Broken inspection lamp spark ignites petrol vapours in a mechanic’s pit Environment Vehicle repair garage, mechanic’s inspection pit, England, UK Incident source HSE safety bulletin/case study example Research status Verified...
On 27 February 2014, a powerful explosion destroyed Istanbul Restaurant in a petrol station complex near Landmark Mall in Doha, Qatar. The Ministry of Interior investigation later reported that LPG...
During boiler repairs on the LNG tanker Hilli in a foreign shipyard, a post-repair chemical clean ended in a fatal explosion on 10 October 2003. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch...
On 18 November 2001, the Hong Kong-registered bulk carrier MV Nego Kim was anchored within Dampier port limits in Western Australia while the deck crew painted the inside of the...
An Italian metalworking fatality published through ATS Brianza's "Impariamo dagli errori" campaign shows why a hazardous-area lighting case cannot be separated from the chemistry and work method around it. Two...
AI has the potential to transform how engineering teams search, interpret and act on complex document sets. But in highly regulated industries, AI is only as trustworthy as the information...
An explosion-protected lamp was already in use. The work system still failed. This event is useful because the lamp was described as explosion-protected, yet the work still ended in an...
Inside a 20,000l fuel tank: Why portable lamp handling and solvent vapour should never share the same work method This incident shows why hazardous-area lighting cannot be separated from the...
Anton Paar introduces the new Diana series for automated boiling-range analysis of petroleum and petrochemical products. Diana 301 performs atmospheric distillation of fuels according to ASTM D86 and EN ISO...
Propane leak meets an unprotected fluorescent work Light: A Preventable hazardous-area lighting failure The ARIA record is unusually direct about the ignition path. At about 08:00, a deflagration occurred in...
