High temperatures
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[...]
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Derailment of dangerous goods railcars: vigilance needed for couplings!
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[...]
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Startup/restart or shutdown operations: heightened vigilance
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[...]
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Are visual diagnostics enough to anticipate concrete cell ruptures?
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[...]
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Industrial cybersecurity: scope and past accidents
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.[...]
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Hazardous waste: beware of incompatibilities!
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[...]
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Forklifts : be careful, hazardous operations !
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 :[...]
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Conveyor belt fires: Are the standards being met?
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[...]
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Used lithium batteries are not ordinary waste!
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[...]
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Meteorological events of early 2018 in France
Without trying to predict the weather for late 2018 and the seasonal storms in the Cévennes of south-central France, we note that the first half of the year was marked[...]
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