
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[...]

Derailment of dangerous goods railcars: vigilance needed for couplings!
Flash
- 10/06/2020
Promoting a modal shift towards rail transport features among the priorities of the French government’s multiannual energy programme. Recent derailments[...]

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[...]
Damage to a CDG barge during locking
Accident report
- 18/02/2020
At around 00.20, a 120m-long barge carrying 2,200t of vinyl chloride (extremely flammable and carcinogenic gas) was damaged during locking.[...]

Fire at a chemicals plant
Accident report
- 26/09/2019
The summary of this accident has not yet been translated. In the meantime, please refer to the French summary :[...]

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[...]

Are visual diagnostics enough to anticipate concrete cell ruptures?
Flash
- 12/07/2019
This ARIA newsflash lists the causes of the various cases of collapse and rupture of silos compiled in the ARIA[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]