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Release of hydrogen from a bottles carrier truck on a highway

Event

Event ID
836
Quality
Description
A six-cylinder rack containing an argon / hydrogen mixture was dropped from a truck on a national highway, causing a gas leak.
A security perimeter was set up. The services of the equipment took care of the cylinders.
Event Initiating system
Classification of the physical effects
No Hydrogen Release
Nature of the consequences
Leak No Ignition (No additional details provided)
Macro-region
Europe
Country
France
Date
Main component involved?
Valve (Generic)
How was it involved?
Rupture
Initiating cause
Impact, Rollover, Crash
Root causes
Root CAUSE analysis
INITIATING cause is the fall of a compressed gas bottle rack from a truck. The reason of the fall is not reported. Even in absence of a specific casue, the ROOT CAUSE can be identified in failing in ensuring a correct fixing of the load.

Facility

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

Emergency & Consequences

Number of injured persons
0
Number of fatalities
0
Post-event summary
A security perimeter was set up.

Event Nature

Release type
gas
Involved substances (% vol)
H2 100%
Presumed ignition source
No release

References

Reference & weblink

ARIA data base <br />
event no. 25605

JRC assessment