Near Miss Related to Hazardous Materials in an Academic Lab
A chemical mobile intervention unit intervened in the faculty to neutralize in an envelope sealed an experimental device likely to release hydrogen. The faculty was evacuated during the intervention.
Event Date
October 6, 1998
Record Quality Indicator
Region / Country
Event Initiating System
Classification of the Physical Effects
Nature of the Consequences
Causes
Cause Comments
near-miss
Facility Information
Application Type
Application
Specific Application Supply Chain Stage
Components Involved
laboratory, experimental device
Storage/Process Medium
Location Type
Location description
Inhabited Area
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
Unknown
Event Nature
Emergency Action
The faculty was evacuated during the intervention.
Detonation
No
Deflagration
No
High Pressure Explosion
No
High Voltage Explosion
No
Source Category
References
References
ARIA data base
event no. 14002