Event
- Event ID
- 190
- Quality
- Description
An explosion followed by a fire occurs in a refinery, originated by a hydrogen release at the hydrogen compressor.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Date
- Component involved
- compressor / booster / pump
- Failure mode
- leak & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2021
Facility
- Application
- Petrochemical industry
- Sub-application
- Unspecified refinery process
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
hydrogen compressor
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
- UNKNOWN
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 3
- Official legal action
OSHA performed investigations on the incident, but it is not available on the OHSA website.
- Emergency action
An explosion followed by a fire occurs in a refinery. Firemen control the fire within 10 to 15 minutes.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
References
- Sources categories
- ARIA
- Reference & weblink
Event description no 21760 in the French database ARIA (accessed October 2021)
