Ensuring safety when transporting dangerous goods within classified facilities
Since 1990, a total of 784 accidents involving transportation of dangerous goods within Classified Facilities have been recorded in the ARIA base. The percentage of this type of accident has nearly doubled over the past 10 years. The transport of[...]
Anticipating emergency response difficulties
The handling of an industrial accident is often rife with obstacles, e.g. water supply constraints, inappropriate response protocol in light of product properties, inefficient information provided by bystanders... 6.5% of all accidents recorded at France's classified sites have experienced major[...]
Lessons learned from major events towards improving hydraulic safety
Since 2010, information collected on dam-related events has been recorded in the ARIA base. By the end of 2015, a total of 228 events had been entered into the database. This summary, written jointly by the BARPI and BETCGB bureau,[...]
Overview of accident statistics on waste management facilities
Waste management activities are not only a potential source of chronic risks (atmospheric pollution, olfactory or noise nuisances, etc.), they may also be responsible for the risk of accidents! This study, based on the analysis of 1100 accidents that occured[...]
Cooling towers: Legionnaire’s Disease still running rampant!
The group outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease in the Lisbon suburbs in 2014 has provided a sad reminder: the propagation of legionellae within the water circuits of cooling towers is a likely scenario and one capable of causing major health impacts[...]
Fireworks shows: Vigilance required before, during and after!
Every year, accidents occur during the July 14 and August 15 French holiday festivities. In 2015 unfortunately, reports came in of 11 injured in Monteux, 15 injured in Canet and 5 more in Castelsarrasin during fireworks shows that went awry.[...]
ELV and WEEE : Combating illegal treatment facilities, a challenge aimed at reducing accidental risks!
While the fight against illegal sites in the waste sector constitutes both an environmental challenge (non-compliance with discharge standards and accepted depollution methods) and an economic one (unfair competition, an obstacle to achieving European recycling objectives), it is also a…
Accident study findings on household uses of gas
Every year in France, many deaths and injuries result from accidents involving household uses of gas. These events, which occur in individual dwellings off the natural gas distribution networks, are caused by a wide variety of devices so common in[...]
Hydrofluoric acid : the worst of all acids?
Despite being produced 200 times less than sulphuric acid (1 M vs. 200 M tonnes/year), the ARIA database has recorded nearly 80 accidents involving hydrofluoric acid (HF) (vs. 220 for H2SO4). A series of recent accidents serves to recall its[...]
