Hazardous chemical enterprises have many dangerous chemicals and high levels of fire hazard. After an accident, it is easy to cause heavy casualties and property damage. In just one week, there have been many chemical-related fire accidents at home and abroad, which once again sounded the alarm for us!
Liaoning Fushun No. 3 Oil Plant caught fire
On the evening of May 16th, China Petroleum Fushun Petrochemical Plant No. 3 in Fushun, Liaoning Province experienced a fire, with an area of about 300 square meters. After the local fire brigade worked hard to put out the fire, the open fire was extinguished at 21:58, causing no casualties.
On May 17, according to the requirements of Liaoning Provincial Emergency Management Department and Liaoning Fire Rescue Corps, Fushun Petrochemical Company, Fushun Emergency Management Bureau, Fushun Fire Rescue Detachment, and Fushun Meteorological Bureau jointly carried out on-site investigation and inspection, and transferred Meteorological satellite cloud images, lightning and lightning positioning data, and on-site monitoring video unanimously determined that the direct cause of the fire caused by the sewage buffer pool of the No. 3 Petroleum Plant was the direct lightning and lightning strike, and the fire area was about 300 square meters.
Deflagration occurred at a processing point for shoe adhesives in Danyang
According to the latest report of the Danyang City Emergency Management Bureau in the early morning: At about 11:00 on May 15, a shoe adhesive processing point in Danyang Xingxing Optical Instrument Co., Ltd., Xiaoliang East Road, Lingkou Town, Danyang City, detonated. The open flame was extinguished at 13:40 on the same day. The accident caused a total of 2 deaths and 8 people were sent to the hospital for observation and treatment. Among them, one person with a serious injury is currently in stable vital signs. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Indonesian 100,000-ton crude oil tanker caught fire and exploded
At 8:30 local time on May 11, local time, an Aframax crude oil tanker named "Jag Leela" was fired and exploded in Belawan Port, Medan, Indonesia, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The fire spread to nearby ships. The fire continued to burn for more than 8 hours. The accident caused 7 deaths and 22 injuries.
The Aframax crude oil tanker generally refers to an oil tanker with a tonnage of 100,000-120,000 tons, a draft of about 14 meters, and a captain of about 230 meters. It is reported that the "Jag Leela" was built in 1999 with a load of 105,148 tons, a length of 250 meters, and an Indonesian flag. It is managed by WARUNA NUSA SENTANA PT.
Fire in chemical plant in downtown Los Angeles explodes
At around 6:30 pm on May 16th, Western Time, a chemical plant in downtown Los Angeles was exploded due to a fire, causing 11 firefighters on the scene to be injured. The open flame has basically been extinguished.
According to Erik Scott, the fire chief, the exploded building was Smoke Tokes' supplier warehouse, and its business scope was the manufacture of butane honey oil. Butane is a flammable and odorless gas. The manufacturing process includes the extraction of tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabis plants, and the extract can be used to produce wax, electronic cigarettes, and edible products.
Italy Sigma Chemical Plant Suddenly Exploded
On May 15, local time, an explosion occurred in a chemical plant in Marghera, Venice, Italy. The accident caused two people to be burned, and one of them was seriously injured. In order to prevent the spread of toxic gases from the chemical materials burned in the fire, the Veneto authorities immediately launched an emergency plan, blocked the traffic roads in the explosion area, monitored the air quality, and called on people around the chemical plant to close the doors and windows at home.
At 10:15 local time, a violent explosion was heard from a chemical plant of 3V Sigma Spa (3V Sigma Spa) located in the port of Magra, Venice. In the city more than 10 kilometers away, a huge black smoke column bursting into the sky is clearly visible.
At present, the civil affairs department does not yet understand the specific composition of chemical substances emitted by chemical plants. Symptoms such as dyspnea have been found in the surrounding population. The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Veneto Region is already monitoring the air pollution situation, and is conducting data collation and analysis.
It is reported that 3V Sigma Chemical Group is a high-end special chemical product manufacturing group. The group has four chemical plants in Georgetown, South Carolina, Mozzo, Grasabi, and Magra, Italy. The chemical products produced by the plant are mainly Including high-end chemical products such as chemical synthetic polymers and organic chemistry.
Work safety is not about shouting slogans, it is more important to implement actions!
In April, the “Three-year Action Plan for Special Remediation of National Work Safety” deployed by the State Council ’s Security Committee was officially launched from April 2020 to December 2022. Special remediation includes: hazardous chemicals, coal mines, non-coal mines, etc. 11 This plan aims to eliminate a group of major hidden dangers and form a batch of system achievements by the end of 2022. Establish and improve the public safety hidden trouble investigation and safety prevention and control system.
"Safety production" is a term often mentioned by chemical companies as a productive enterprise with many hazards. Safety production is mentioned every year, but there are many accidents this year. Frequent explosion accidents in foreign countries have occurred recently. It cannot be ruled out that it was caused by safety negligence when resuming work after a period of suspension of production. Therefore, after a prolonged shutdown, it is reminded again that resumption of work must be checked more frequently.
Source: Mobei Public Account
