Event
- Event ID
- 804
- Quality
- Description
- An explosion occurred when an operator opened a valve on the hydrogen network of the plant. The operator suffered from a burn in the forearm and two other employees were shocked by the pressure wave. The three victims were taken to the hospital for exams. The involved gas network was purged.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Valve (Generic)
- Initiating cause
- Wrong Operation
- Root causes
- Root CAUSE analysis
- The fact that the hydrogen line had to be purged after the incident, could suggest the failure of the purge before. However, the operator could also mistakenly open the wrong line. Anyhow, both options converge in identifying Job factors as ROOT CAUSE.
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- glass production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- hydrogen supply pipeline, glass production plant
- Location type
- Unknown
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 3
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Post-event summary
- The three victims were taken to the hospital for exams.
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
ARIA Event no. 50145 <br />
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/50145_en/?lang=… />
(accessed October 2020)<br />
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ARIA
