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, ...

Explosion at Biodiesel Plant – July 2009

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

The biodiesel and biofuel industry is demonstrating a disturbing trend of unsafe operations. The biodiesel industry is experiencing one fire/explosion incident EVERY two-and-a-half months. Last Friday, there was an explosion at a biodiesel plant in Chicago injuring two workers. The following video from NBC provides details of the incident. http://tinyurl.com/lmpug7 According to the video, the explosion ...

Biofuel Safety: Is it time for Bio-PSM?

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 ...