
Proceedings of the 13th IMPEL seminar “Lessons Learnt from Industrial Accidents” (2019)
Study
- 29/05/2019
Since its creation in 1999, the seminar on “Lessons Learnt from Industrial Accidents” is organized every two years by the[...]

Small or big changes, not managing them can be risky!
Press article
- 22/07/2019
All industrial activity can be expected to undergo changes, to varying degrees, throughout its life cycle, especially to maintain its[...]

High temperatures
Flash
- 15/06/2020
The ARIA database contains more than 300 high temperature-related events that have occurred in France. Such events affect all types[...]

Startup/restart or shutdown operations: heightened vigilance
Flash
- 28/05/2020
As industrial operations resume in the wake of a health crisis, this Flash bulletin emphasises the recommendations derived from analyses[...]

Rupture of a gaseous oxygen line
Accident report
- 08/06/2004
A gaseous oxygen (O2) pipe failed at around 4 am in a liquid oxygen production unit located in a port[...]

Feedback on the flooding of industrial sites in January 2018 in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region (France)
Study
- 07/12/2018
At the end of January 2018, the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region (BFC) suffered numerous episodes of intense rainfall and floods. The storm[...]

Explosion under a bridge deck following a fire which caused a gas leak
Accident report
- 13/05/2018
At around 8:55 p.m., a natural gas explosion (vapour cloud explosion - VCE) occurred on a bridge pier containing a polyethylene[...]

Conveyor belt fires: Are the standards being met?
Flash
- 29/11/2018
Conveyor belts used to handle organic materials must meet standards defined by various French ministerial orders .These texts indicate that[...]

Used lithium batteries are not ordinary waste!
Flash
- 13/11/2018
The performance of lithium batteries and storage cells has expanded their areas of technical application (telephony, computers, electric vehicles, rechargeable[...]