Biodiesel Incidents Trend

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Based on incident data in biodiesel facilities, I had written that the biodiesel industry in the US is experiencing an incident every two-and-a-half months, i.e. approx. 10 weeks. Here are incidents following my May 2009 blog post on biodiesel incident frequency. 1.       15 July 2009, Chicago: An explosion at a biodiesel plant ...

Top Five Risk and Safety Blog Posts for 2009

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

I would like to wish readers and the growing list of subscribers of risk and safety blog a prosperous 2010. It has been a year since I started writing the blog. Here are top five blog posts for 2009: 1. Biofuel Safety: Is it time for Bio-PSM? 2. Lithium Battery Fires: Why Your ...

Florida Biodiesel Fire: The Trend Continues

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Last Thursday (September 24, 2009) a fire was reported in a biodisel plant near Osceola County in Florida. The biodiesel plant was owned by New Eden Energy. There were no fatalities or injuries. Earlier, I had pointed out the need for safety in biofuel plants. Based on incident data I reviewed, ...