Scenario

01. Poor Value Perception
02. Poor Safety Awareness
03. Inadequate Risk Recognition
04. Organizational Problems
05. Inflexible Management Structure
06. Insufficient Education/Training
07. Carelessness
08. Insufficient Understanding
09. Insufficient Recognition of Risk
10. Planning and Design
11. Poor Planning
12. Poor Overhaul Planning
13. Malicious Act
14. Rule Violation
15. Neglect of Order Book
16. Secondary Damage
17. External Damage
18. Explosion
19. Bodily Harm
20. Death
21. 1 person died
22. Loss to Organization
23. Economic Loss
24. Tankm etc. Damage

Explosion in an intermediate tank during turnaround shutdown maintenance at a dimethylformamide manufacturing plant
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
They mis-took the condition in a tank by opening a manway. Multi inspections should be required when danger was foreseen.

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author OGAWA, Terushige (Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)