Blast, fire in Bathinda refinery, none hurt - The Hindu

Blast, fire in Bathinda refinery, none hurt - The Hindu

You can see the photo of the fire in above link.


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Major fire at Bathinda refinery, no casualties reported - Hindustan Times

Major fire at Bathinda refinery, no casualties reported - Hindustan Times

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Don't neglect pressure gauges -chemical processing

Don't neglect pressure gauges -chemical processing

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2 die in steel plant accident

Thanks to Mr Subbu for sending news about Two engineers who were killed at a steel plant when they entered a container laboratory and were apparently asphyxiated by some gas.
Read about the accident in this link

When you enter analyser houses in chemical plants, ensure that the gas alarms are working and that there is no alarm before entering the confined space. As there will be tubing and other places from where gas from cylinders outside can leak, be careful.

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Major fire in Russian refinery

Major fire in Russian Refinery courtesy rt.com
See photos and videos in above link.

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The dangers of evaporating liquid nitrogen

A case study where a post graduate student died due to nitrogen inhalation is given in this link . The student was using liquid nitrogen. The accident highlights again the dangers of nitrogen.

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1 employee injured after fire, explosion at Moore distillery; blast blamed on ethanol flash

1 employee injured after fire, explosion at Moore distillery; blast blamed on ethanol flash



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Improving road safety in India

Please take some time off to sign this petition. It affects all of us......

Petition to improve road safety in India


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Gas leak in Chhattisgarh’s Bhilai steel plant, 6 killed, 40 injured

A tragic accident where 6 people lost their lives when a water line to scrubber ruptured and gas leaked out: (two DGM's among those killed)

Times of India Gas leak in Chhattisgarh’s Bhilai steel plant, 6 killed, 40 injured
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gas-leak-in-Chhattisgarhs-Bhilai-steel-plant-6-killed-40-injured/articleshow/36450920.cms

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How secure are your redundant systems?

An article in the Guardian highlights the importance of functional testing of your redundant systems. In the incidents mentioned, two helicopters of identical make faced a main lubrication oil system failure while airborne. Though the back up system came on line, an alarm indicated that it was not working properly, so the crew had to make emergency landings in the sea. Later it was found out that the back up system was indeed working fine, but the alarm was wrongly configured.
Read the article in this link. 


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Fire in Refinery

A news article mentions about a fire in a Chinese refinery in the sulphur recovery section. Interestingly, it mentions that the fire reignited a few hours after it was put off due to "chemical reaction of combustible material in an oil tank with fire extinguishing foam".

Read the article in this link. 

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Basics of flammability

A good basic primer on flammability, explosion protection and flammable gas detectors can be found in this link. 
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