A U.S. company had fires at 2 of its locations about 100 days apart. Both were caused by static sparks igniting flammable liquids and vapors. On July 17, 2007, flammable VM&P naphtha was being transferred from a tank truck to a vertical 15,000 gallon (57 m3 )...
An operator was adding a raw material from many drums. All the drums were black with white ends and had blue & white labels. After adding ~20 drums, the operator noticed a drum that had a different name on it. Same black and white drum, same blue and white label....
Do you think that you do not have to worry about potential reactive chemistry incidents because your workplace has no intentional chemical reactions? Don’t be fooled – reactive chemistry incidents can happen almost anywhere. Here are two examples. On November 7,...
The CRAIM has just published a new version (2ed.) of its Technical Popularization Pamphlet # 7 on “Explosion”. This version contains new information on Heat induced tears (HIT). A heat induced tear (HIT) is a rupture of a NON-PRESSURE tank containing...
Following the publication of the Environmental Emergency Regulations, 2019 (SOR/2019-51), specifically the new companion document “ Technical Guidelines for the Environmental Emergency Regulations 2019” from Environment Canada, the CRAIM with its new Sheet...
Some equipment such as vibratory conveyors and screens are meant to move, but in most other equipment, vibration is not desirable. It can lead to piping and equipment damage including premature failure. A new compressor system was starting operation (Diagram A) The...
