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Recommendations
1. Passing valve at DHDS B/L to be replaced in the earliest opportunity. Also, provision of double valve may
be looked into.
2. All other passing valves to be replaced.
3. Presence of pyrophoric iron and its mitigation measure to be included in the hazards while doing this
activity as the flange is located closer to the Chloride guard.
4. Continuous Nitrogen purging shall be ensured, in case job is being carried out on Passing valves of
H/C, or combustible gas.
5. Ensure critical jobs pertaining to Hydrogen services shall be analysed with JSA.
Case 27 Date: 22.05.2020 Time: 11:29 hrs.
Incident
Smouldering (smoke) was observed in oil soaked insulation of MP steam header, in pipe trench along the
Street 15 & junction of Road-C. Smouldering was doused immediately by application of water spray.
Root Cause
External corrosion of the line due to low ground clearance was suspected to be the cause of the leak.
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