Scenario

01. Poor Value Perception
02. Poor Safety Awareness
03. Inadequate Risk Recognition
04. Organizational Problems
05. Inflexible Management Structure
06. Insufficient Education/Training
07. Insufficient Analysis or Research
08. Insufficient Practice
09. Lack of Imagination
10. Regular Operation
11. Erroneous Operation
12. Wrong Change of Utility
13. Planning and Design
14. Poor Planning
15. Poor Process Design
16. Bad Event
17. Chemical Phenomenon
18. Abnormal Reaction
19. Secondary Damage
20. External Damage
21. Explosion
22. Bodily Harm
23. Death
24. Bodily Harm
25. Injury
26. 4 person injured
27. Loss to Organization
28. Economic Loss
29. Manetary Damage 160 million yen

Explosion caused due to a change of a draw-off method of coolant in a jacket of a reactor from air pressure to steam pressure at a medical intermediate manufacturing plant
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
They only thought the merit of the change, but they would not think about the demerit of the change.

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author ITAGAKI, Haruhiko (Japan National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)