Event
- Event ID
- 1242
- Quality
- Description
- The event occurred at a gas cylinder manufacturing site. An explosion caused by a hydrogen cylinder injured a worker. Nothing is known on the sequence except ‘a loud bang’ reported by online news.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Cgh2 Cylinder(S)
- How was it involved?
- Leak & Formation Of A Flammable H2-Air Mixture
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Hydrogen Production
- Sub-application
- CGH2 cylinders
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- cylinder
- Location type
- Confined
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 1
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Environmental damage
- 0
- Property loss (onsite)
- low
- Property loss (offsite)
- 0
- Post-event summary
- A worker suffered burns, which were treated by the ambulance.
References
- Reference & weblink
Online news by ISSSource:<br />
https://www.isssource.com/worker-injured-after-hydrogen-exposure/<br />
(accessed October 2025)Online news by Nottigham Post:<br />
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/reports-loud-bang-man-su… <br />
(accessed October 2025)
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- News
