Technical News

Eight hospitalised after chemical leak

Written by...

Picture of Meenal Datar

Meenal Datar

Membership specialist

During maintenance work on the Moerdijk industrial estate in Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands, eight people were hospitalised after contact with a poisonous chemical. One is reported to have serve injuries.

The incident was first reported on Wednesday 23 November at 8.51am. Emergency services were called to the scene immediately.

The safety board has said it has not yet established whether the chemical should have been in the tank or how the leak occurred.

Share this article:

Latest technical news

All News

NEW: EEMUA 249 Guidance

EEMUA has released EEMUA 249 (Edition 1) which brings together guidance for operators to consider when managing the risk posed by piping dead-legs in all types of process plants and

Read More
All News

Provaris & Yinson Complete LCO2 Tank Design

Provaris Energy has achieved a significant milestone in the collaboration with Yinson Production under the Joint Development Agreement (JDA) for the development of an innovative large-scale liquid CO2 (LCO2) tank

Read More
All News

John Crane Introduces Coaxial Seal

John Crane and a business of Smiths Group, has announced the launch of the Type 93AX Coaxial Separation Seal – a next generation dry gas sealing solution engineered to help

Read More