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Parent Category: Safety Info Posts

Category: Chemical Process Safety (PSM/RMP)

Published: 04 April 2017

The multiple-fatality explosion on October 17, 2016 explosion and subsequent fires at the german facility has been determined to be caused by a contractor cutting into an incorrect line/pipe containing flammable raffinate.  Two employees of the on-site fire department and an employee of a tanker which was anchored in the harbor died in the accident. Another employee of the on-site fire department who was severely injured in the explosion died on October 29. Seven people were seriously injured and another 22 suffered slight injuries. 

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