Event
- Event ID
- 24
- Quality
- Description
- Explosion as a result of detonation of gases inside container in turbine section causing 2 casualties .
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- Switzerland
- Date
- How was it involved?
- Internal Explosion (H2-Air Mixture)
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Power Plant
- Sub-application
- unspecified
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- Hydrogen Transport (No additional details provided)
- All components affected
- turbine
- Location type
- Confined
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 2
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- unspecified
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Source unvailable
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- FACTS
