Scenario

01. Poor Value Perception
02. Poor Safety Awareness
03. Countermeasure against Stress Corrosion Cracking
04. Planning and Design
05. Poor Planning
06. Poor Design
07. Production
08. Hardware Production
09. Equipment Production
10. Failure
11. Fracture/Damage
12. Crack
13. Secondary Damage
14. External Damage
15. Leakage

Leakage and fire damage caused due to stress corrosion cracking of a heat exchanger at a glycerin concentration plant
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
The crack may not be found until the leakage occurred. Thoroughness of obsevation at manufacturing a equipment or piping is important.

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)