Scenario

01. Poor Value Perception
02. Poor Safety Awareness
03. Insuficient Education/Training for Safety
04. Organizational Problems
05. Poor Management
06. Slackness of Management
07. Ignorance
08. Insufficient Knowledge
09. Insuficient Study and Experience
10. Malicious Act
11. Rule Violation
12. Safety Rule Violation
13. Bad Event
14. Chemical Phenomenon
15. Abnormal Reaction
16. Secondary Damage
17. External Damage
18. Spouting/Explosion
19. Loss to Organization
20. Economic Loss
21. Manetary Damage 5 million yen

Explosion of an acrylic acid monomer in a drum can during heating due to direct blowing of steam
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
For heating acrylic acid in the drum can, they blew the steam directly instead of specified method. Temperature and pressure increased by polymerization reaction due to local heating.

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author WADA, Yuji (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)