Hydrogen Fire on Power Plant Generator after worker drilled hole

A hole was being drilled in the plant’s No. 8 Generator in order to remove a bore plug on a rotor undergoing maintenance.  As workers were drilling the first hole, flames emanated from the drilled hole and injured a worker.  A Ministry of Labour investigation found that the flames resulted from the release of hydrogen from pressurized...

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