Flixborough nypro uk explosion 1st june 1974 accident summary. Pdf developments in the safety science sector and in the field of. Of those working on the site at the time, 28 were killed and 36 others suffered injuries. Gautam iyer audumbar jadhav aniruddh kamat sushil kansurkar sukrut khambete. The flixborough explosion was the largestever peacetime explosion in the uk. Friend knows full well that the health and safety at work act was not in operation at the time of the flixborough disaster.
An explosion at the flixborough plant killed 28 people and seriously injured 36 out of a total of only 72 people on site at the time. Costly quick fix flixborough disaster 1974 01172012 11. An explosion at a chemical plant in flixborough, south humberside, killed 28 people. An official court of inquiry was established and charged with the responsibility of determining the causes of the disaster and any. Trial mixes and tests were carried out using lime and pfa as the blender and it was found that the slower rate of strength gain and the ability to autogenously. What influence has research conducted by general management schools. Catastrophic explosion of a cyclohexane cloud june 1, 1974. Yet nimbys often have genuine cause for concern, and so it proved when the residents of flixborough near scunthorpe in north lincolnshire fought and lost the battle to prevent a major chemical plant from being sited close to the village in the 1960s. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Tallboys by order of the secretary of state for defence the cambridgeshire county council, in accordance with a. In june 1974 the local evening paper carried the banner headline. It killed 28 people and seriously injured 36 out of a total of 72 people on site at the time. The flixborough disaster was an explosion at nypro chemical plant close to the village of flixborough near scunthorpe, humberside formally lindsey, lincolnshire now north lincolnshire, england.
History in 1964, fisons and dutch state mines dsm set up a joint venture, nypro, to produce nylon6. Flixborough, 1 june 1974 science and technology news updated hourly says. The extent of the dangers posed by the disaster can be seen on the front page of a now defunct weekly newspaper. Catastrophic explosion of a cyclohexane cloud june 1, 1974 flixborough united kingdom the facilities involved accident site in 1974, the chemical plant employed a workforce of 550 and occupied a 24ha site set amidst the farmland of flixborough, 260 km north of. Use the link below to share a fulltext version of this article with your friends and colleagues. The flixborough disaster national library of australia. If assistance is available, knowing how to access it makes the process faster and less stressful. Two months prior to the explosion, a crack was discovered in the.
There were 28 fatalities as well as the near complete destruction of the nypro plant in north lincolnshire by blast and then fire. In the postcold war era humanitarian aid is the norths principal means of political crisis management in. The casualty figures could have been much higher, if the explosion had occurred on a weekday, when the main office area would have been occupied. The process involved oxidation of cyclohexane with air in a series of six reactors to produce a mixture of cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone.
Flixborough disaster 1974 pdf in, a huge explosion ripped apart a chemical plant in to confirm that the disaster at the nypro plant at flixborough was the result of. Pic by george schofield, of barrowonhumber supplied to the telegraph in. Flixborough disaster the disaster was caused by the introduction into a well designed and constructed plant of a modification which destroyed its integrity. Case details disaster of chemical plant at flixborough. In 1974, the chemical plant employed a workforce of 550 and occupied a 24ha site set amidst the farmland of. On june 1st, 1974 a cyclohexane vapour cloud explosion in. Destroyed chemical plant buildings in flixborough, north lincolnshire, uk, following the explosion of 1 june 1974. Available for reference in the british library, london and also for loan from the british library, boston spa, uk. Case study flixborough composting plant soil stabilisation pushing out of pfa incorporation of pfa into soil. Football fans were caught up in a massive crush which occurred as a result of too many liverpool fans being let into.
Twentyeight workers were killed and a further 36 suffered injuries. The early versions focused primarily on general concepts, but as acceptance of isps by the professional community has grown, the later versions. It became fully operative only on 1st april this year, whereas the flixborough disaster occurred in june 1974. Nestled between the villages of flixborough and amcotts on the south side of the river trent, is an industrial estate.
Flixborough, a township and a parish in glanfordbrigg district, lincoln. The township lies adjacent to the river trent, near the keadby terminus of the thorne and keadby railway, 10 miles nw of glanfordbrigg. Further afield, the blast injured another 53 people and caused extensive damage to around 2,000 buildings. Flixborough disaster fliboroughs causes and death toll. Download adobe acrobat or click here to download the pdf file.
Complex emergencies and the crisis of developmentalism section 2 workbookreadings4 complex emergencies 2. The disaster occurred on 15 april 1989 at the hillsborough football stadium during the fa cup semifinal match between nottingham forest and liverpool. Timeline history of occupational safety and health. It resulted in the almost complete destruction of the plant. The causes of the disaster were complex it is impossible to do justice to all the technical explanations here and the debate continues. Flixborough petrochemical plant, 1974 gordon cooke. The main events in the chain of disaster were the rupture of no 5 reactor in march 1974 and the.
C this article has been rated as cclass on the projects quality scale. It had the same impact as other key events, including the santa barbara spill 1967, three mile island 1979and piper alpha 1988. The flixborough disaster report hsc the flixborough disaster report hsc the flixborough disaster report hsc. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Forty years ago, today, the explosion at the flixborough nypro chemicals site near scunthorpe, uk, killed 28 people and injured 36 others. This article is within the scope of wikiproject disaster management, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of disaster management on wikipedia. Flixborough chemical disaster 1974 devastating disasters. Flixborough chemical plant owned by nypro uk ltd deaths of 28 workers on the site widespread damage to property within a 6 mile radius around the plant.
Report of the court of inquiry paperback january 1, 1975 by dept. Disaster at flixborough is an extremely wellillustrated 46page book explaining the disaster at the nypro works in flixborough, uk on june 1, 1974. The act that changed our working lives history of occupational. Flixborough, 1 june 1974 the national archives blog. The flixborough works of nypro uk ltd were virtually demolished by an explosion of warlike dimensions on the afternoon of saturday 1 june 1974. Picture taken 5 days after the nypro flixborough disaster which happened on june 1, 1974. Safety is a primary issue, as are mental and physical wellbeing.
The center for chemical process safety ccps aggregated this information in the book inherently safer chemical processes. The explosion had been caused by the ignition of a cloud of 4050 tonnes of cyclohexane, a. Report of the court of inquiry, hmso, isbn 01610750, 1975 out of print. The terms flixborouvh reference of the repprt of inquiry did not include any requirement to comment on djsaster regulatory regime under which the plant had been built and operated, but it was clear that it was not satisfactory. Piper alpha case history up bibliography building process safety culture tool kit. Nypro, flixborough, north lincolnshire disaster of july 1st 1974 in. The explosion was estimated to be equivalent to the force arising from 15 45 tons tnt. The book is essentially a classroom guide to the disaster complete with thoughtprovoking questions and a useful glossary. Introduction largest peacetime explosion ever to occur in the uk date. Health and safety executive, the flixborough disaster.
We hired an aircraft from biggin hill for aerial photos and hit the phones. Flixborough disaster 11 16 word university of michigan. Ppt flixborough disaster powerpoint presentation, free. Owner of a major chemical plant at flixborough which suffered a catastrophc explosion in 1974 flixborough disaster. In the 1970s the chemicals industry was experiencing a period of exponential growth. On 01 june 1974 this was the site of a major chemical disaster that influenced change in process safety standards the world over. History of flixborough in north lincolnshire map and.
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