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HIAD Event Initiating System: Non-Hydrogen System Initiating Event


During a leak test performed on a new retention basin of a chemical plant, one of the walls of the structure collapsed on a rack of 4 pipes located nearby and caused the rupture of the supports and…
The tanker crashed into the guardrail on a ring ramp leading to a highway. The tanker overturned, and the tank unit plunged more than 20 meters onto a road below.Witnesses reported multiple…
A tanker carrying liquid hydrogen overturned without rupturing. Traffic on an interstate highway was closed throughout the afternoon and evening.
The incident occurred on a highway. The truck would have tried to avoid an obstacle fallen on the road. It so left the road, collided with the central guardrail and tipped over on the other side.…
The vehicle involved consisted of a tractor and semi-trailer and was carrying 17 cylinders of 200 m of compressed hydrogen each. The driver lost control of the vehicle, crossed the traffic lanes and…
The incident consisted of a leakage of potassium hydroxide solution (KOH) from an alkaline electrolyzer in a renewable hydrogen production plant. One webpage news reported that smoke formation…
FCEV left front side of the vehicle damaged.
The left rear side of the FCEV vehicle was damage.
At a refuelling station for buses, the first dispenser had been taken out of operation, becasue leaking (see HIAD event 403). Another dispenser was being used. Fuelling was taking too long and was…
Minor car crash involving a FCEV, damaging its front bumper.No injury or harm was caused to the driver or anyone else.
A number of minor explosions occurred in the interrupter pot on a chlorine cell. No injuries or damage were reported.No previous explosion shad occurred which was taken to indicate that hydrogen…
A motor scooter striped the left side of a hydrogen and fuel cells bus .
A motor scooter scratched the left side of a hydrogen bus
Motorway accident which involved a large quantity of vehicles and a gaseous tube trailer which transported gas hydrogen in pressure. Some cars were burning under the back part of the gaseous tube…
[NOTE: The system involved in this neear miss are not completely clear]The system involved appears to consist in an electrolyzer, a compressor and high pressure tanks, used to refuel hydrogen buses.…
A potentially explosive situation was reported by safety inspectors at a nuclear waste tank. The waste slurry had formed a thick crust which was trapping hydrogen being continuously generated…
An oil leak in a compressor was identified in the end of Aug 2015 by a technician performing regular maintenance on the compressor. The oil leak had caused a contamination of the entire system from…
In a paper plant, an explosion occurs in a paper pulp tank while 2 workers were carrying out pipes cutting with a grinder on the roof of the tank. Detailed analysis of the event was performed by two…
An explosion or fire occurred in a hydro-treatment unit which was processing Fluid Catalytic Cracking feedstock. It was caused by a failure in a pipe downstream from a separator, resulting in the…
The fire broke out on a worm ("vis sans fin") supplying a conveyor of aluminum. The ignition of the powder on the ground was caused by the flame cutting operation on the worm shell which generated…
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