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HIAD Causes: Management Factors


the explosion occurred inside the lower hydrogenation tower of a hydrogen peroxide unit, damaging the distribution tray inside the tower. 4 were killed and 2 injured, the direct economic loss was 488…
An explosion and fire occurred at night inside a unit for the synthesis of toluene di-amine (TDA). The process implies the hydrogenation of di-nitrotoluene (DNT) in presence of Isopropanol as…
A hydrogen explosion caused burns contaminated with radioactive dust to a member of the plant's maintenance crew. Three other workers escaped injury.The accident occurred in the basement of the…
This report consists of two events: B. On February 23, 2004., one person was injured, apparently lightly, in a fire that broke out following a hydrogen explosion, Herzliya Pituah, Israel An…
on a Sunday morning, in a ceramic factory, a leak on a 100 m tank containing 370 kg of hydrogen caused an explosion. The generated pressure wave causes significant damage to exterior buildings (…
Explosion due to injection of hydrogen into a furnace containing residual air.
Flask explosion due to hydrogen in the science class.
Hydrogen ignition during the (illegal) filling of a balloon.Two men had decided to fill in a weather balloon with hydrogen in a storeroom located in the basement of a block of flats. Their idea was…
A hydrogen explosion occurred at a 585-MW coal-fired supercritical unit and caused one fatality, injuries to 10 other people, and significant damage to several buildings. The explosion occurred…
This event occurred when a hydrogen-carrying trailer was supplying hydrogen to a chemical plant. Instead of filling the hydrogen stationary storage, large quantities of hydrogen were transferred…
Hydrogen leak occurred from temporary pipe work during transfer of hydrogen between permanent and emergency cylinders. Ignition source unknown. Resultant explosion caused serious burns to one…
An explosion occurred during a reduction process for the manufacture of para-phenetidine (PPD). The explosion took place due to the convergence of several events. Workers did not firmly close a valve…
A series of explosions occurred on an industrial estate when hydrogen being piped from a road tanker leaked. The tanker containing 80,000 cubic feet of hydrogen was being delivered when the…
A welder was welding a stainless steel drain pipe with an arc welder, above a sulfuric acid storage tank. When he lowered the pipe, the hydrogen gas in tank ignited causing an explosion and one…
Two explosions rocked the industrial area of Santa Clara afternoon June 1st 2019, sparking a smoky fire at a chemical, gas storage and transportation facility of Air Products and Chemicals Inc. near…
A trained plant operator was blending water, sand, anhydrite, lime, cement, PFA and powdered aluminum in a mixing chamber to produce material for making building blocks. All powders are pre-weighed…
Iron powder from non-conducting polypropylene IBC was added to EDTA solution at 60 C in reactor. Hydrogen given off, ignited by static.
An explosion occurred caused by a leak of hydrogen from a reactor on a fertilizer plant. The blast hurled the head of a hydrogen gas converter 150m and sent it crashing through reinforced-concrete…
Localized corrosion of a FCCU (Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit) feed Hydrotreater recycle hydrogen line by-pass around a hydrogen pre-heat exchanger led to an explosion and fire.The failed part of the…
Employee used a small industrial vacuum cleaner on an unnamed process. During this process, hydrogen gas built up from a reaction between sulfuric acid and aluminum swarf. When the vacuum cleaner…
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