Scenario

01. Organizational Problems
02. Poor Management
03. Slackness of Management
04. Carelessness
05. Insufficient Precaution
06. Wrong Taking-over
07. Misjudgment
08. Misperception
09. Mis-Convincement
10. Regular Operation
11. Erroneous Operation
12. Reverse Operation
13. Bad Event
14. Chemical Phenomenon
15. Abnormal Reaction
16. Secondary Damage
17. External Damage
18. Explosion
19. Bodily Harm
20. Injury
21. 3 person injured
22. Loss to Organization
23. Economic Loss
24. Manetary Damage 44 million yen

Explosion due to a runaway reaction from operation by misunderstanding of the reaction progress during preparation of organic peroxide
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
Mis-convincement results an accident. Taking-over between the shifts must execute correctly and in detail.

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)