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Clean Hydrogen Partnership

Near miss related to hazardous materials in an academic lab

Event

Event ID
834
Quality
Description

A chemical mobile intervention unit intervened in the faculty to neutralise in a sealed container an experimental device likely to release hydrogen. The faculty was evacuated during the intervention.

Event Initiating system
Classification of the physical effects
No Hydrogen Release
Nature of the consequences
Macro-region
Europe
Country
France
Date
Component involved
n.a.
Failure mode
n.a.
Initiating cause
n.a.
Root causes
Unknown
Date entry in HIAD
01/01/2020

Facility

Application
Laboratory / R&D
Sub-application
unknown
Hydrogen supply chain stage
Unknown
All components affected

laboratory, experimental device

Process temperature range [C]
ambient temperature (-50°C to +50°C)
Location type
Confined
Location
populated area
Operational condition

Emergency & Consequences

Number of fatalities
0
Number of injured persons
0
Emergency action

The faculty was evacuated during the intervention.

In-depth data

Release type
no release
Release temperature [°C]
25
Probable IGNITION SOURCE

References

Sources categories
ARIA
Reference & weblink

ARIA data base
event no. 14002