Ethanol vapors leaked from piping caught fire and caused an explosion at the Poet Ethanol Plant in Glenville. Two out of four employees that were in the plant were injured. Significant damage to the facility Source: A web-based collection and analysis of process safety incidents (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0950423016302285) Image Credit: Albert Lea Tribune
Material Category Archives:
LIAOCHENG EXPLOSION 2015
An explosion occurred when 8 personnel were working on the repair of a catalyst tower. Proximate causes: • Inadequate training/knowledge transfer (Lack of understanding the process) • Lack of work rules/policies/ standards/procedures (wrong procedures for inspections); • Inadequate work rules plan (lack of the pre-start safety review before inspection). Source: A web-based collection and analysisContinue reading “LIAOCHENG EXPLOSION 2015”