Case studies
This chapter describes all the case studies that have been identified as illustrating the importance of the technical assessment criteria in preventing, controlling or mitigating major accidents.
Each of the case studies provides:
- a brief description of the accident;
- a summary of the technical measures that were missing or not implemented properly;
- the source reference(s).
A table of case studies and technical measures [57.2KB] provides a cross index of which technical measures were found to be inadequate in each case study.
The case studies included are:
- Abbeystead Explosion (23/5/1984)
- Albright and Wilson, Avonmouth (3/10/1996)
- Allied Colloids Limited (21/7/1992)
- Associated Octel Company Limited (1/2/1994)
- B&R Hauliers (25/9/1982)
- BASF Warehouse Fire (9/10/1995)
- Beek (7/11/1975)
- Bhopal - Union Carbide (3/12/1984)
- BP Oil (Grangemouth) Refinery Ltd (13/3/1987)
- BP Oil (Grangemouth) Refinery Ltd (22/3/1987)
- BP Oil - Dalmeny Refinery (11/6/1987)
- BP Oil West Glamorgan (17/1/1981)
- Chemstar Ltd Explosion/Fire (6/9/1981)
- Chevron Pembroke refinery (02/06/2011)
- Chicago Gas Release (26/4/1974)
- Dow Chemical Factory Explosion (27/6/1976)
- Explosion Caused by Explosion Suppression System
- Feyzin (4/1/1966)
- Flixborough (Nypro UK) Explosion (1/6/1974)
- Havkong Incident (23/1/1993)
- Hickson and Welch Ltd Fire (22/9/1992)
- International Biosynthetics Ltd (7/12/1991)
- Marathon Petroleum Refinery - Texas (30/10/1987)
- Mexico City - Pemex LPG Terminal (19/11/1984)
- Mill Woods Pipeline Failure (March 1976)
- Pasadena - Phillips 66 (23/10/1989)
- Polymerisation Runaway Reaction (May 1992)
- Railcar Shunt Causes Propylene Release
- Rupture of a Liquid Nitrogen Storage Tank - Japan (28/8/1992)
- San Francisco Natural Gas Pipeline Puncture (25/8/1981)
- Seveso - Icmesa Chemical Company (9/7/1976)
- Shell - Stanlow (20/3/1990)
- Sparking During Liquid Transfer
- Staveley Chemicals Ltd - Derbyshire (27/6/1982)
- Texaco Refinery - Milford Haven - Explosion and Fires (24/7/1994)
- Universal Freight Warehouse (13/2/1982)
- Warehouse Fire