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
Why are fires and explosions in the process industry (think Oil & Gas, Petroleum refining, lube oil blending, chemicals and plastics manufacturing, etc) so different? Find out in the informative video below.
July12, 2013- Heathrow, UK– Just as the dust was settling on the Asiana airlines Boeing 777 crash landing incident at San Francisco, comes the news report of another Boeing plane involved in an accident. This time it is an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787, named “Queen of Sheba” that caught fire at the Heathrow airport at … Read more
OREGON, Ohio — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited BP North American Inc. and BP-Husky Refining LLC’s refinery in Oregon, Ohio, with 42 alleged willful violations, including 39 on a per-instance basis, and 20 alleged serious violations for exposing workers to a variety of hazards including failure to provide … Read more
Download the shareware book Hazardous Area Classification here for free now! Feb 25, 2010- The CSB has released a preliminary report about their findings in the Kleen energy power plant explosion that caused fatalities and injuries. Here is the text of the news conference. The gist of the findings are that companies must take sufficient … Read more
