Scenario

01. Organizational Problems
02. Poor Management
03. Poor Repair Management
04. Carelessness
05. Insufficient Understanding
06. Insufficient Recognition of Risk
07. Planning and Design
08. Poor Planning
09. Poor Repair Management Planning
10. Usage
11. Maintenance/Repair
12. Poor Attention at Repair
13. Failure
14. Deformation
15. Gasket Failure
16. Secondary Damage
17. External Damage
18. Leakage

Leakage of hydrogen caused due to misuse of a gasket at a hydrogenation desulfurizing unit of an oil refinery
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
A accident that is the same kind of the previous accident will have to occur again in the future, if a management system for the temporary use of a gasket would not be established.

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)