Event
- Event ID
- 1039
- Quality
- Description
- An explosion of unknown cause occurred at a hydrogen manufacturing plant. The explosion occurred on the second floor of the building, used by employees as a cafeteria and offices. The company where the accident occurred mainly produces industrial hydrogen gas and supplies it in cylinders and trailers, as well as through pipe-line. The building was damaged and three people were seriously injured. The explosion shook the ground and caused nearby workers to evacuate. The reports claims that there was not fire.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Unknown
- How was it involved?
- Unknown
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- industrial gas production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- uknown
- Location type
- Confined
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 3
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Post-event summary
- The building was damaged and three people were seriously injured.
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Y. Lee et al., Evaluating hydrogen risk management policy PR: Lessons learned from three hydrogen accidents in South Korea, Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy, 48 (2023) 24536-24547, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.03.142
Korean trime news<br />
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/02/113_330140.html<br />
(accessed January 2025)
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- Scientific article
