HIAD Nature Event - Ignition Source: Open Flame - Burner, Torch, Etc.

Due to the road accident there was the formation of a fire that involved the hydrogen tube trailer and some other vehicles (involved in the incident).Moreover due to the crash there was the formation…

An employee was attempting to re-weld a lifting point on a brazing furnace cover. He was using a tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding machine to build up an attachment point on the cover when an…

Workers were performing demolition on a disused furnace. While removing a 10 inch valve from a pipe used to supply coke gas fuel to the furnace, flammable liquid was unexpectedly released and ignited…

An explosion occurred in the Heat Treatment Shop of this site. The explosion was centered in the electrical control panel of the High Velocity Oxy Fuel (HVOF) thermal spraying equipment. The violent…

The last flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger ended 73 seconds after the launch in an explosive burn of hydrogen and oxygen propellants that destroyed the External Tank and exposed the Orbiter to…

The accident occurred during the maintenance of a sulfuric acid storage tank in an industry for the fertilizers production. The maintenance works consisted in cutting operations (to remove some…

In an chlorine production plant, vented chlorine and hydrogen, auto ignited when the hydrogen concentration was allowed to exceed 5% and the mixture mixed with air.

A huge car crash take place on the highway A4/E70 between Padua and Trieste, North of Italy. More than 250 cars were involved. More than 13 persons died and more than 90 injured. The main reason of…

The accident took place when replacing a pallet of empty hydrogen cylinders with a new full one. The pallet in service (almost empty) was not disconnected from the gas supply line. When the operator…