Scenario

01. Organizational Problems
02. Poor Management
03. Slackness of Management
04. Poor Value Perception
05. Poor Safety Awareness
06. Inadequate Risk Recognition
07. Misjudgment
08. Misjudgment of Situation
09. Malicious Act
10. Rule Violation
11. Safety Rule Violation
12. Usage
13. Operation/Use
14. Operation of Machine
15. Bad Event
16. Mechanical Event
17. Friction
18. Bad Event
19. Chemical Phenomenon
20. Heat Generation/Ignition
21. Secondary Damage
22. External Damage
23. Explosion

Explosion of dinitrosopentamethylenetetramine(DPT) during continuous operation of the rotary valve for measuring DPT caused due to frictional heat because of continuously abnormal condition
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
When the machine was bad condition, explosion occurred by treating sensitive material at the machine.

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author OGAWA, Terushige (Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)