Accidents involving oils, whether of animal, plant or mineral origin, are not limited to places where they are produced or processed. Oils are to be found everywhere in industrial facilities, and also in our daily lives. They have many and[...]
The coming winter will be a time when the French electricity system is in transition and energy supply under pressure. Power outages are inevitable on very cold days if power consumption is not reduced. Power outages must be anticipated by…
Different physical and chemical treatments are used in industry to improve the qualities of certain metal parts, including their strength and appearance. These techniques mean a less noble material can be used by improving its properties locally. Over the past…
Wood, a noble and precious raw material, deserves attention at all levels of its life cycle : silviculture, transformation, storage, energy production… because, the fires to which it is frequently the object divert it from its final use. The current…
For many years, the farming sector has accounted for nearly 10% of accidents at French classified facilities for environmental protection recorded by BARPI in its ARIA database. From 2009 to 2021, this synthesis covers 1,259 events at crop-growing and livestock-rearing[...]
The observation of a recurrence of certain events is too often realized. The case of fire-explosions of tanks equipped with heating devices illustrating this problem shows that it is important when faced with a given type of event to know…
At approximately 10:00 am on a Saturday, a fire broke out in a goods shipping building (floor area: 6,000m²) at a specialist freight business. A large plume of smoke raised and explosions were heard. A security perimeter was set up[...]
At approximately 9:55 pm, a fire broke out on the external walls of a hazardous waste incinerator rotary furnace. The furnace's automatic shutoff function with smoke extraction was triggered. Upon seeing the flames, the team on shift triggered the internal[...]
Summer is on its way with its seasonal heat waves. These increase the risk of fires in classified facilities, and particularly Non-Hazardous Waste Storage Facilities. This flash highlights the lessons to be learned from feedback in this sector of activity,[...]
At around 15.30, the operator of a pig farm noticed that the liquid manure reception pit was overflowing. Liquid manure was running into a nearby stream, then the PENZÉ river and the KERJEAN tributary. Since early morning, in preparation for corn[...]
