Scenario

01. Organizational Problems
02. Poor Management
03. Slackness of Management
04. Poor Value Perception
05. Poor Safety Awareness
06. Inadequate Risk Recognition
07. Misjudgment
08. Misjudgment of Situation
09. Continueing Thoughtless Liquid Draw-off
10. Malicious Act
11. Rule Violation
12. Safety Rule Violation
13. Planning and Design
14. Poor Planning
15. Poor Shutdown Planning
16. Secondary Damage
17. External Damage
18. Explosion
19. Loss to Organization
20. Economic Loss
21. Manetary Damage8 million nyen

Explosion of hydrogen gas due to a backflow during a turnaround shutdown at a hydrogen producing unit.
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
Remaining of hydrogen in the column at shutdown and neglect the operation indication resulted an accident.

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)