Five Injured in Garbage Incinerator Plant Explosion

A large amount of boiled water and steam leaked from the pipeline after the accident, causing the injuries,

via chinadaily.com.cn

Does the the Likeng, China project utilize a rotary kiln based incinerator like the Veolia Environmental Services (VES) Port Arthur, Texas Treatment Complex The Port Arthur facility gained national attention in 2007 for importing and burning military VX nerve agent waste


Interesting document ROTARY KILN INCINERATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTES: PILOT-SCALE STUDIES AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, which notes the equipment included three screw feeders, two combustors, a boiler, pollution control equipment, an ash conveyor, interconnecting ductwork and piping, electrical and instrumentation.The BOILER (waste heat boiler) is a Scotch marine fire-tube boiler that generates 10-psig steam in cooling the hot gases from the afterburner.

Veolia Environmental Services is the France-based manager of the Garbage incinerator Likeng, China project.

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Boiler Explosion, Two injured in Virginia Fire

Two people were burned this morning when a boiler exploded in a mechanical room

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Boiler explosion at Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense headquarters at the Naval Support Facility in Dahlgren, Virginia.

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Four Injured in Bangladesh Boiler Blast

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=121225

Boiler explosions are a global problem and stakeholders must work together sharing information concerning prevention and mitigation strategies.

Boiler malfunction caused workers to fall ill

boiler malfunction emitted high levels of carbon monoxide at an industrial plant

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Where were the carbon monoxide level sensors or alarms? Or is this even an operational requirement?

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Boiler Explosion in Czech Factory, 1 Fatality

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/01/04/Czech-factory-blast-kills-1-injures-3/UPI-83951262617335/

Boiler explosion at a Czech Republic auto parts factory. Pressure wave from the explosion damaged a truck, killing a person standing next to it and seriously injuring the driver

Update Death toll of Czech factory blast rises to two (Roundup)
"The blast of a tank holding pressurized steam also damaged several buildings at the factory, which makes rubber car parts."

Firefighters' spokeswoman Martina Zahourkova said compressed technological steam tanks exploded in a shelter outside the building. Prague Daily Monitor

School Charges After Boiler Explosion Death | Stuff.co.nz

Auckland school whose boiler exploded, killing its caretaker, will face charges over the man's death.

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Fatal boiler explosion on 24 June 2009 in New Zealand where a coal-fired boiler exploded killing the school caretaker and injuring a contractor that was working on the boiler. Boiler explosion workplace fatalities and injuries in the workplace is a global problem throughout industry.

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Florida Boiler Explosion Burns Five Workers

http://www.newsherald.com/news/scene-79958-smith-reports.html
A boiler pipe rupture at the Lansing Smith Generating Plant near Panama City, Florida, where a boiler tube burst and injured five workers when hot steam was released. So what does Gulf Power spokesman Jeff Rogers mean when he stated to reporters, “It was just an out-of-the-blue type of thing...?"

Florida has Boiler Safety Program that the the State Fire Marshal is responsible for administering pursuant to the Florida Administrative Code 69A-51, . The program encompasses safety inspections and licensing of boilers at public assembly locations. What about standard operating procedures for maintenance, inspection, and testing of boilers that are not in public assembly locations?

Resources
The Boiler Safety Act." Florida Administrative Code Chapter 69A-51
Florida Boiler Inspection Information
Lansing Smith Generating Plant