HIAD Facility - Application: Pharmaceutical Production

An employee was preparing a batch of glycol stearate emulsifier in a vessel. Upon completion of product, the quality control lab reported that the pH was too high and the product needed to be…

In a pharmaceutical company classified Seveso upper-tier establishment, a deflagration occurs at the end of a hydrogenation reaction involving a chemical raw material, acetic acid, water and a…

An explosion occurred around noon while conducting hot work (with a disc saw) on a 320-m fixed-roof tank at a pharmaceutical plant employing 240 personnel. The tank belongs to a waste treatment…

An explosion occurred in the glass components of a reactor at a pharmaceutical plant during a batch process. At the time of the accident, the reactor was being hydrogenated. As a result of the…

The loss of control of a reaction caused a fire in a pharmaceutical plant caused a reaction runaway and the rupture of a 6 m reactor. A cloud containing sodium borohydride and hydrogen was emitted.…

The on-duty field technician noticed a self-sustained ignition in the hydrogen pipes of a sodium chlorate plant. The flare-like flame of less than one metre in height was located in the space above…

The accident occurred in a plant producing synthesized active ingredients for the pharmaceutical industry. An explosion and a fire occurred in one of the workshops of the plant. The chemical reaction…

A hydrogen leak alarm was received in the control room from the reformer of the hydrogen plant of a chemicals manufacturing facility. The reformed was depressurised and the leak stopped. The leak was…