03 Dec 2020– Four people are reportedly dead and one injured in an explosion that occurred at a wastewater treatment plant at Avonmouth near Bristol in the UK. The plant is operated by Wessex Water and is used for waste water treatment and recycling. The Bristol explosion incident has been classified as a major accident … Read more
June 03,2020– There was a massive blast at a chemical plant in the Dahej area of Bharuch district in the state of Gujarat, India in which there were 5 fatalities and several injured. The accident occurred at the factory site of Yashasvi Rasayan Pvt Ltd, which is a manufacturer of chemicals such as Para Chloro … Read more
Aug 25th, 2012– The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released some photos of the recent Chevron refinery fire. If you recollect, Chevron’s Richmond, CA refinery had a huge explosion and fire on 6th Aug 2012, that resulted in catastrophic damage. The CSB is investigating the accident and in the interim, has posted some footage … Read more
This is the question that many people ask themselves. There are so many standards and practices, so different from each other. You have the Class, Division & Group classification in North America and the Zone and Group system in Europe, Asia and Australia. The NEC also talks about Zones in Article 505 and there is … Read more
Recall that there was a large accidental explosion at the Bayer Cropscience facility in Institute, W. Virginia, on Aug 28, 2008. Details of this incident were reported by me in a post on this blog, you can refer it here. Now the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has announced that it will be … Read more
