Scenario

01. Misjudgment
02. Misperception
03. Mis-Convincement
04. Poor Value Perception
05. Poor Safety Awareness
06. Insufficient Safety Measure
07. Oxidation
08. Planning and Design
09. Poor Planning
10. Poor Design
11. Usage
12. Operation/Use
13. Operation at Computer Trouble
14. Bad Event
15. Chemical Phenomenon
16. Abnormal Reaction
17. Secondary Damage
18. External Damage
19. Explosion
20. Bodily Harm
21. Death
22. 1 person died
23. Loss to Organization
24. Economic Loss
25. Direct Monetary Damage 150 million yen

Explosion due to excess charge of oxidizer following malfunction of instrument during manufacturing of carboxymethylcellulose
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
A fire occurred by computer error

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author KOSEKI, Hirosi (National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)