plants and factories are being automated and the amount of information being transmitted over telecommunication networks is increasing. The general consensus is that there is a risk. However, is it possible to delineate this risk and evaluate[...]

Hazardous waste: beware of incompatibilities!

06/02/2019

Accidents caused by incompatible mixtures are not limited to newly-produced chemicals! The end of their life cycle can also be a source of risk. Several recent events in France and abroad confirm this, sometimes with dramatic consequences. This flash focusses[...]

Forklifts : be careful, hazardous operations !

21/01/2019

Forklifts are often used for handling operations. They allow to carry toxic, flammable, explosive and other dangerous products on pallets. Manoeuvres can lead to hazardous situation with serious consequences : pollution or contamination following a split of products, fire ignited[...]

Conveyor belt fires: Are the standards being met?

29/11/2018

Conveyor belts used to handle organic materials must meet standards defined by various French ministerial orders .These texts indicate that conveyor belts must comply with standard NF EN ISO 340 or standards NF EN 12881-1 and NF EN 12881-2 (self-extinguishing[...]

Used lithium batteries are not ordinary waste!

13/11/2018

The performance of lithium batteries and storage cells has expanded their areas of technical application (telephony, computers, electric vehicles, rechargeable hybrids and electric bicycles). This development is now resulting in an increase in the number of batteries and storage cells[...]