Scenario

01. Poor Value Perception
02. Poor Safety Awareness
03. Inadequate Risk Recognition
04. Carelessness
05. Insufficient Precaution
06. Inadequate Handling
07. Organizational Problems
08. Inflexible Management Structure
09. Insufficient Education/Training
10. Non-Regular Operation
11. Emergency Operation
12. Emergency Shutdown
13. Malfunction
14. Poor Hardware
15. Check Valve Leakage
16. Secondary Damage
17. External Damage
18. Leakage/Fire
19. Loss to Organization
20. Economic Loss
21. Manetary Damage 90 million yen

Fire of a raw material feed pump caused due to incorrect operation during emergency shutdown procedure at a fuel oil direct desulfurization unit
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
At an emergency shutdown case, the high-pressure pump is stopped at first resulted back flow of the process fluid.

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)