Flash
- 28/05/2020
As industrial operations resume in the wake of a health crisis, this Flash bulletin emphasises[...]
Press article
- 22/07/2019
All industrial activity can be expected to undergo changes, to varying degrees, throughout its life[...]
Flash
- 12/07/2019
This ARIA newsflash lists the causes of the various cases of collapse and rupture of[...]
Study
- 29/05/2019
Since its creation in 1999, the seminar on “Lessons Learnt from Industrial Accidents” is organized[...]
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[...]
Meteorological events of early 2018 in France
Flash
- 18/10/2018
Without trying to predict the weather for late 2018 and the seasonal storms in the Cévennes of south-central France, we[...]
Methanization: how can the sector be developed without increasing the risks?
Flash
- 04/10/2018
Methanization is one of the key technologies of the circular economy and green growth. Within the framework of the Energy[...]
Accidents related to incorrect circuit positioning
Study
- 17/09/2018
Fluid transfer is a common industrial operation. However, the incorrect positioning of transfer circuit during such operations, also referred to[...]
Pallet fire in a combustible materials warehouse
Accident report
- 24/04/2018
A fire broke out at 10:15 am in a warehouse subject to authorization (item 1510 of the nomenclature of the[...]
Mobile acetylene cylinders : Hazard potential not to be underestimated!
Flash
- 01/08/2018
Mobile acetylene cylinders are present in all sectors of activity owing to their common use on welding machines. Even if[...]
Large-scale fire in a wood chip storage facility
Accident report
- 21/08/2017
At around 3○a.m., a deep-seated fire broke out in an outdoor 50,000○m3 woodchip storage in a waste recycling facility (24○m[...]