Abstract
A leak of ammonia from a 50-year-old refrigeration system of an ice cream plant in Houston, Texas, ignited and severely damaged the building; a large pressure vessel, designed for operation at a gauge pressure of 350 bar, failed during pressure test at the manufacturer; in 1966, a naphtha tanker, the Alva Cape, was involved in a collision near New York and was severely damaged. People seem to ignore the probabilities such as ammonia can explode, hydraulic pressure tests can be hazardous, diesel engines can ignite leaks, carbon dioxide can ignite a flammable mixture, and mists can explode too. This chapter describes some accidents that occurred because people were unaware of accidents that had happened many times before.
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