Event
- Event ID
- 964
- Quality
- Description
- Hydrogen was accidentally produced inside the sealed container containing a used battery. The gas, along 6 days deformed the container. Firefighters equipped with breathing apparatus opened the container remotely triggering a considerable explosion.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Date
- Root causes
- Root CAUSE analysis
- The ARIA report does not identifies any cause. It is known that lead-acid batteries and in-metals batteries can accidentally release gaseous hydrogen .
Facility
- Application
- Electronics And Micro-Electronics
- Sub-application
- electrochemical battery storage
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- electrochemical battery system
- Location type
- Confined
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Event description in the French database ARIA<br />
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/28822/<br />
(accessed October 2020)<br />
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ARIA
