Pollution
Humain
Environnement
Economique

At 8:00 am, the flooding procedure was implemented at a screw and bolt manufacturing plant following a sharp rise (1.77 m) in the water of the River Loue. Three facilities and the pit under the wire-drawing line were in danger of being flooded. At 1:00 pm, the Loue’s level reached 2.21 m. The heat treatment facility was turned off. The production machinery in the three facilities was turned off and then taken away at 1:50 pm. In one of the facilities, water could be seen seeping from a wall along the Loue. At 3:20 pm, the plant’s power supplies were shut off and the centre aisle’s pump was turned on. At 3:40 pm, the Loue rose to 2.41 m, flooding the courtyard. At 5:00 pm, all three facilities as well as the offices, records rooms, changing rooms, and toilets were under 2 to 5 cm of water. Absorbent material was used to soak up any oil rising up from the gutters. The Loue peaked at 2.60 m at around 8:00 pm. The buildings were under 2 to 10 cm of water. At 9:00, firefighters installed a pump and the water level in the facilities and the centre aisle began dropping. At 6:30 am the following morning, the courtyard and centre aisle were clear of water. Only 2 cm of water remained in the facilities and changing rooms. The plant’s employees began clean-up operations at 8:00 am and the plant resumed operations at noon.

Following this flood event, the operator raised the support rails of the barriers along the centre aisle, enlarged the manhole for the pump, marked the pumping point directly on the wall, and bought a pump to avoid having to rent one in case of another flood. The wall in the facility where water seeped through was sealed