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CSB Investigation
Report No. CSB-DUPONT-BELLE-2011
2011
Toxic release Toxic
DuPont Belle 有毒化学品释放
DuPont, Belle, West Virginia
Related equipment → Reactor (reactor)Related equipment → piping (piping)
1Fatalities
0Injuries
FailureMechanism code OTH
⌗Failure Mode · ISO 14224 Mapping
Damage mechanism (recorded in KB)
FailureOTH
ISO functional code (as recorded)
ISO 14224:2016 functional failure code
OTH · Other
ISO OTH — Other.
1What Happened
光气释放致 1 名资深操作工死亡
2Root Cause
光气系统（反应器/管道）泄漏监测与隔离不足
3Reliability Lessons (from investigation root cause)
- The 'Root Cause' above is the core lesson of this accident; not split further.
4Associated Failure Mechanisms (Keywords)
光气 有毒 释放 反应器 农药
About the Failure-Mode Code (click to expand)
The recorded code OTH 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 2011-09-20）
↗Related Failure Modes · Traceability
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