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Incident
Excavation for Oil catch pit Damaged HT cable
Root Cause
1. No excavation permit was taken from CPP –Operations.
2. No Cable Route marker available at site.
Recommendations
1. Adherence to Work Permit System to be ensured.
2. Manual Test/Pilot excavation to be made before mechanized excavation. Cable route marker to be
ensured for underground cables.
3. Tool box talk to be imparted to site supervisor and JCB driver before excavation.
Case 15 Date: 12.01.2020 Time: 15:00 hrs.
Incident
During start-up of Unit HGU-77, feed cut was done at 14.00 hrs, And at around 15.00 hrs, Field operator
noticed Red hot spot and bulging in Wall –D of Reformer 77-H-201. Due to Tube failure causing jet of process
fluid on ceramic module through longitudinal crack of tube Immediately he informed to SIC/ UIC. Emergency
S/D of HGU-77 was initiated at 15:15 hrs when the situation was out of control even after putting off nearby
burners.
Failed tube no-120 with
longitudinal crack ~50cm
long and width of the crack
is ~5to 10mm
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