Scenario

01. Insufficient Analysis or Research
02. Insufficient Practice
03. Ignore the Actual Operation
04. Poor Value Perception
05. Poor Safety Awareness
06. Inadequate Risk Recognition
07. Ignorance
08. Insufficient Knowledge
09. Insufficient Study
10. Planning and Design
11. Poor Planning
12. Poor Process Design
13. Bad Event
14. Chemical Phenomenon
15. Abnormal Reaction
16. Secondary Damage
17. External Damage
18. Explosion/Fire

Explosion and fire caused due to mixing of waste acids of different concentrations in a waste acid tank.
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
The name of sulfuric acid is the same, but contamination danger generated by mixing sulfuric acids with different concentration. When you treat a new grade material, you must take care also by-products.

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)