HIAD Quality Indicator: 5

In a polyethylene manufacturing plant, the explosion of a flammable cloud (isobutane, ethylene, hexane and hydrogen) escaped from a reactor during maintenance caused 23 fatalities and 314 injured…

An explosion occurred around noon while conducting hot work (with a disc saw) on a 320-m fixed-roof tank at a pharmaceutical plant employing 240 personnel. The tank belongs to a waste treatment…

An explosion and fire occurred in a mud logging unit during the final phase of rigging it up. Gas analysers had been calibrated and the flame ionization detection (FID) and total hydrocarbon analyser…

The Microbiological Anaerobic Chamber of approximately 2 m3 capacity was containing an explosive mixture of hydrogen and air. A fire followed the explosion, but was rapidly extinguished by staff…

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…

The event started at the effluent pipe of one of the hydro-cracking reactors, which broke and released a mixture of hydrogen, light gases (methane, butane), light gasoline; heavy gasoline; gas oil.…

A serious chemical accident occurred at chemical industry producing olephins and phenols. The accident resulted in injuries to several workers and extensive damage to the plant, as well as minor…

A section of effluent piping ruptured on the Hydrocracker Reactor of a Refinery. A mixture of light gases (methane, butane), light and heavy gasoline, gas oil and hydrogen was released from the pipe…

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…

Rockville, Maryland, on June 9th, the control panel door for the 32 hydrogen dryer blew off due to a small hydrogen explosion. No one was injured in the event, which occurred in the non-nuclear side…

The release and fire occurred during what appeared to be a normal operation in a reactor section of a Residue Hydrotreater Unit, when an eight-inch pipe connected to a heat exchanger failed at the…

The accident occurred in the Reactor 6 used to carry out the hydrogenation of a pharmaceutical intermediate.The operation of the plant was organized in two shifts. Since the hydrogenation at Reactor…

Chlorine was released in the liquefaction unit of a chlorine electrolysis plant, due to the rupture of a pipe. During the re-start phase of an electrolysis workshop in a chemical plant, chlorine (…

At a nuclear power plant, a fire occurred in the station's hydrogen storage facility while the plant was operating at 100% power. The fire was reported to the control room by a non-licensed operator…

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…

A fatality occurred after a flexible hose used to transfer hydrogen to the catalytic reformer was over-pressurised and caught fire.On June 9, 1997, No. 1 and No. 2 hydrogen modules were connected to…

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…

As the airship approached the docking mast, it performed a sharp turn to face into the wind, which was shifting. The engines were run at full speed astern for about a minute to slow the airship. Dust…

H2 Tanker Ignites in California - Compressed hydrogen gas inside a tanker truck caught fire sending a hissing flame as high as 60 feet into the air and forcing the evacuation of a one-mile stretch…

A release of compressed hydrogen and subsequent fire occurred during the transportation of truck tractor chassis with a mounted trailer module. The tube trailer module contained 25 fully wrapped…