Release During Transfer of Hydrogen
Hydrogen leak occurred during a delivery of hydrogen at an automotive supplier. Rescue deployed a curtain of water and evacuated 82 employees from several companies within a radius of 50 m. The hydrogen installation was then purged. The intervention ended at 4 hours later. The accident was caused by a rupture of a connection element (lyre) between the hydrogen bottle in the delivery truck and the receiving tank.
Event Date
December 21, 2012
Record Quality Indicator
Region / Country
Event Initiating System
Classification of the Physical Effects
Nature of the Consequences
Causes
Cause Comments
A rupture of a connection element between the hydrogen bottle in the delivery truck and the receiving tank
Facility Information
Application Type
Application
Specific Application Supply Chain Stage
Components Involved
Connection between hydrogen delivery truck and a stationary storage tank
Storage/Process Medium
Location Type
Location description
Unknown
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
Unknown
Event Nature
Emergency Action
Rescue deployed a curtain of water and evacuated 82 employees from several companies within a radius of 50 m. The hydrogen installation was then purged. The intervention ended at 4 pm.
Detonation
No
Deflagration
No
High Pressure Explosion
No
High Voltage Explosion
No
Source Category
References
References
ARIA data base
event no. 43180