Event
- Event ID
- 882
- Quality
- Description
- An explosion occurred at a hydrogen production plant, triggered by the rupture of a 10-inch hydrogen line. Nothing is known on the cause of the incident.
Only one light injury. - Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Pipe
- How was it involved?
- Rupture
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Hydrogen Production
- Sub-application
- SMR
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- piping
- Location type
- Open
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
- Description of the facility/unit/process/substances
- DESCRIPTION OF THE FACILITY
The hydrogen plant had a capacity of 165 million standard cubic feet a day and supplied nearby refineries to refining heavy oil and producing low-sulphur gasoline.
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 1
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Environmental damage
- 0
- Post-event summary
- damage unknown
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Various news, such as:<br />
The Daily News - https://www.galvnews.com/news/free/small-industrial-explosion-rattles-t… />
Zehl lawyers - https://www.zehllaw.com/texas-city-praxair-hydrogen-complex-explosion-i… />
(accessed September 2025)<br />
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
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