Event
- Event ID
- 549
- Quality
- Description
Weld failure caused a fire involving a hydrogen pipe at a fertiliser ammonia plant. Source of ignition was auto ignition.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- fire
- Macro-region
- Africa
- Country
- Libya
- Date
- Component involved
- pipe (weld)
- Failure mode
- rupture & ignition
- Initiating cause
- material degradation (generic)
- Root CAUSE analysis
The INITIATING CAUSE a weld failure on a hydrogen pipe.
The ROOT CAUSE is unknown- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2020
Facility
- Application
- Chemical industry
- Sub-application
- Fertilisers production
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
weld, pipe
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
- UNKNOWN
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
- Flame type
References
- Sources categories
- ICHEME
- Reference & weblink
event 1920 of the UK database ICHEME
https://www.icheme.org/knowledge/safety-centre/resources/accident-data/
(accessed October 2020)
