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CSB Investigation
Report No. CSB-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-2015
2015
Fire Fire Safety Safety
Chevron Richmond 炼厂火灾
Chevron Richmond Refinery, Richmond, California
Related equipment → piping (piping)
0Fatalities
0Injuries
RuptureMechanism code ELP
⌗Failure Mode · ISO 14224 Mapping
Damage mechanism (recorded in KB)
RuptureELP
ISO functional code (as recorded)
ISO 14224:2016 functional failure code
ELP · External leakage - process
ISO ELP — External leakage - process.
1What Happened
2012-08-06 管道破裂释放易燃蒸气并起火
2Root Cause
高温硫化物腐蚀(CUI)导致工艺管道减薄破裂
3Reliability Lessons (from investigation root cause)
- The 'Root Cause' above is the core lesson of this accident; not split further.
4Associated Failure Mechanisms (Keywords)
炼厂 管道破裂 腐蚀 火灾 烃释放
About the Failure-Mode Code (click to expand)
The recorded code ELP is an ISO 14224:2016 functional failure code (describes what the equipment failed to do). The damage mechanism (how it failed) is shown in the Mapping block above. The two are distinct dimensions in ISO 14224.
5Evidence Source (transparent)
Authority：U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB)
Official Report：www.csb.gov ↗
Data Verification：verified_url_csb_investigations_list_2026-08-07（终报 2015-01-28）
↗Related Failure Modes · Traceability
This accident is not yet linked to a specific FM traceability card.