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LPG Tanker Accidents

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LPG Tanker Accidents

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LPG Road transportation-safety concerns

Over 14500 LPG tankers operate in the country.

More than 20000 trucks operate for exclusive transportation of LPG cylinders.

About 9 million tons of LPG gets transported annually by road.

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LPG tanker accident statistics

Year No.of acc. Deaths Inj. 2005/6 9 3 5 2006/7 2 4 2 2007/8 2 31 17 2008/9 6 8 4 2009/10 3 14 15

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Common reasons

Overturning/collision-Driving behavior Unsafe practices Poor design features Equipment flaws Poor supervision

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Accident of LPG tanker at Hapur resulting 7 casualties

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A portion of vessel ripped apart

BLEVE

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A View Tanker accidentat Ambala due to shearing off EFCV

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Accident of LPG tanker at Ambala(Haryana)

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Inferno at Ambala

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Recent Incident at Loni IOCL Bottling Plant

At one of the BottlingPlant / Loadinglocation a valve fitting(for LPG) manifoldsheared off leading toprofuse leak of productat Tank Lorry Gantry.The leakage continuedfor about 3 hours.Although this accidentwas handled in-houseother-wise could havecaused severe damageand devastation.

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Serious Accident near Faridabad that took toll of six lives

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Accident View Bottling Plant

Filling shed unaffected

Tata seira and truckGutted by the infernoNear generator room

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A view of damaged generator room

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Ruptured Portion Dimensions

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Dented VesselSE-283

Rupture of Dished end portion

LPG SpreadZone

Generator Room & office room

30 meters

70 meters approx

position of deceased persons

Fire Affected Zone

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Jaipur ALDS Accident

A View of Aftermath of Accident

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VIEW OF POST ACCIDENTALDS PREMISES

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Aftermath of Bleve( A Portion of Vessel)

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