HIAD Facility - Location Type: Semiconfined
During the shipments of incinerator bottom ash, flammable gasses including hydrogen generated and caused two explosions. The first explosion was in the forecastle store and the second in the cargo…
The explosion occurred in a Litol benzene unit, when it was being restarted following a scheduled shutdown for maintenance. The explosion followed the release of about 30 kilograms of hydrogen gas…
An explosion and fire occurred at a chemical plant applying silicone coatings. The blast occurred when some polymethyl hydrogen siloxane was accidentally fed into a reactor, together with the correct…
Explosion at styrene plant during start-up. A manhead flange failed in a light oil hydrogenation unit releasing 30 kg of hydrogen in a compressor shed. Ignition occurred in 10 to 15 secs.…
At around 5.45 am, an explosion occurred at an oil refining plant. The operating units of the hydrogen compressors are stopped. Around 8:45, firefighters master the fire. 11 people are taken to…
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…
An explosion occurs during testing of the hydrogen feeding of an engine in the Spatial Agency Centre.
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…
Gaseous hydrogen leaked from an oil pump part of the filling and conditioning system in a industrial gases production plant. The released hydrogen ignited and exploded. The cause has been a human…
Explosion in a fine organic chemical plant (Seveso classified )The event occurred during the cleaning of a reactor. At the completion of a batch manufacturing of a soft reducing agent, an operator…
A mechanical failure occurred in a gasification reactor, which caused a violent (abrupt, sudden) depressurization of the reactor. The consequences were the projection of tiles of the refractory…
Works at the power grid of a hydrogen production unit is at the origin of the sequence of the following events:1.Fusion of a safe fuse triggering the closure of a valve on the manifold of a pistons…
The accident occurred during the night during the production of a silicon oil- and additive-based waterproofing agent. A junior technician (hired 6 months back), recently assigned to this post, was…
In a chemical plant, an explosion occurred on the primary reformer of an ammonia manufacturing unit.
A major leak (estimated between 1.5 and 3 kg) of hydrogen from high-pressure storage, resulted in a detonation, from hydrogen a refuelling station.Causes were two untightened bolts securing the…
In a chemical plant, a 1750 m tank containing an ammoniac solution explodes. The anchorage of the was ripped, the tank lifted on one side and crashed against the retention wall, which was partially…
A tank "filled with low-pressure hydrogen" exploded at a food manufacturing plant, killing three workers. The accident occurred when the workers were welding inside the tank after clearing hydrogen…
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.
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…