Scenario

01. Poor Value Perception
02. Poor Safety Awareness
03. Inadequate Risk Recognition
04. Insufficient Analysis or Research
05. Insufficient Prior Research
06. Insufficient Study for Reaction Danger
07. Misjudgment
08. Misjudgment of Situation
09. No Judgment by Overseeing the Whole
10. Planning and Design
11. Poor Planning
12. Poor Design
13. Non-Regular Action
14. Emergency Action
15. Panic
16. Bad Event
17. Chemical Phenomenon
18. Abnormal Reaction
19. Secondary Damage
20. External Damage
21. Leakage/Explosion
22. Loss to Organization
23. Economic Loss
24. Direct Monetary Damage 1000 million yen
25. Damage to Society Social Systems Failure
26. About 9,000 person and 1,800 houses damaged

Big explosion caused due to runaway reaction of raw materials left after a small explosion due to a power failure at an AS resin plant
Case Details 100 Selected Cases

Knowledge Comment:
Power failure must happen in some day. Every facilites must be prepared the countermeasure against power failure.

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author ITAGAKI, Haruhiko (Japan National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)