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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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