Regions and Countries: Italy

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.

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

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…

This near miss occurred at a CHP plant operation with a SOFC. During the heating phase, the SOFC stopped due to the opening of the mainpower switch.This was due to a contact problem inside the SOFC…

The incident aoccurred ina biogas-fed Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stationary system, working in CHP mode.A sudden stop of the biogas feeding line caused the safety shutdown of the plant (SOFC module).The…

The event occurred at a de-sulfurisation reactor unit. Hydrogen leaked into the reactor causing an explosion. The Fire spread rapidly.

This accident took place different phases and in two different units of a refinery: It consists first in a non-hydrogen accident, followed by a hydrogen-related accident.Before the hydrogen-related…

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…

A fire broke out on a heat exchanger in a hydrocarbons plant. The cause of the fire was leakage of hydrogen.

The accident originated in the isomerisation unit and propagated to the benzene saturation unit. The accident source was a mechanical rupture of one of the two compressors used to transfer hydrogen…

The event took place in the on one out of the seven reactors for ammonia synthesis. The day of the accident, preparation works for the decennial pneumatic test (previous pneumatic test was carried…

Collision of a hydrogen and fuel cells bus with private car. The driver of the private car parked nearby a hospital opened the driver door. Damage at the front, right side, body and windowpane.

A hydrogen and fuel cells bus was hit by a car. Damage on the right side

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…

An isomerization unit of a refinery was affected. The release was caused by the mechanical failure of one of the two compressors working in parallel at a pressure of 20 bars, conveying the gas…

The whole content of the rail tanker, that is 42,000 l (about 2600 kg) of liquid hydrogen, was entirely lost over a period of seven hours via the venting line of a tank. The accident occurred at a…

Motorway accident which involved a large quantity of vehicles and a gaseous tube trailer which transported gas hydrogen in pressure. Some cars were burning under the back part of the gaseous tube…

A hydrogen and fuel cells bus was hit by a private car, which was driving out from a parking place. Body damage on the rear, right side.

This accident happened on the SS66 road and involved a trailer transporting compressed hydrogen cylinders. The 50 l cylinders were in packages of 16 cylinders each. Due to the breaking of fixing…

A gaseous tube trailer gone off road in a countryside area and landed on one side. All cylinders were loaded to a pressure of 200 bars. The impact with the ground has caused the rupture of a high…