HIAD Event Initiating System: Non-Hydrogen System Initiating Event

A fire in a metallurgical plant (classified Seveso)The fire initiated in a acid treatment reactor of a workshop handling cementation of indium . Under normal conditions, the reaction of the process…

The explosion and fire happened in a diesel hydro-treatment unit used to desulfurise raw diesel be means of hydrogen.The facility was expected to begin full commercial operations later in 2020.

Hydrogen line at ammonia plant sprang a leak which ignited. Fire put out immediately causing no damage.

In a lube oil plant of a refinery, during the isomerisation of wax, the high pressure reactor ruptured, releasing gas composed by 70 % of hydrogen and 30 % of gaseous hydrocarbons (methane, ethane…

Hydrogen enrichment of the gaseous phase in a rail tanker initiated an exothermic reaction between hydrogen and chlorine which in turn triggered fire of iron chloride.

A road transportation incident. A road tanker of hydrogen overturned and caught fire.

This incident occurred in a unit processing vegetable oils and fats. A fire-brigade from the involved town was at the scene in a few minutes and was assisted by the Fire Department of a bigger city.…

The fire occurred in the unit for the production of the hexamethylenediamine (HMD). The process is based on the hydrogenation of the adiponitrile [(CH2)4(CN)2]A jet fire of hydrogen was generated…

A leak occurred on a 4 inch hydrogen main gas line which ran along a pipe bridge at the east end of a first stage compression plant building, ignited.The source of ignition was hot welding sparks…

The accident occurred in a plant producing synthesized active ingredients for the pharmaceutical industry. An explosion and a fire occurred in one of the workshops of the plant. The chemical reaction…

A deflagration occurred at a chemical plant during a synthesis operation involving sodium tri-acetoxy-borohydride inside a 5,300-litre reactor. Around 5:30 pm, the technician observed that the acetic…

A short circuit occurred in a bus bar system in a transformer building, causing a fire in adjacent switches. This was followed by the tripping out of the three refinery turbo-alternators, cutting off…

The accident occurred on the hopper fine powders from a pair of cyclones (the hopper is the bottom conical part of the cyclone collecting the powder/dust separated from gas phase). A bursting disc…

A fire broke out on a transformer transforming 225,000 V into 15,000 V in a metallurgical plant. This transformer supplies electrical power the site and to a neighbouring factory. In the following…

A fire started on the primary hydrogenation reactor of a chemical plant synthesizing alcohols and acids by reactions between olefins and a H2 / CO gas mixtures. The alcohols are synthesised in 3…

The hydrogen bus was in the workshop. The fire started on the bus and expanded to the shed, which was containing also a conventional bus. Due to the presence of hydrogen, the fire brigade intervened…

A hydrogen generator overheated during testing and started a small fire in a power plant.

H2 Tanker Ignites in California - Compressed hydrogen gas inside a tanker truck caught fire sending a hissing flame as high as 60 feet into the air and forcing the evacuation of a one-mile stretch…

A fire developed on a tube trailer transporting 330 kg of compressed hydrogen, while travelling on a highway. The fire was due to a pressure relief valve of a tube releasing hydrogen. The flames…

A road tanker carrying 125,000 cubic feet of liquid hydrogen caught fire when the tankers vent stack malfunctioned.The area within a one-mile radius was evacuated. No one was injured in the…