Event
- Event ID
- 265
- Quality
- Description
- An explosion followed by fire occurred in the hydrogen filling unit of chemical plant for the production of dyes and pigments.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- Switzerland
- 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
- Production of dye and pigment
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- hydrogen storage
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location description
- Industrial Area
- Operational condition
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 1
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Post-event summary
- The material damage was negligible
- Emergency action
- The company proceeded to vent the hydrogen of the leaking tube locally. Then the trailer was returned to the shipping location to disable the defective tube valve.
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
- Deflagration
- Y
- High pressure explosion
- N
- High voltage explosion
- N
References
- Reference & weblink
Event description in the French database ARIA<br />
https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accident/2733/<br />
(accessed October 2020)<br />
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ARIA
