HIAD Facility - Location Type: Confined

Two successive fires broke out in an interval of few minutes in four cells in the electrolysis room of a chlorine production plant. The technicians brought the fire under control using the fire-…

A hydrogen leak occurred from a low temperature valve on an acetic acid plant. The leak ignited and the resulting fire burned for about an hour. There was considerable media attention, particularly…

A technical failure in the High-Pressure turbine blades caused high vibrations in lubricating oil pipes. Some pipes broke off and the oil leak caught fire from hot surfaces. Also the generator's…

Fire of vinyl chloride-made-air release pipe while CVD equipment in operation - With a vacuum pump for air discharging being operated, silane and hydrogen gases were mistakenly allowed to flow in…

Fire broke out along a transition corridor combining several underground pipelines transporting hazardous substances, including hydrogen, kerosene and ethylene oxide. The fire was brought under…

Explosion and fire in gasholder storing hydrogen in thermal black plant.

Fires and chain reactions involved more than 100 cylinders of hydrogen or other gases in a storage system. The fire lasted for more than 5 hours and the neighbourhood has been affected by flying…

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…

A hydrogen skid was placed into service in a nuclear power plant, outside the controlled area. This skid, like seven others, was located in a gas cylinder storage facility. It was supplied by several…

Release of gas from a coking plant on a 20 000 cubic meters gas holder which ignited causing a fire. The accident took place during repair works. The gas was made of 65 % of hydrogen , 25 % of…

The fire developed on a hydrogen bus during filling, and was detected due to the development of smoke and a smell of burned materials.The power cable of the compressor had overheated. Two are the…

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…

The fire developed on the hydrogen production unit of a subcontractor in a plant producing metallic wire articles. The cause was a malfunctioning of the hydrogen unit. The production was stopped…

DISCLAIMER: this event description is unsatisfactory. Details on the system and the real incident evolution are (still) missing. The incident affected a prototype light hydrogen vehicle in a hydrogen…

The methanation reactor vessel was found to be deformed and had a 3-4 inch rupture at a position corresponding to the top of the catalyst bed. It is though that the incident was caused by ethylene…

A hydrogen leak occurred on a sintering furnace in a manufactory of uranium pellets. The event happened during the restart phase after a period of maintenance. The hydrogen ignited at the location…

The boat was performing a drive test when one of the 280 lead gel batteries exploded and took fire. The local fire brigade was able to extinguish the fire but the above deck section of the boat was…

A hydrogen leak occurred on a 50 mm pipe feeding a reactor. The leak ignited spontaneously when mixed with air. Thanks to the closing of the input and output valves, the quantity released could be…