HIAD Facility - Location Type: Confined
An explosion occurred at testing facility of a space rocket engine. The incident occurred when executing a test studying the performance of a hydrogen gas flow measuring system for fuel feeding…
This incident occurred when subcontractor two workers were widening air vents on the roof of a building hosting a tank containing hydrogen chloride solution. This intervention was necessary to to…
The event occurred at a de-sulfurisation reactor unit. Hydrogen leaked into the reactor causing an explosion. The Fire spread rapidly.
The incident affected at an indirect oil desulfurization unit, and originated at a piping at the outlet of a heat exchanger. The exchanger was located in the furthermost downstream of the reactor.…
Explosion of hydrogen at slip ring end of an alternator. It was caused by a hose fracture within the generator casing, which led to a discharge of water into the casing and subsequent electrical…
An explosion occurred a the Lurgi electrolysis unit of a chemical factory. The plant suffered extensive damage and one man died. The electrolysis plant produced hydrogen for process use and oxygen as…
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…
At a soaking facility of an industrial plant in the metallurgy sector, the pipeline between a supply tank and a feed pump became clogged and the autoclave only received sporadic feed. Problems had…
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 tank leaking hydrogen at an electrical power plant exploded.
Hydrogen escaped when a venting valve was opened for the inspection of a cap. The escaped hydrogen caught fire, resulting in the death of 4 people, injuries to others 3 and damages to the plant.
The event occurred in an atmospheric pressure tank storing effluents. The plant was in the production phase. The head of the overfill prevention valve located at the top of the tank was thrown a…
The incident took place in a calcium powdered wire manufactory of "Chepetsk Mechanical Plant". Some amount of water find it's way in a container where the mixing of different powders took place. As a…
The accident occurred during the first phase of the batch synthesis of tricarbonyl compound (methylcyclopentadienyl) manganese (TMCM), while the reaction mixture in the reactor consisted of more than…
In a chemical plant, a violent explosion took place during the batch production of chlobenzorex from an aqueous solution of sodium borohydride contained in a feed tank on a movable truck. The…
An explosion and fire occurred at a 3000-gallon (approx. 11400 l) reactor, part of the production process of linear alkyl benzene (LAB), Process materials released from the various vessels and piping…
Two workers were asked to change the piping and support of a feed line into an intermediate storage vessel for hydrochloric acid. The explosion occurred when they opened the gas line and started…
A lightning strike caused a voltage drop on the power supply of a chlorine-alkali plant using the mercury process.The emergency electrical system was activated, though restoring the external supply…
Employees were trying to open the manhole cover (600 mm diameter) of a hydrofluoric acid tank with a grinder, when an explosion occurred. The explosion was probably caused by the presence of hydrogen…