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Explosion at a refractory metals manufacturing plant

Event

Event ID
1022
Quality
Description

An explosion took place at a tungsten manufacturing facility, resulting in injuries to four employees and one contractor working in the area. Online news reported the failure and exploison of a hydrogen tank

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
CGH2 tank (stationary)
Failure mode
rupture
Initiating cause
unknown
Root causes
Date entry in HIAD
01/01/2023

Facility

Application
Steel and metals industry
Sub-application
W mettalurgy
Hydrogen supply chain stage
All components affected

CGH2 storage tank

Process temperature range [C]
ambient temperature (-50°C to +50°C)
Process pressure range [MPa]
unknown
Location type
Unknown
Location
industrial area
Operational condition
UNKNOWN

Emergency & Consequences

Number of fatalities
0
Number of injured persons
5
Post-event summary

Unknown. The news mention that both company workers & contractors were among the injured.

Lesson Learnt

Lesson Learnt

Unknown (years after the incident date, the result of the investigation has not been published)

In-depth data

Release type
gas
Involved substances (% vol)
H2 100%
Probable IGNITION SOURCE
Explosion type

References

Sources categories
News
Reference & weblink