Preventable Events

Severity: Minor Plant Damage Estimated Asset Damage: Production Time Event Description: During routine maintenance at a solvent manufacturing plant, a worn gasket was accidentally replaced by a smaller gasket which resulted in a gradual leak in a hydrogen pipe. The leak wasn’t picked up during testing (most likely [...]

Severity: Loss of Life Estimated Asset Damage: $250,000 USD Event Description: Combustion of an over pressurized hydrogen pipe at a soap manufacturing company caused a fire within a matter of minutes. The flash fire killed one employee and also caused major damage to the factory A [...]

Severity: Hydrogen Fire Estimated Asset Damage: Property Damage Event Description Before welding, a contractor noticed a flame coming from a hydrogen pipe that was did not appear to be in use within the aircraft manufacturing plant. Despite several attempts to extinguish the fire,  it grew larger and [...]

Severity: Two Injured Employees Estimated Asset Damage: Production Time & Injury Compensation Event Description: While performing maintenance on a dehydrogenation reactor a blind flange was removed and caused a hydrogen leak. The combination of outside air and hydrogen from the remote control valve became combustible gas, [...]

Severity: Short Lived Fire Estimated Asset Damage: Almost None Event Description A safety valve at a succinic acid plant was removed during inspection, and a slightly smaller valve was accidentally reattached. As time went by a hydrogen leak resulted, which caught fire when production began. [5] [...]