HIAD Facility - Operational Condition: Normal

The right front side of a FCEV was hit by another car.

The vehicle was being driven in traffic at low speed when it was struck from behind by a full-size pickup which forced the fuel-cell vehicle forward into another pickup. No hydrogen was released and…

A truck carrying 300 cylinders of hydrogen ran off the road and overturned in a nearby field causing 1 casualty. The fire fighting were on site, the truck was lifted back in the right position

This accident happened on the SS66 road and involved a trailer transporting compressed hydrogen cylinders. The 50 l cylinders were in packages of 16 cylinders each. Due to the breaking of fixing…

Explosion in an open road. 6 people suffered minor burns on faces or hands.

A rollover accident involving a tanker truck carrying 12,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen forced the evacuation of nearly 50 homes.

Ejection of rotor wedge material lead to vibration induced failure of components, including hydrogen seals. Serious fire resulted from hydrogen leakage, which subsequently lead to an oil fire.…

On 17 February 2000, THOR EMILIE was lost. The ship had been chartered by a Swiss company to carry about 2,000 tonnes of oxide zinc ore in bulk from Dunkerque in France to Porto Vesme on Sardinia.…

A small hydrogen leak occurred during routine maintenance on an oil refinery unit not in operation.

The event occurred just after that start-up steam was introduced into the reformer furnace inlet. At this moment an very high pressure and a single loud bang was reported by the operations personnel…

There was a small leak of syngas (a mixture mainly consisting of hydrogen and carbon monoxide) resulting in a localized fire at a bolted flange joint on the outlet carbon steel pipework of the High…

A 24" pipe carrying synthesis gas (Hydrogen = 43.5%, Nitrogen = 14.08%, Methane = 0.2%, Carbon Dioxide = 12.3%, Water = 29.3% by volume) ruptured. About 60 kg of hydrogen contained in the gas…

3 workers were injured in the hydrogen explosion

The release of a blast furnace gas occurred at a section of pipework, due to the rupture of valve seal. The gas did not ignite and the fire service attended as a precaution. The gas was both…

Traffic accident with heavy rain.Four persons were killed when a pickup track collided head-on with a liquid hydrogen tanker in heavy rain.

Transport collision between hydrogen trailer and car, without hydrogen release. (R. G. Zalosh and T. P. Short, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HYDROGEN FIRE AND EXPLOSION INCIDENTS, Quarterly Report No. 2…

Truck moving backwards hit a hydrogen and fuel cells bus and damaged its side mirror.

A gaseous tube trailer gone off road in a countryside area and landed on one side. All cylinders were loaded to a pressure of 200 bars. The impact with the ground has caused the rupture of a high…

Two hydrogen explosions occurred at a boiling water reactor (BWR). The first explosion occurred at 9:30 a.m. and was mostly confined to the off-gas system. Damage was relatively minor.The second…

Two hydrogen explosions occurred at a boiling water reactor (BWR). The first explosion occurred at 9:30 a.m. and was mostly confined to the off-gas system. Damage was relatively minor.The second…