News & Insights
Keep up to date with all the latest industry news from Occupli
News & Insights
Keep up to date with all the latest industry news from Occupli
Last week, we announced Occupli's newest acquisition, Swedish VR fire training company Vobling. The Vobling VR Fire Trainer is an advanced virtual reality training tool designed to simulate real-life fire emergencies without the risks associated with live fire...
Why Install Fire Detectors? Fire detectors provide early warning of fire, allowing prompt action to control the fire before it spreads, minimizing property damage and saving lives. They alert occupants, giving them time to evacuate safely, and can activate fire...
Occupli, owned by Irish private-equity firm Erisbeg, the largest Irish-based international provider of environmental health and safety training, is proud to announce the acquisition of Vobling and to introduce the VR Fire Trainer™ to the market....
There are many risks associated with high noise levels in the workplace. The most obvious one being hearing impairment and at times hearing loss. It was found that loud environments can also lead to interference with communication and hence, increase the probability...
Explosion Protection Measures Sometime after commencing manufacturing in 1995, the staff at Hayes Lemmerz International observed copious accumulations of dust which migrated to working area and were beginning to create a hazard. They installed the infamous dust...
In the case of many major incidents such as explosions, a series of smaller scale incidents and near misses can be observed. It is important for plants to record and investigate those incidents as in many cases they foreshadow a major accident and could possibly help...
Following the explosion at the Hayes Lemmerz International Plant, the US Chemical Safety Board investigation report investigated six possible sources of ignition discussed below. The first possible cause of the ignition was a thermite reaction of aluminium and iron...
October 29th, 2003, at about 8:30 p.m., aluminium dust in the scrap reprocessing area caused an explosion and fire in the Hays Lemmerz International plant in Huntington, Indiana. USA. One of the operators nearby lost his life and two others were critically burned....
The HSE Report on the investigation of the explosion at the Chevron Pembroke Refinery states they were unable to provide a definite answer for the source of ignition. They claim two potential sources which may have set off the explosion. The first possible cause for...
It is evident that the safety culture in the refinery was inadequate at the time of the explosion, with a significant amount of staff lacking appropriate training and experience. Days before the explosion, gas test and manual dip tests were carried out by the...
Following the explosion at Pembroke Refinery (discussed in part one), it was found that the contents of the tank had flashpoints close or below the operating temperature of 40°C. The hydrocarbon layer had a flashpoint of 54°C, the liquid sampled from the main drain...
On average across the 14 countries, the total cost of fires was 0.65% of GDP. The financial costs associated with serious fires are very high including, in many cases, the failure to start up business again. What may appear to be a small fire in a waste bin, if not...
The Pembroke Oil Refinery, located in Wales and operating since 1964, at the time of the incident, was owned by Chevron Limited and produced 220,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The refinery provided employment to 543 workers and about 700 contractors, one of such...
As energy costs continue to increase, people may choose to use portable heaters in addition to their central heating systems in residential, commercial or industrial premises. Portable heaters are often more affordable to purchase and operate compared to central...
In this week's article, we will be diving into the Imperial Sugar refinery explosion of 2008. Dust explosions have been outlined in previous blogs, however, the real-world effects of dust explosions has not been seen. In Ireland, the most common type of dust...
In this weeks article, we will be continuing our dust explosions series by discussing how zoning dust explosions can help assess the risk involved. In industrial settings, explosive dusts can pose a significant hazard, especially in environments where they can...