Release of Hydrocarbons from a Pipeline
A leak of a flammable mixture of hydrocarbons and hydrogen from a ruptured pipeline caused an explosion and fire, killing one person and injuring forty six. Investigations into the incident found that emergency procedures were not followed.
Event Date
January 1, 1997
Record Quality Indicator
Event Initiating System
Classification of the Physical Effects
Nature of the Consequences
Causes
Cause Comments
The root cause could be attributed to an inadequate Management system, because "Investigations into the incident found that emergency procedures were not followed."
Facility Information
Application Type
Application
Specific Application Supply Chain Stage
Components Involved
Pipeline
Location Type
Location description
Industrial Area
Pre-event Summary
A leak of a flammable mixture of hydrocarbons and hydrogen from a ruptured pipeline caused an explosion and fire
Consequences
Number of Injured Persons
1
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
to perform regular training of the personnel
Event Nature
Emergency Action
Unknown
Detonation
No
Deflagration
No
High Pressure Explosion
No
High Voltage Explosion
No
Source Category
References
References
Event description extracted from the UK database ICHEME in PDF.
The ICHEME database is no longer available for purchase, but data can be download as PDF for free.
https://www.icheme.org/knowledge/safety-centre/resources/accident-data/
(accessed October 2020)
The primary source was in CHEMICAL HAZARDS IN INDUSTRY, JUNE 1999 which is no more available.