Event
- Event ID
- 359
- Quality
- Description
- A tanker returning from a liquid hydrogen delivery and was containing only gaseous hydrogen. The tractor was hit by truck and demolished. The LH2 trailer did not suffer any leak and vacuum was not broken.
[Ordin, NASA (1974)] - Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- No Hydrogen Release
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Date
- -
- Main component involved?
- Lh2 Tanker
- How was it involved?
- No Release
- Initiating cause
- Impact, Rollover, Crash
- Root causes
- Root CAUSE analysis
- The INITIATING CAUSE was a risky overtaking manoeuvre on the road.
The ROOT CAUSE was human error.
Facility
- Application
- Hydrogen Transport And Distribution
- Sub-application
- LH2 tanker
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- Hydrogen Transport (No additional details provided)
- Location type
- Open
- Operational condition
- Pre-event occurrences
- It was raining at time of collision.
The truck causing the incident was racing with an auto and attempted to pass, but spun into the lane in front of LH2 trailer-tractor. The tractor traveling about 50 to 55 mph.
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
Event Nature
- Release type
- no release
- Released amount
- 0
- Presumed ignition source
- No release
References
- Reference & weblink
Mishap no 7 in <br />
P. L. Ordin, Review of hydrogen accidents and incidents in NASA operations, 1974, NASA TM X-71565<br />
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19740020344
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ORDIN
