| RSS
Business center
Office
Post trade leads
Post
Rank promotion
Ranking
 
You are at: Home » News » internal »

Fire at Mitsubishi's ethylene unit blamed on lack of adequate safety

Increase font size  Decrease font size Date:2015-01-26   Views:526
The fatal fire at Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.'s ethylene plant in Ibaraki Prefecture was caused by failure to take adequate safety measures, according to the prefectural government's accident investigation committee. Failure to shut off the main cock of a compressed air valve used to operate another valve is reported to havee caused the fire. The fire that killed four people, occurred in December, and was caused when coolant oil leaked from a valve and ignited during pipe maintenance.
The panel will compile its final report Wednesday at a meeting in Kamisu. It is for the prefectural panel to conclude that even if the valve was opened by mistake, the accident would not have happened if the employees had taken such safety measures as locking the handles and closing the main cock to keep the valve from moving.
 
 
[ Search ]  [ ]  [ Email ]  [ Print ]  [ Close ]  [ Top ]

 
Total:0comment(s) [View All]  Related comment

 
Recomment
Popular
 
 
Home | About | Service | copyright | agreement | contact | about | SiteMap | Links | GuestBook | Ads service | 京ICP 68975478-1
Tel:+86-10-68645975           Fax:+86-10-68645973
E-mail:yaoshang68@163.com     QQ:1483838028