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HSE
Report No. HSE-BPWESTGLAMORGAN-1981
1981
Fire Fire
BP West Glamorgan 丙烷再循环泵密封失效泄漏着火（1981，无死亡）
BP Oil West Glamorgan, UK (HSE Sragtech Case)
Related equipment → Centrifugal pump (centrifugal_pump)Related equipment → Storage tank (storage_tank)
0Fatalities
0Injuries
LeakageMechanism code ELP
⌗Failure Mode · ISO 14224 Mapping
Damage mechanism (recorded in KB)
LeakageELP
ISO functional code (as recorded)
ISO 14224:2016 functional failure code
ELP · External leakage - process
ISO ELP — External leakage - process.
1What Happened
丙烷再循环泵密封损坏导致丙烷泄漏→丙烷火，两个 20 吨丙烷储罐受烤、厂区严重受损
2Root Cause
维护管理不足（巡检/大修/运行维护档案记录）；控制电缆火烧妨碍隔离
3Reliability Lessons (from investigation root cause)
- The 'Root Cause' above is the core lesson of this accident; not split further.
4Associated Failure Mechanisms (Keywords)
丙烷 泵 密封 泄漏 着火 LPG 储罐 维护管理
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：Health and Safety Executive (HSE), UK — Sragtech Case Study
Official Report：www.hse.gov.uk ↗
Data Verification：verified_url_hse_2026-08-07
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