Event
- Event ID
- 882
- Quality
- Description
An explosion occurred at a hydrogen production plant, triggered by the rupture of a 10-inch hydrogen line. Nothing is known on the cause of the incident.
Only one light injury.- 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
- pipe (generic)
- Failure mode
- rupture & ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 30/09/2025
Facility
- Application
- Hydrogen production
- Sub-application
- SMR
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
piping
- Location type
- Open
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
- UNKNOWN
- Description of the facility/unit/process/substances
DESCRIPTION OF THE FACILITY
The hydrogen plant had a capacity of 165 million standard cubic feet a day and supplied nearby refineries to refining heavy oil and producing low-sulphur gasoline.
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 1
- Post-event summary
damage unknown
- Emergency action
The emegency actions undertaken inside the plant to fight the fire are unknown.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Explosion type
References
- Sources categories
- News
- Reference & weblink
Various news, such as:
The Daily News - https://www.galvnews.com/news/free/small-industrial-explosion-rattles-t…
Zehl lawyers - https://www.zehllaw.com/texas-city-praxair-hydrogen-complex-explosion-i…
(accessed September 2025)
