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Hexane leak – Near miss incident

Published on 10/01/24 573 Views

In an extraction unit using hexane, a 3mm hole near a flange of a ball valve was formed in a 2 barg line. A large hexane gas cloud inside the building was formed that was detected and vented.

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