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Inadequate Safety Precaution Causes Fire Accident

Fire accident that occurred at Imperial Sugar Company Plant last year left several important safety messages for us. The company was failed to put adequate precautions against combustible sugar dust hazard, as reported by Chemical Safety Board (CSB) recently. CSB said that the fire accident was entirely preventable as published in nyt.

According to CSB report, the explosion was triggered by the following causes: (more…)

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Chemical Plant Accidents in August 2009

I still commit to post about incident and accident news related to chemical plant operation. This is intended to remind you how accident or incident can happen in various ways and conditions. Here is my accident news record in August 2009.

Fire at Scrap Metal Reprocessing Plant in New Cumberland

Three Workers Treated after Nitric Acid Spill in Savannah

Fire at Chemical Factory Complex in Detroit

Monomethylamine Leak at Dupont Plant During Pumping in Belle

Chemical Fire at Fuel Storage Tank Area

Explosion When Transferring Methanol, One Injured

Boiler Explosion At Chemical Plant in China Killed 3 People

Anhydrous Hydrogen Chloride Leak at Bayer Plant

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Chemical Plant Accidents in July 2009

I read at least 16 accidents news story in July, where most of the plant accidents were fire accidents. The other reasons were chemical leakage, construction accident and falling accident. Here is the list:

Chemical Fire during the Process of Tank Cleaning

Evacuation after Toxic Ethyl Acrylate Fumes Released

Electrical Short Caused Fire at Chemical Plant

Plant Leaked, Released Strong Ammonia Smell

Flash Fire Caused One Man Died

Flash Fire Occurred at a Chemical Unloading Area, One Man Dead

Hexane Fumes Caused One Man Died

Falling Accident at Industrial Area, One Man Died

Construction Accident in Tennessee, 2 Workers Crushed

Chlorine Gas Leaked Forced Water Filtration Plant Shut Down

Wet Concrete Spilled on top of Workers at a Construction Site

Ammonia Leak from a Chemical Plant Caused a Woman Died

Chloro-benzene Explosion Killed 7 Workers in China

A Pressurized 55-gallon Drum of Cleaner Exploded

2 Workers Injured When Glycerin-Sulfuric Acid Mix Sparked Blast

Steam Cracker Exploded during Shut Down Process

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Accidents in Confined Spaces: Oxygen Deficiency

In this video, we will see an accident in confined space at Valero Refinery, Delaware, USA, in November 2005. This accident caused two workers died.

Nitrogen purging is a procedure required when equipment containing flammable material will be opened. It means that after nitrogen purging or nitrogen substitution oxygen concentration inside the equipment will be very low, as well as area around the confined space opening. And that made this accident happened. (more…)

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Chemical Plant Accident Record in June 2009

chemical-plant-accident-statisticSince June 2009, I have collected news about accident (incident) related to chemical plant operation and chemical manufacturing. My intention to post about this chemical plant accident statistic is to remind all of us that accident could happen anywhere in plant site due to variety of reasons. So don’t underestimate any unsafe conditions and safety findings that you may find in your workplaces.

Surely, I cannot bring all the accidents news in front of you. And the accidents are written only in the form of title, but of course it still contains the main accident information as well as links to the complete news sources. Thus, you can read more about the accident news.

Here are some accidents that happened in last June 2009.

Fire Destroys a Fertilizer Plant in North Carolina

Chemical Spills at a Detergent Plant in south Wales

Methyl Acetate Leaked at Evergreen Packaging (Iowa)

Toxic Fumes (Hydrogen Sulfide) Caused 3 Workers Died at Waste Plant

An employee Suffered Severe Chemical Burn at Invista Polymer Plant

Chemical Plant Blaze in Herefordshire

Formaldehyde Odor Forced Evacuation

Chemical Plant Blast at Waste Water Treatment Tank in Evonik Lynchem Co China

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