Scenario

01. Carelessness
02. Insufficient Precaution
03. Carelessness of Operator
04. Organizational Problems
05. Inflexible Management Structure
06. Insufficient Information Transfer
07. Poor Value Perception
08. Poor Safety Awareness
09. Inadequate Risk Recognition
10. Malicious Act
11. Rule Violation
12. Safety Rule Violation
13. Planning and Design
14. Poor Planning
15. Poor Design
16. Secondary Damage
17. External Damage
18. Fire
19. Bodily Harm
20. Injury
21. 2 person injured

Fire at a fin-fan cooler due to contamination of hydrogen by mishandling of a valve during turnaround shutdown maintenance at an atmospheric distillation unit
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
Process pipings and utility pipings are not connected easily. You must take precise care to beginning of flammables supply when adjacent plant is under construction.

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author WAKAKURA, Masahide (Kanagawa Industrial Technology Research Institute)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)