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The incident summaries provide a brief description of the event and highlight key points (including basic causes, critical factors, root causes and lessons learned) in addition to signposting interested readers to the detailed investigation report and selected other pertinent reference materials. 

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Grimsby - 04 January 1992

Incident: Synthesis reaction temperature runaway near miss. Location: UK. Keywords: aniline; barrier; batch; BD; bursting; control; design; exotherm; Grimsby; MoC; MTSR; reactor; runaway; TMRad. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Kinston - 29 January 2003

Incident: Polyethylene dust explosion. Location: USA. Keywords: classification; combustible; communication; design; dust; Ex; explosion; housekeeping; Kinston; MSDS; PHA; procedures; risk; training. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Cork - 28 April 2008

Incident: Batch reactor internal overpressure. Location: Ireland. Keywords: BD, CMP, Cork, decomposition, design, exotherm, hazop, overpressure, pharmachem, procedure, PSV, reactor, risk. Author: Peter Marsh.

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