HIAD Sources Categories: CSB
The event occurred in a silicon hydride (SiH) emulsion production process inside an enclosed production building. The process generated a flammable gas cloud gas ignited, which later ignited causing…
The event occurred at one of the unit producing iron powder, consisting of a furnace with a running belt for the powder, kept under hydrogen atmosphere to reduce and purify the metal. The hydrogen…
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…
An explosion and fire occurred at a 3000-gallon (approx. 11400 l) reactor, part of the production process of linear alkyl benzene (LAB), Process materials released from the various vessels and piping…
Workers were performing demolition on a disused furnace. While removing a 10 inch valve from a pipe used to supply coke gas fuel to the furnace, flammable liquid was unexpectedly released and ignited…
The release and fire occurred during what appeared to be a normal operation in a reactor section of a Residue Hydrotreater Unit, when an eight-inch pipe connected to a heat exchanger failed at the…
The accident occurred at a distillate dewaxing Unit (MDDW) of the refinery, during the operation of regeneration of the catalyst. To perform this operation, both temperature and pressure have to be…
An explosion at a linear alkylbenzene (LAB) plant caused substantial damage to the facility and injured five workers. Production remains down, and the company has sent a letter to customers declaring…
The explosion occurred when a spark from welding equipment ignited flammable vapours from a 415,000-gallon (ca. 1.5 million of litres) sulfuric acid storage tank at the refinery.The investigation…
A petroleum refinery experienced a catastrophic rupture of a heat exchanger in the catalytic reformer / naphtha hydrotreater unit (the NHT unit). The heat exchanger, catastrophically ruptured because…