44 Incidents - February
Imagine what the impact could be for mentioned organizations, reputation, loss of turnover, customers leaving, legal, financial aspects, employees can't do their work etc. etc. Besides organizations mentioned below a lot of organizations as Banks, Utility, Telephone etc. had a lot of malfunctions for a short or longer time.
- Fatal accident at Sterksel plant, Labour Inspectorate and Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority investigate
- Municipality of Rotterdam limited services due to internet failure
- Possible powder letter delivered to town hall of Montferland, as a precaution the mailroom of the town hall is hermetically sealed
- Emergency services, including a trauma helicopter, arrived on scene
- Lelystad roofing contractor is not allowed to roof for a month due to danger of falling and is fined almost 11,000 euros
- IceBear again threatened with a penalty payment for not meeting its commitments on time
- AH distribution center employees consider actions after forced relocation
- Data leak at municipality of Meerssen, data of civil servants on Google
- Ziggo cable break, no internet and TV for 24 hours in the center of The Hague: 'PIN code not possible'.
- Hydrogen gas released at aluminum plant in Utrecht
- Two trucks with trailers stolen from Hoogeveen business
- Part of IKEA Groningen staff on strike for wage increase
- Possibly hazardous substances released at company in Harderwijk, premises evacuated
- Employer liable for damage to intern injured by shooting
- Man run over at recycling company: victim taken from under truck with serious injuries
- Water ballet caused by defective sprinkler system in Lelystad city hall
- Business park in Oldenzaal hit by power failure
- More than 1,000 homes and businesses without power, bridge not closed either
- Hazardous substance leaked into Reinier de Graaf treatment center, fire department enters in orange suits
- Workers at Parenco paper mill go on strike
- Friends Lottery removes advertising after warning from gaming authority
- Zuid-Holland fines Qbuzz for disappointing bus transport performance
- Municipality of Lansingerland accidentally pays almost 1 million euro too much to 69 suppliers
- Municipality of Papendrecht accidentally pays 1.3 million euros too much to Fokker, repayment will be difficult
- Shipping shut down due to fallen power lines in canal
- Truck driver seriously injured in Waalhaven industrial accident
- Port workers shut down container terminal again in collective bargaining dispute
- Suspicious package in large PostNL sorting center strange smell and people unwell
- Business premises in Assen evacuated after report of chemical smell
- Employees of the company Rook look bewildered at the fire, the damage to the building is extensive
- Computer malfunction Municipality of The Hague, town hall appointments cancelled, libraries remain closed
- Municipality of Cuijk delivers wrong or no tax assessment to a few thousand households due to a technical malfunction of the envelope supplier
- Consumer and Market Authority warns dog food suppliers over price fixing
- Failed Environment Service Groningen costs municipalities and province
- Health insurer CZ under increased supervision due to non-compliance with duty of care
- Police number 0900-8844 temporarily unavailable due to malfunction
- FNV staff gives own management top two weeks to resign
- Much damage after large fire in Nieuwegein business premises, firefighters spend hours putting it out
- Philips investors claim 800 million euros for sleep apnea affair (*)
- Employees of Borssele nuclear power plant contaminated during work (*)
- Port director sounds alarm: lack of power threatens future of Moerdijk (*)
- Hard drives with medical data found at flea market (*)
- Hof van Twente municipality must pay for millions in damages due to hacking (*)
- Tuberculosis diagnosed in 80 employees of meal delivery company Maître, Municipal Health Department investigates (*)
(*) See also headlines