HIAD Facility - Operational Condition: Normal

A pick-up truck pulling a trailer carrying compressed hydrogen crashed in Ohio yesterday. The hydrogen leaked and ignited, producing flames ten metres into the air. The hydrogen quantity transported…

The event occurred while starting a new production cycle. The production supervisor issued specific instruction on a new production cycle to a technician. The technician did not follow them in the…

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…

At about 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 3 2003, personnel in the Expended Core Facility at the Naval Reactors Facility heard a loud, unexpected noise. Upon investigation, personnel found an irradiated material…

An explosion occurred in a electrolyzer cell, the vent blew up and caused a pipe rupture on the low pressure chlorine pipeline. The event occurred when two operators were improving the tightness of…

The explosion occurred while starting up for the first time a hydrogenation reactor.The reactor was being commissioned, by performing tightness tests under hydrogen atmosphere at very high pressure.…

Leaking hydrogen ignited at a plant that processes bitumen from oil sands.

The bolts on a not further specified industrial facility failed after approximately 4000 hours in service (approximately 18 months in service). Their failure bolts causedH2S leaks. The bolts…

The bus collided with the overhang of a shop.

A Bus driving hits a parked car

The explosion occurred in a plant for the production of butter. It was due to the rupture of a hydrogen tank, during a sterilization process at high temperature (so-called UHT treatment). Two…

A car was driving out of the parking and hit the fuel cell bus at the rear (on the right-hand side).Because of the slow speed of the fuel cell bus and the low speed of the car, only the body of the…

Car driver accidentally opened his car door damaging the bus (front, right side, body and windowpane)

Collision between a hydrogen and fuel cells bust and a private car. The car was driving out from a private street and hit the bus. The bus damage is on the right side, behind the rear tires.

A car driving out from a private street hits the bus on the its right side just behind the rear tires

A car was overtaking the bus and damaged its rear-left side

A hydrogen compressor had a major malfunction resulting in serious cavitations, vibrations and dead heading of the 1st stage. The incident resulted in 5 of the 8 lower head bolts on the first stage…

During chlorine-alkali electrolysis an accident occurred in which chlorine was released due to a chlorine-hydrogen explosion. The person charged with the control of the measurements was informed by…

Collision between a hydrogen and fuel cells bus and a private car. The car was overtaking the bus and damaged its rear, left side.

The passenger car rolled down the road without driver and hit the hydrogen bus.