HIAD Quality Indicator: 2

A hose of a hydrogen tanker parked in at a specialised company ruptured. The released hydrogen ignited and exploded, followed by a fire probably fed by the continuously leaking hydrogen. The local…

Leakage of gas from blow-off pipe for depressurization while filling hydrogen in cylinder.

At a linear accelerator site, a hydrogen retort exploded during ignition of burn-off gas. One employee experienced hearing loss in one ear and a shoulder injury from being blown into a cabinet. A…

A hydrogen tank exploded and caught fire at a chemical plant.

A tanker carrying liquid hydrogen overturned without rupturing. Traffic on an interstate highway was closed throughout the afternoon and evening.

A release of a mixture of hydrogen, nitrogen and ammonia ignited and exploded in the ammonia synthesis unit. The release occurred on a flange of the heat exchanger. and was due to a crack on the…

An incident occurred on a compressor at a refinery Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU) plant involving hydrogen. Source of ignition was hot surface.

A jet fire occurred on the ammonia production unit, caused by a leak on a hydrogen pipe. No victims.

A leak and fire occurred in a hydrogen compression section of a hydrocracker.

A mixture of mainly carbon monoxide and hydrogen was released from a pipeline transferring process gases in a not further specified unit of a chemical plant, generating a flammable mixture which…

This near miss occurred at a depot site with 20 fuel cell buses are operated by a local bus company. A hissing sound was heard coming from a hydrogen tank at the refuelling facility, and the local…

FCEV left front side of the vehicle damaged.

The left rear side of the FCEV vehicle was damage.

At about 9:50 a.m., a lightning strike ignited hydrogen exiting a stack in a chemical factory. This hydrogen, produced by the chlorine electrolysis cells, is conveyed to the stack when the…

At a refuelling station for buses, the first dispenser had been taken out of operation, becasue leaking (see HIAD event 403). Another dispenser was being used. Fuelling was taking too long and was…

A hydrogen explosion happened at a chemical plant in Cheshire, UK where 18 tons of hydrogen gas went up. The firefighters were on the scene tackling the fire quickly and efficiently.

Minor car crash involving a FCEV, damaging its front bumper.No injury or harm was caused to the driver or anyone else.

A number of minor explosions occurred in the interrupter pot on a chlorine cell. No injuries or damage were reported.No previous explosion shad occurred which was taken to indicate that hydrogen…

During a filling at a hydrogen refuelling station, the station was shut down due to a gas detection. The leak was extremely small and difficult to locate but the gas was directed upwards towards the…

A motor scooter striped the left side of a hydrogen and fuel cells bus .