Scenario

01. Organizational Problems
02. Poor Management
03. Poor Operation Management
04. Poor Value Perception
05. Poor Safety Awareness
06. Inadequate Risk Recognition
07. Organizational Problems
08. Inflexible Management Structure
09. Insufficient Education/Training
10. Ignorance
11. Insufficient Knowledge
12. No Consideration, No Thinking
13. Malicious Act
14. Rule Violation
15. Safety Rule Violation
16. Bad Event
17. Thermo-Fluid Event
18. Static Electricity Charge
19. Secondary Damage
20. External Damage
21. Explosion
22. Bodily Harm
23. Injury
24. Loss to Organization
25. Economic Loss
26. Manetary Damage 4 million yen

Explosion of a toluene tank due to static electricity on sampling
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
It is a matter of course to occur the accident because of excessive neglect of static electricity countermeasure.

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author KOBAYASHI, Mitsuo (Office K)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)