Event
- Event ID
- 184
- Quality
- Description
- The incident occurred in a plant producing organic chemistry products. Hydrogen leaked briefly from an hydraulic valve. There has been no victim.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Fire (No additional details provided)
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Valve (Generic)
- How was it involved?
- Leak
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Inorganic chemicals products
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- hydraulic valve, reactor
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Environmental damage
- 0
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Original description of the event in the database ARIA<br />
<br />
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/23820/ <br />
(accessed January 2023)
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ARIA
