Le CRAIM vous offre la possibilité de participer à un atelier sur le Règlement sur les urgences environnementales ainsi que sur les plans d’urgence en relation avec le RUE. Cet événement a pour objectifs de vous faire connaître les obligations auxquelles doit se...
HISTORY AND CONTINUING RELEVANCE For almost half a century, the Spadeadam (UK) research and test facility has being used to improve our understanding and knowledge of major industrial incidents. On this unique site, full-scale tests can be carried out to help...
A plant experienced a piping leak and could not shutdown to properly repair it. Using their leak clamp procedure, they consulted the required experts and approved use of a temporary clamp for 6 months. After that time, the status of the clamp was to be reviewed,...
A company decided to stop making a chemical product. One of the input materials was toxic and corrosive phosphorus trichloride (PCl3). The lines to the storage tank and the process area were cleared of PCl3 . A few years later, an operator found a leak outdoors. The...
On May 3, 2019, operators at a plant in Waukegan, Illinois were performing a batch operation, manually adding and mixing chemicals in a tank inside a building. An operator pumped an incorrect chemical into the tank. That chemical was incompatible with a chemical...
On July 12, 2020, a fire broke out on the US Navy ship USS Bonhomme Richard while it was docked in San Diego, California. The fire burned for 5 days and spread to 11 of the 15 decks of the ship. Temperatures from the fire exceeded 1400 F (760 C). The financial loss...
