Event
- Event ID
- 621
- Quality
- Description
- An explosion occurred in a pipe system carrying hydrogen and methane at an ammonia plant. No major injuries have been reported.
- 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?
- Pipe
- How was it involved?
- Leak & Formation Of A Flammable H2-Ch4-Mixture
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Chemical Industry
- Sub-application
- Ammonia production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- Pipe
- 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
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas mixture
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2, CH4
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Event of the UK database ICHEME.<br />
https://www.icheme.org/knowledge/safety-centre/resources/accident-data/EUROPEAN CHEMICAL NEWS, 1974, 30 AUG.
CHEMICAL MARKETING REPORTER, 1974, 9 SEP.
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- ICHEME
