CNG cylinder burst in a bus during gas filling - Lesson learned

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1516-1519

  Bhattacharjee, G ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a   Neogi, S ^a   Das, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Bus accident; CNG cylinder; Human error

Indexed keywords

CNG CYLINDERS; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; GAS FILLING; HUMAN ERRORS; HUMAN FACTORS; SAFETY ISSUES;

ACCIDENTS; BUSES; ENERGY RESOURCES; ERRORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SAFETY FACTOR;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

NATURAL GAS;

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; ENGINEERING; ERROR; EXPLOSION; FATALITY; FIRE; FUEL AND FUEL RELATED PHENOMENA; INDIA; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

EID: 77956232341     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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