Release of Hydrogen from a Truck
30 bottles with compressed hydrogen fell from a truck at a junction, because of speeding. The bottles started releasing hydrogen. Emergence team was called, and leak was stopped.
Event Date
June 10, 2004
Record Quality Indicator
Event Initiating System
Classification of the Physical Effects
Nature of the Consequences
Causes
Cause Comments
The immediate cause was the high speed of the truck. Although this seems to suggest a human error (not respecting of the speed limit for the application), the event could be also classified wit ha operation cause: why the safety design had not considered this anomalous event and provided preventing measures?
Facility Information
Application Type
Application
Specific Application Supply Chain Stage
Components Involved
hydrogen tanks
Location Type
Location description
Unknown
Currency
Event Nature
Emergency Action
Unknown
Release Substance
Detonation
No
Deflagration
No
High Pressure Explosion
No
High Voltage Explosion
No
Source Category