Scenario

01. Unknown Cause
02. Occurrence of Unknown Phenomenon
03. Not Trapped at Study and Development
04. Misjudgment
05. Misjudgment of Situation
06. Planning and Design
07. Poor Planning
08. Poor Poor Design
09. Bad Event
10. Chemical Phenomenon
11. Concentration
12. Secondary Damage
13. External Damage
14. Explosion/Fire
15. Bodily Harm
16. Death
17. 2 person died
18. Bodily Harm
19. Injury
20. 13 person injured
21. Loss to Organization
22. Economic Loss
23. Manetary Damage 1000 million yen

Explosion and fire caused due to accumulation of methyl hydroperoxide at a methanol rectification column of a surfactant manufacturing plant
Case Details 100 Selected Cases

Knowledge Comment:
At the operation, it is very difficult to solve the problem that was not solved at research and development stage.

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author ARAI, Mitsuru (Environmental Science Center, The University of Tokyo)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)