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Roll-over of a CGH2 tube trailer

Event

Event ID
417
Quality
Description
A hydrogen trailer-tractor experienced a roll over when travelling on a highway. There was no release. The highway was closed to upright the trailer. It is not known if the tubes content was released before this.
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?
Cgh2 Tube Trailer
How was it involved?
No Release
Initiating cause
Impact, Rollover, Crash
Root causes
Root CAUSE analysis
INITIATING CAUSE was a traffic accident. In absence of information on drivers and driver behaviours, the ROOT CAUSE can be attributed generically to a human error (wrong maneuvre)

Facility

Application
Hydrogen Transport And Distribution
Sub-application
CGH2 tube trailer
Hydrogen supply chain stage
Hydrogen Transport (No additional details provided)
All components affected
roll over
Location type
Open
Operational condition

Emergency & Consequences

Number of injured persons
0
Number of fatalities
0
Currency
US$
Property loss (onsite)
100000
Post-event summary
No release

Event Nature

Release type
no release
Released amount
0
Actual pressure (MPa)
20
Design pressure (MPa)
20
Presumed ignition source
No release

References

Reference & weblink

Incident I-2005040581 of the US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration PHMSA: <br />
https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/analytics/saw.dll?Portalpages&PortalPath=%… />
(accessed September 2024)

JRC assessment