Scenario

01. Poor Value Perception
02. Poor Safety Awareness
03. Inadequate Risk Recognition
04. Organizational Problems
05. Poor Management
06. Slackness of Management
07. Usage
08. Maintenance/Repair
09. Insufficient Inspection
10. Failure
11. Abrasion
12. Corrosion
13. Failure
14. Large-Scale Damage
15. Breakage/Leakage
16. Secondary Damage
17. Damage to Environment
18. Sea Pollution Fuel Oil 6800kL
19. Loss to Organization
20. Economic Loss
21. 3 fuel oil tanks, etc. damaged severely

Outflow of all fuel oil from a tank caused due to breakage of a base plate of an outdoor oil tank from an earthquake
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
Three large tanks were desteroyed by the earthauake attacking to corroded annular plate.

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)