Chemical industry professionals did not wait for the first European directive in the 1970s to set up a risk assessment. Subsequently, the various accidents that occurred, first at Seveso in 1976, at AZF in Toulouse in 2001, and then in Rouen in 2019, have made this regulation evolve. Here is a vision...
Every company manager has the duty to guarantee security in his company. Even if large companies are often well organized in terms of safety management within their establishments, company safety in SMEs, SMIs and VSEs must respect the same issues. Respect of the standards, prevention of the risks, protection...
Today, industrial companies must comply with risk prevention regulations. To do so, they are required to set up an organization capable of guaranteeing the safety of their infrastructures. This organization must allow the protection of the personnel, men and women, in case of major risks, in particular, the fires. The implementation of...
Today, transport and distribution pipelines are the safest way to transport large quantities of hazardous products. But there is no such thing as zero risk. Indeed, risks are not always controlled. For example, the Ghislenghien accident in Belgium in 2004 and the accident at the Vaux-le-Pénil pipeline facilities...
For several decades, managers of high-risk industries have developed project management methods based on feedback in order to learn from their mistakes and make progress in the field of industrial risk management. At Gesip, we believe that knowledge sharing and field experience are an invaluable asset...
L'Usine Nouvelle published an article in which several interesting points were raised. The carbon neutrality objective remains essential! Following the latest news, several questions are being asked about our dependence on fossil fuels. In France, the development of solar and wind energy continues but several challenges remain. Regarding...
La catastrophe chimique de Seveso en 1976 a eu de nombreux impacts sur l’évaluation des risques dans le monde de l’industrie. De nombreuses actions de formation, conseil et audit, suite aux directives Seveso ont été mises en œuvre. Leur objectif était de prendre la mesure des impacts sur la santé et l’environnement des activités industrielles.…
L’ère industrielle en plein développement nécessite un accès à l’énergie dans les meilleures conditions d’approvisionnement et de consommation possibles. Le domaine des transports (véhicules terrestres, aériens et maritimes) est devenu un énorme consommateur en énergie et doit sécuriser son développement. Pour ce faire, il doit pérenniser de nouvelles ressources de consommation et d’approvisionnement. Le secteur…
Les incendies industriels, dont les feux de batteries, conduisent à améliorer, sans cesse, les actions de prévention et de gestion de risques mises en œuvre. Gesip, en tant qu’acteur majeur de la sécurité industrielle, œuvre pour la connaissance et une meilleure maîtrise des risques de feux de batteries. La maîtrise des risques des feux de…