OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14434062
BIG THREE INDUSTRIES INC
EWA BEACH, HI·
Event description
No injuries when valve leak causes hydrogen to ignite
Investigation abstract
Employees were refilling a rack of 15 hydrogen cylinders that were manifolded to gether on a steel pallet with railings. A leak developed at a valve and the pres surized hydrogen ignited. Operations activated a deluge sprinkler system, which turned off the compressor that was pumping in hydrogen. The fire was contained b y the sprinkler system as the hydrogen pressure bled off. There were no injuries .
Victim
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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