HIAD Nature Event - Release Type: Gas
The event occurred at a de-sulfurisation reactor unit. Hydrogen leaked into the reactor causing an explosion. The Fire spread rapidly.
A hydrogen-cooled electricity generator exploded inside a coal-fired power plant killing two workers and injuring fifty others. An investigation into the incident found that a hydrogen gas leak may…
The accident occurred in the cracking unit and in the sulfur recuperating system, more exactly in a 90 curve of a 8" piping. Due to the crack of the curve a mixture of flammable gases was released…
The accident started with a leakage of distilled petroleum intermediate and hydrogen in the desulfurization unit of the distilled intermediate. Both substances ignited and exploded, with a later…
The event occurred in the hydrogen pumping station, placed between the hydrogen production unit (steam methane reformer) and the hydro-treatment unit. The second stage of the compressor cylinder…
A hydrogen explosion caused burns contaminated with radioactive dust to a member of the plant's maintenance crew. Three other workers escaped injury.The accident occurred in the basement of the…
At a soaking facility of an industrial plant in the metallurgy sector, the pipeline between a supply tank and a feed pump became clogged and the autoclave only received sporadic feed. Problems had…
on a Sunday morning, in a ceramic factory, a leak on a 100 m tank containing 370 kg of hydrogen caused an explosion. The generated pressure wave causes significant damage to exterior buildings (…
A hydrogen explosion occurred at a 585-MW coal-fired supercritical unit and caused one fatality, injuries to 10 other people, and significant damage to several buildings. The explosion occurred…
An explosion occurred on a tank truck whilst unloading hydrogen into a storage tank. The explosion occurred near the discharge valve of the truck injuring two people and starting a fire at the point…
Two explosions rocked the industrial area of Santa Clara afternoon June 1st 2019, sparking a smoky fire at a chemical, gas storage and transportation facility of Air Products and Chemicals Inc. near…
A trained plant operator was blending water, sand, anhydrite, lime, cement, PFA and powdered aluminum in a mixing chamber to produce material for making building blocks. All powders are pre-weighed…
An explosion occurred caused by a leak of hydrogen from a reactor on a fertilizer plant. The blast hurled the head of a hydrogen gas converter 150m and sent it crashing through reinforced-concrete…
The event occurred in an atmospheric pressure tank storing effluents. The plant was in the production phase. The head of the overfill prevention valve located at the top of the tank was thrown a…
The incident took place in a calcium powdered wire manufactory of "Chepetsk Mechanical Plant". Some amount of water find it's way in a container where the mixing of different powders took place. As a…
The accident occurred during the first phase of the batch synthesis of tricarbonyl compound (methylcyclopentadienyl) manganese (TMCM), while the reaction mixture in the reactor consisted of more than…
Employees were trying to open the manhole cover (600 mm diameter) of a hydrofluoric acid tank with a grinder, when an explosion occurred. The explosion was probably caused by the presence of hydrogen…
An explosion followed by fire occurred in the hydrogen filling unit of chemical plant for the production of dyes and pigments.
An employee was attempting to re-weld a lifting point on a brazing furnace cover. He was using a tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding machine to build up an attachment point on the cover when an…
The vent occurred in the ammonia production unit. A minor leak had been detected in a flange on the piping of the ammonia synthesis loop (operating at 250 bar). The company called a specialized…