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Fire breaks out in refinery after furnace tube ruptures

Published on 07/07/22 900 Views

At refineries large furnaces are used to heat-up hydrocarbons for refining. A red hot spot was identified on a furnace tube that later ruptured. The hydrocarbons entered the furnace and created a large fire in which an operator died.

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 (EPSC)