Scenario

01. Ignorance
02. Insufficient Knowledge
03. Insuficient Study and Experience
04. Poor Value Perception
05. Poor Safety Awareness
06. Wrong Risk Recognition
07. Insufficient Analysis or Research
08. Insufficient Prior Research
09. Insufficient Knowledge Characteristics
10. Planning and Design
11. Poor Planning
12. Poor Design
13. Non-Regular Action
14. Inaction
15. No Idea in Next Step
16. Bad Event
17. Chemical Phenomenon
18. Abnormal Reaction
19. Secondary Damage
20. External Damage
21. Explosion
22. Bodily Harm
23. Death
24. Loss to Organization
25. Economic Loss
26. Monetary Damage 37 million yen

Run-away reaction occurred during vacuum distillation of epichlorohydrin waste liquid including dimethylsulfoxide
Case Details

Knowledge Comment:
For the first treating of dangerous material, there were insufficient pre-study and inadequate knowledge of heat exchange resulted an accident.

Field Chemicals and Plants
Author KOSEKI, Hirosi (National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster)
TAMURA, Masamitsu (Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University)