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1. Risk management issues
Many industrial accidents have left their mark on our collective memory. In some cases, they have influenced or led to changes in industrial risk management regulations. The following accidents are all considered major industrial accidents:
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Feyzin (France) 1966: BLEVE of LPG sphere.
Death toll: 17 dead, 84 injured, material damage several km away.
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Flixborough (UK) 1974: explosion and fire at a chemical plant.
The toll: 28 dead, many injured, facilities ravaged.
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Seveso (Italy) 1976: explosion in a pesticide factory (dioxide contamination).
Result: 1,800 hectares of contaminated land, evacuation of populations, 2,000 people poisoned.
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Mexico City (Mexico) 1984:...
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Bibliography
- (1) - Rapport INERIS - Synthèse des exclusions des accidents majeurs, phénomènes dangereux et de leurs causes, des Plans Particuliers d'Intervention, de la démarche de Mesure de Maîtrise des Risques et des Plans de Prévention des Risques Technologiques - Rapport DRA-09-1 03142-12236 A (07/10/2009).
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Digital media
ARIA – Technological accident database.
French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning (MEEDDAT)
Regulations
Arrêté ministériel du 29 septembre 2005 relatif à l'évaluation et à la prise en compte de la probabilité d'occurrence, de la cinétique et de l'intensité des effets et de la gravité des conséquences des accidents potentiels dans les études de dangers des IC soumises à autorisation.
Circular dated May 10, 2010 summarizing the methodological rules applicable to hazard studies, risk reduction at source...
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