The company affected manufactures valves and other hydrogen-storage components, equipment tests. It has offers as well a testing laboratory. The accident happened during testing of a hydrogen tank. A dull bang and a huge pressure wave was felt kilometres away. News report massive damage to the test facility, but a very small fire. Still according to the news, the most probable cause emerging from the investigation is the over-pressuring of the tank due to an erroneous connection of a compressed air hose.

The incident occurred at company producing specialised products for aerospace and aeropwer applications. An employee was operating an induction brazing machine under hydrogen atmosphere when an explosion occurred.

A truck carrying 300 cylinders of hydrogen ran off the road and overturned in a nearby field causing 1 casualty. The fire fighting were on site, the truck was lifted back in the right position