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An explosion occurred at a chlorine production plant during the restart of the installation. An hydraulic syphon had probably been blocked by fire extinguishing products following a previous fire on…
At a rubber factory, an explosion occurred inside a lubricant container filled with 18 tonnes of tri-(nonylphenyl) phosphite (TNPP or TNPA). This tank was typically stirred and maintained at 45C.…
An explosion and fire occurred at night inside a unit for the synthesis of toluene di-amine (TDA). The process implies the hydrogenation of di-nitrotoluene (DNT) in presence of Isopropanol as…
The event occurred in an atmospheric pressure tank storing effluents. The plant was in the production phase. The head of the overfill prevention valve located at the top of the tank was thrown a…
In a chemical plant, a violent explosion took place during the batch production of chlobenzorex from an aqueous solution of sodium borohydride contained in a feed tank on a movable truck. The…
The explosion occurred during repair work on a boiler. A technician had previously descaled the device using hydrochloric acid, after which he performed the neutralisation step with soda and drained…
The vent occurred in the ammonia production unit. A minor leak had been detected in a flange on the piping of the ammonia synthesis loop (operating at 250 bar). The company called a specialized…
At 11:15 pm, an explosion followed by fire occurred in the vicinity of the measurement transformer on an isolated 90,000 V electrical oil transformer at a plant manufacturing technical polymers.…
Gaseous hydrogen leaked from an oil pump part of the filling and conditioning system in a industrial gases production plant. The released hydrogen ignited and exploded. The cause has been a human…
In a pharmaceutical company classified Seveso upper-tier establishment, a deflagration occurs at the end of a hydrogenation reaction involving a chemical raw material, acetic acid, water and a…
Explosion in a fine organic chemical plant (Seveso classified )The event occurred during the cleaning of a reactor. At the completion of a batch manufacturing of a soft reducing agent, an operator…
A deflagration occurred inside the tank at the start of grinding operations. The tank had contained sulfuric acid. All preparatory procedures had been properly carried out: neutralisation of…
Hydrogen was accidentally produced inside the sealed container containing a used battery. The gas, along 6 days deformed the container. Firefighters equipped with breathing apparatus open the…
Explosion in an electrolyzer producing chlorine The explosion occurred after the opening of an auxiliary circuit-breaker. The opening of the auxiliary circuit breaker trigger the shut down of the…
In the acid treatment room of a Seveso low-threshold hazardous waste treatment centre, an explosion occurred on a 250 m concrete tank containing acid sludge being neutralized. The explosion occurred…
An explosion without fire or gas emission occurred in the washer of the catalyst activation unit. The unit was stopped for maintenance : 3 external employees were checking the washer. The explosion…
In a graphite purification workshop, the cooling circuit of an electric furnace leaks, the water decomposes in contact with materials heated to a temperature of 1,800C; the gas mixture (hydrogen,…
Explosion in a chemical manufacturing plant for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, classified as Seveso high level, The explosion occurred in the hydrogenation reactor, when opening two…
Explosion in a food products plant (Seveso classified)The event occurred in the settling cyclone of a hydrogenation reactor of a starch production unit. The process consists in introducing the starch…
The accident occurred during the night during the production of a silicon oil- and additive-based waterproofing agent. A junior technician (hired 6 months back), recently assigned to this post, was…
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