Scenario

01. Organizational Problems
02. Poor Management
03. Slackness of Management
04. Poor Value Perception
05. Poor Safety Awareness
06. Insuficient Education/Training for Safety
07. Carelessness
08. Insufficient Understanding
09. Insufficient Recognition of Risk
10. Planning and Design
11. Poor Planning
12. Poor planning for Operating Work
13. Non-Regular Operation
14. Change in Operation
15. Change Operation Procedure
16. Secondary Damage
17. External Damage
18. Leakage/Explosion
19. Bodily Harm
20. Injury
21. 1person injured

Explosion at a furnace caused due to fuel gas leakage on starting-up of a catalytic reforming unit.
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
An operation change, which intends to decrease the work duty, may result the unstable state. Please a careful study should be considered without flattering to the masses.

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)