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Explosion while hydrotesting a tank

Published on 27/09/24 273 Views

During hydrotesting of a storage tank, an explosion occurred due to water contaminated with a flammable liquid, injuring two operators. This incident highlights the importance of removing personnel during integrity testing, ensuring hydrocarbon lines are clean, and having a hazard analysis-based plan for equipment testing.

Ask yourself and your crew:

  • How can something like this happen here (e.g. on our site)?
  • What safety measures (i.e. procedures, controls/barriers) do we have in place to mitigate the risk?
  • How do we know the risk controls/barriers are working?
  • What improvements or changes should we make to the procedures, controls/barriers, or the way we work?

Original material courtesy of the European Process Safety Centre