The investigation of a devastating accident — An accidental explosion of 40 tons of TNT

A disastrous explosion accident with the force of 40 tons of TNT occurred on February 9, 1991. The explosion origin was defined by witness tes- timony, material evidence and field investigation. Two primary causes of the explosion were identified through “event tree analysis” by elimi- nating non-re...

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Published inJournal of hazardous materials Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 225 - 233
Main Authors Zhang, Guo-Shun, Tang, Ming-Jun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 1993
Elsevier
Subjects
Applied sciences
Chemical engineering
Exact sciences and technology
Safety
Explosions
Safety
Accident
Risk analysis
Trinitrotoluene
Chemical product
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Summary:A disastrous explosion accident with the force of 40 tons of TNT occurred on February 9, 1991. The explosion origin was defined by witness tes- timony, material evidence and field investigation. Two primary causes of the explosion were identified through “event tree analysis” by elimi- nating non-relevant factors and conducting a detailed study on relevant factors. It has been concluded that this was a “human element accident” which occurred due to poor safety in production. Lessons learned from this accident are summarized.
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ISSN:0304-3894
1873-3336
DOI:10.1016/0304-3894(93)85007-2