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Bases for an accident study on the inerting process practiced in silos

27/07/2015

The use of an inerting process is a means of intervention used in a fire in grain silos. However, it remains uncommon. As part of its work, the BARPI wrote a synthesis on this process based on the accidents contained[...]

Anticipating fire and explosion risks in wood silos

20/07/2015

Over the past 3 years, more than 40 fires involving silos containing wood chips or sawdust have been recorded in the ARIA database. In such instances, operational difficulties are commonly encountered by emergency services (lengthy interventions, vulnerability of storage structures,[...]

Accidents in confined spaces

21/08/2013

Many industrial accidents involve work conducted within confined areas, where the primary risk has been generated by the latent or accidental presence of an either flammable, toxic or simply oxygen-deficient atmosphere. The objective of this analysis is to build awareness[...]

Accidents associated with cattle farming activities

12/08/2013

The present analysis is based on 2,686 events recorded between January 1st, 1992 and August 31st, 2009 in relation to farming activities of beef cattle, pigs, rabbits, poultry and game birds. The purpose of this document is to characterise general[...]

Silos storing plant products

08/08/2013

We need to pay special attention to the circumstances under which accidents in silos storing plant products take place. Experience shows that the frequency of accidents is far higher during the working phase including the preventive or curative maintenance, change,[...]

Fire on PCB transformers.

18/06/2001
FRANCE

A fire broke out around 2:50 am in an electrical utility room at a paper mill. Engulfed in the flames, four transformers emptied entirely and a fifth halfway, dispersing a dielectric containing PCB. A prefectural order motivated by a proposal[...]

Deadly explosion during the cleaning of a silo

07/04/1993
BELGIQUE

The number of casualties resulting from the Florrifoux silo explosions is high: 5 dead and 4 injured. Debris were scattered over a 100-m radius, windows were broken and damages to homes were observed as far as 300 m away. This[...]