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Explosion during a scientific demonstration in a school class

Event

Event ID
729
Quality
Description
Flask explosion due to hydrogen in the science class.
Event Initiating system
Classification of the physical effects
Hydrogen Release and Ignition
Nature of the consequences
Macro-region
Asia
Country
Japan
Date
Root causes
Unknown (No additional details provided)

Facility

Application
Laboratory / R&d
Sub-application
school class
Hydrogen supply chain stage
Hydrogen Storage (No additional details provided)
Location type
Unknown
Operational condition
Unknown (No additional details provided)

Emergency & Consequences

Number of injured persons
9
Number of fatalities
0

Event Nature

Release type
gas
Involved substances (% vol)
H2 100%
Presumed ignition source
Not reported

References

Reference & weblink

Orignal source lost. RISCAD is closed.

JRC assessment