Archive for the ‘Incidents’ Category
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported the following offshore safety statistics on for 2009-10 period.
Zero fatalities
50 major injuries
85 major and significant hydrocarbon releases (HCRs)
Here a link to the UK HSE bulletin:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/statistics/stat0910.htm
Posted in Incidents, Offshore, Regulations, Risk Management | No Comments »
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
A month ago, I wrote about fire in a biodiesel facility - the last one for 2010.
https://risk-safety.com/risksafetynewsite/another-biodiesel-firehopfully-the-last-one-for-2010/
Four days into 2011, a fire was reported at a biodiesel plant in Indiana. A boiler used to heat oil which in turn in used to warm biodiesel caught on fire.
To read more click below:
http://tinyurl.com/BiodieselFire-Jan11
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Friday, January 14th, 2011
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 consequences of pipeline rupture at San Bruno and NTSB's recommendations.
#2. To PG&E: Search records to identify all the gas transmission lines (in class 3 & 4 locations, ...
Posted in Fires and explosions, Incident Investigation, Incidents, Natural Gas Pipelines, Pipelines, Process Safety, Risk Management | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Readers of this blog are familiar with the biofuel incident trend that I have written about in previous posts.
https://risk-safety.com/risksafetynewsite/category/biofuels/
Based on what I have researched, the incident frequency of a fire/explosion in biodiesel plant is 10 weeks, i.e. every two and half months there is a fire or explosion in a biodiesel ...
Posted in Biofuels, Chemical Accidents, Fires and explosions, Incidents, Process Safety | 3 Comments »
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Below is summary (annualized average) of 20-year pipeline incident data from 1990-2009. [Source: Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration,PHMSA]
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PHMSA defines Significant Incidents as those incidents reported by pipeline operators when any of the following specifically defined consequences occur:
fatality or injury requiring in-patient hospitalization
$50,000 or more in total costs, measured in 1984 dollars
Highly ...
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
Biofuel production and manufacturing facilities in the United States are increasing rapidly. On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (H.R. 6) into law. The comprehensive energy legislation includes a nationwide renewable fuels standard (RFS) that will double the use of ethanol and biodiesel by 2012.
Biodiesel ...
Posted in Biofuels, Fires and explosions, Incidents | 7 Comments »
