Explosion caused by hydrogen tank piercing

This report consists of two events:

B. On February 23, 2004, one person was injured, apparently lightly, in a fire that broke out following a hydrogen explosion, at Herzliya Pituah, Israel . An investigation into the incident suggested that the explosion occurred when a fork-lift truck pierced one of the gas cylinders. Everyone in the area was evacuated, and the surrounding rounds were closed to traffic for a period.

A. On January 1, 2003, a similar incident had already occurred at the same factory , when one person was killed. At that time, police and plant owners agreed that the factory would be relocated within two years.

The fact that the same type of severe incident could occur twice suggest a lack of management effectivity.

fork-lift truck, cylinders

Everyone in the area was evacuated, and the surrounding rounds were closed to traffic for a period.

At that time of the first event, police and plant owners agreed that the factory would be relocated within two years.
One year later a similar accident took place.
The decision to postpone of two years the solution of the problem was clearly wrong.