Road incident of a Truck Carrying Hydrogen Cylinders
A minor fire broke out following a gas leak from hydrogen cylinders. A truck was returning to the base company after offloading hydrogen cylinders at a factory. The driver lost control and crashed against a pillar on a bridge over a river and overturned. Police brought a crane from to right the vehicle but as the lift started, the truck rolled backwards, the crane's wire rope snapped, damaging the valves on several cylinders and leaking hydrogen then caught fire. Fire and Rescue Service Personnel took more than an hour to extinguish the fire. The road was blocked for about six hours.
Event Date
May 14, 2005
Record Quality Indicator
Event Initiating System
Classification of the Physical Effects
Nature of the Consequences
Causes
Cause Comments
truck overturn
Facility Information
Application Type
Application
Specific Application Supply Chain Stage
Components Involved
hydrogen cylinders
Location Type
Location description
Unknown
Pre-event Summary
A truck was returning to Nagapattinam after offloading hydrogen cylinders at a factory in Ranipet in Vellore and the driver lost control and crashed against a pillar on a bridge over Gadilam river and overturned.
Consequences
Number of Injured Persons
2
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
Truck drivers delivering hydrogen cylinders should take extra care about safety and drive more carefully.
Event Nature
Emergency Action
Police brought a crane from SIPCOT to right the vehicle but as the lift started, the truck rolled backwards, the crane's wire rope snapped, damaging the valves on several cylinders and leaking hydrogen then caught fire. Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Service Personnel took more than an hour to extinguish the fire. The road was blocked for about six hours.
Detonation
No
Deflagration
No
High Pressure Explosion
No
High Voltage Explosion
No
Source Category