Scenario

01. Organizational Problems
02. Poor Management
03. Poor Working Management
04. Ignorance
05. Insufficient Knowledge
06. Convincement
07. Misjudgment
08. Misperception
09. Selfish Judgment
10. Usage
11. Maintenance/Repair
12. Painting
13. Malicious Act
14. Rule Violation
15. Safety Rule Violation
16. Bad Event
17. Chemical Phenomenon
18. Burning
19. Secondary Damage
20. External Damage
21. Fire/Explosion
22. Bodily Harm
23. Death
24. Bodily Harm
25. Injury

Explosion and fire due to use of an electric spray during painting work inside a pontoon of a floating roof tank
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
They painted using oil paint with a big amount of organic thinner in the vessel by electric spray gan without ventilation. It was just like a suicide.

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author WADA, Yuji (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)