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Plant own emergency response team was activated, assisted from local fire and emergency Services and regional Police. No one was injured during the incident and flames were brought under control…
At the time of the incident, the desulfurization unit was shut down for scheduled cleaning of a cooling tower with reintroduction of a gas mixture into the system at a high hydrogen content. The…
The explosion occurred in the compressors unit of the plant. Witnesses reported a cloud of yellow smoke and a fire ball at its bottom. This first event has been followed by a fire fed by a hydrogen…
The incident occurred in the hydrogenation Unit of a non-further specified chemical plant. Before the occurring of the event, a growing leak had been discovered in the vicinity of a circulation pump…
Explosion, with consequent fire, in chemicals production plantThe accident occurred in the organo-metallic compound production unit, on a transport container for aluminum alkyls, which exploded…
An explosion and fire occurred on a reformer at a fertiliser plant. Source of ignition was autoignition or electric motor.
An explosion occurred in a hydrocracking reactor fitted with TOC which is a automatic cut-off system for raw oil and hydrogen supply. On the day of the incident, the operation was stopped with TOC…
The event occurred at an ethylene production plant. The plant was shutdown at the time as the supply of compressed air to the gauges had inadvertently been switched off. This failure of the air…
A case under negligent act causing life danger was booked against the absconding balloon seller, Panic gripped the locality, bomb disposal squads, sniffer dogs and clues teams were rushed to the spot…
The incident at a bio-fuels research laboratory occurred when a visiting research fellow was transferring hydrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide into a low pressure gas cylinder to be used as a…
An explosion in oil from a coal plant occurred as a gas unit which turns methane into carbon monoxide and hydrogen was being reactivated.
The naphtha and hydrogen gas leaked out from the gasoline reformer at the Southwest Petroleum as the relief-valve was operated after its repair.Although the source (Asian database ADRC) does not…
A 7 inch thick reactor of a wide range hydrocracking unit being operated by computer at 2500 psi failed explosively due to localised heating. The blast caused widespread damage over a 300 yard radius…
Employees #1 - #3 were machinists that were in the process of trouble shooting a compressor which had hydrogen in the lines. No actual work was in process. They were only listening for obvious noises…
Two employees were working on a electric furnace under hydrogen atmosphere that had jammed. The furnace exploded. The employees sustained flash burns to their faces and were taken to the hospital,…
Fire in bulk hydrogen storage compound. Pressure gauge shut off valve spindle blown out (could be completely unscrewed and removed). The subsequent leak ignited by unknown source. No injuries…
A contained explosion in a hydrogen tank occurred at the thermal generation plant
Employee #1, a maintenance worker, was killed by a hydrogen blast while working inside a batch hydrogenation unit.
Hydrogen gas explosion blew the lid off a heavy container at a heat treatment and brazing plant, crushing one workers hand.
A hydrogen explosion had ruptured a pipe in the core spray system at the Brunsbttel BWR in Germany. Although the control room instrumentation had at the time indicated a leak of radioactive steam,…