Event
- Event ID
- 858
- Quality
- Description
- Static electricity ignited hydrogen in a rising advertising balloon.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- Japan
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Balloon
- How was it involved?
- Internal Explosion
- Initiating cause
- Unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown (No additional details provided)
Facility
- Application
- Other
- Sub-application
- Advertising balloons
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- ballon
- Location type
- Unknown
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Presumed ignition source
- Static electricity
References
- Reference & weblink
Orignal source lost. RISCAD is closed.
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- RISCAD
