Event
- Event ID
- 836
- Quality
- Description
A six-cylinder rack containing an argon / hydrogen mixture was dropped from a truck on a national highway, causing a gas leak.
A security perimeter was set up. The services of the equipment took care of the cylinders.- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Unignited Hydrogen Release
- Nature of the consequences
- leak no ignition
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Date
- Component involved
- valve (generic)
- Failure mode
- rupture, no ignition
- Initiating cause
- impact, rollover, crash
- Root CAUSE analysis
INITIATING cause is the fall of a compressed gas bottle rack from a truck. The reason of the fall is not reported. Even in absence of a specific cause, the ROOT CAUSE can be identified in failing in ensuring a correct fixing of the load.
- Root causes
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2020
Facility
- Application
- Hydrogen transport and distribution
- Sub-application
- CGH2 cylinders truck
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
cylinders
- Process temperature range [C]
- ambient temperature (-50°C to +50°C)
- Process pressure range [MPa]
- medium to high pressure (10 to 50 MPa)
- Location type
- Open
- Location
- highway or similar
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Post-event summary
A security perimeter was set up.
- Emergency action
A security perimeter was set up. The services of the equipment took care of the cylinders.
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- ARIA
- Reference & weblink
ARIA data base
event no. 25605
