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November 22, 2010

Accident in Chemical factory in China

The Hindustan Times has reported an accident in a chemical plant in China where three people were killed. The article mentions "The factory produced an array of chemicals ranging from common food additives to compounds used in making plastics and paper, according to the company website.
Two of the injured were in serious condition, the report said. In China, considered one of the world's most dangerous places to work, an average of 187 people were killed in work-related accidents on each day in the first half of this year, the government has said'.

Another article mentions that PVC was produced in the plant.While details of the accident are not known, the production of PVC deals with polymerization reactions that must be controlled carefully to avoid the chance of an accident. I have seen plants where batch operations of critical reactions are carried out manually. As experience levels in the chemical industry are coming down drastically, managements must periodically re assess their risk.
Read the article in this link.

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