Lessons Learned from Recent Accidents in the Chemical Industry in Japan

Akihiko Hidaka, Yuichiro Izato, Atsumi Miyake

Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan.

DOI: 10.4236/ojsst.2014.43016                

Abstract

Japanese chemical companies should extensively study the accidental fires and explosions that occurred in the industrial complexes of Japan in 2011 and 2012. We picked two major accidents and distributed questionnaires to large chemical companies in the Keihin Complex, Japan. Here, we report the results of our investigation of improvements in process safety.

Keywords

Chemical Accident, Lessons Learned, Explosion, Fire

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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