Scenario

01. Organizational Problems
02. Poor Management
03. Slackness of Management
04. Poor Value Perception
05. Poor Safety Awareness
06. Inadequate Risk Recognition
07. Ignorance
08. Insufficient Knowledge
09. Insufficient Experience
10. Planning and Design
11. Poor Planning
12. Poor Design
13. Non-Regular Action
14. Inaction
15. No Measure against Abnormal Vibration
16. Bad Event
17. Mechanical Event
18. Vibration
19. Secondary Damage
20. External Damage
21. Fire
22. Loss to Organization
23. Economic Loss
24. Direct Monetary Damage 7 million yen

Fire caused due to leakage of heavy oil from vibration in the distillation section at a fuel oil direct desulfurization unit
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
It is a matter of course that a valve was opened or a screw was loosened if the abnormal vibration is left.

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author DOBASHI, Ritsu (School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)