Lessons to learn from this incident

"A terrible accident occurred at a process plant in Taiwan on May 18, 2001. The plant was destroyed by a series of explosions that resulted in the death of one man, 112 injuries and extensive damage. The accident was caused by the ignition of a leak of mixed flammable vapours from an out-of-control exothermic batch
reactor, which produced water-born acrylic resin. Most of the victims, who were employees of nearby factories, were cut by glass splinters and other debris that rained down over an area of radius 200 metres around the plant. This accident reveals that both the process plant and the neighbouring factories
did not handle safety information properly. This paper describes the accident, the discussions and the conclusions from the viewpoint of safety information management. The lessons learned from this accident include the importance of information management and the need for using a safety information management system throughout the plant life cycle. A research project at Loughborough University is investigating safety information management and its measurement and is developing a prototype tool for use in this area. This project is also described briefly in the paper".Read the paper in this link