Scenario

01. Poor Value Perception
02. Poor Safety Awareness
03. Insufficient Safety Measure
04. Organizational Problems
05. Inflexible Management Structure
06. Insufficient Information and Communication
07. Carelessness
08. Insufficient Precaution
09. Supervisor Carelessness
10. Planning and Design
11. Poor Planning
12. Poor Planning of Repair
13. Non-Regular Action
14. Inaction
15. No Safety Reconfirmation
16. Bad Event
17. Chemical Phenomenon
18. Burning
19. Secondary Damage
20. External Damage
21. Fire
22. Bodily Harm
23. Injury
24. 9 person injured
25. Loss to Organization
26. Economic Loss
27. Damage to Society
28. Social Systems Failure

Fire of a soil-covered underground oil tank of U.S. Army caused due to hot work at an adjacent tank
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
By the myth that soil overlayed tank is absolutely safety, a hot work was performed near the vent piping of the tank without any countermeasure. It is a matter of course to occur a fire !

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author KOSEKI, Hirosi (National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)