Pascagoula incident fire damage (Source: CSB report, No. 2016-02-I-MS) Pascagoula gas plant receives condensate from offshore Gulf of Mexico. For separating components at cryogenic temperatures,
NTSB has issued seven safety recommendations following the September, 2010 San Bruno incident in California. #1. To PHMSA: Inform pipeline operators about circumstances leading up-to and
The 2005 Buncefield incident was a result of gasoline overfill from a tank (#912) at Buncefield oil storage and transfer depot. A contributing cause for this incident
You may have read about the 2007 incident at T2 laboratories in Florida – the explosion killed four of the company’s 12 employees, injured four other workers
The following video desribes 2005 fire/explosion in Praxair’s gas cylinder filling and distribution center. The incident occurred when gas from a pressurized propylene cylinder was released through the relif valve and
In a number of my previous blog posts, I have emphasized the disturbing trend of fires and explosions in the biodiesel and biofuel industry. Based on the
Generally speaking, 5-6 things have to go wrong for an incident to occur. Furthermore, these events or failures have to occur in a certain sequence. The characteristics
I recently came across a very interesting incident involving foam concrete. Foam concrete is produced by mechanical mixing of foam prepared in advance with concrete
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.
Recently, Erik, a reader of this blog directed me to a video his firm has created that explains the role of trees leading to the
In December 2005, fire and explosion at Buncefield oil storage depot injured 40 people. Overfilling of a fuel storage tank (Tank 912) led to release
According to a recent report (Aug. 2008) from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is not in compliance with its statutory
An explosion occurred at East Ohio Company’s peak-shaving plant in Cleveland, Ohio on October 20, 1944. 128 people were killed and 225 injured as a
Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku – is an ancient Japanese text compiled in 901. It talks about an earthquake and Tsunami that occurred in 869: “Then
