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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.4.132

Study on Safety Management Plan through Chemical Accident Investigation in PCB Manufacturing Facility Etching Process  

Park, Choon-Hwa (Siheung Joint Inter-agency Chemical Emergency Preparedness Center)
Kim, Hyun-Sub (Siheung Joint Inter-agency Chemical Emergency Preparedness Center)
Jeon, Byeong-Han (Department of Environmental Engineering, Ajou University)
Kim, Duk-Hyun (Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Korea Polytechnic University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.4, 2018 , pp. 132-137 More about this Journal
Abstract
Although the number of chemical accidents has been declining since the Chemical Control Act of 2015, there have been repeated occurrences of similar types of accidents at printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing facilities. These accidents were caused by the overflow of hydrochloric acid and hydrogen peroxide, which are toxic chemicals used in the printed circuit board manufacturing process. An analysis of the $Cl^-$ content to identify the cause of the accident showed that in the mixed route of hydrochloric acid and hydrogen peroxide, which are accidental substances, the $Cl^-$ concentration was 66.85 ppm in the hydrogen peroxide sample. Through reaction experiments, it was confirmed that the deformation of a PVC storage tank and generation of chlorine gas, which is a toxic gas, occurred due to reaction heat occurring up to $50.5^{\circ}C$. This paper proposes a facility safety management plan, including overcharge, overflow prevention, leak detection device, and separation tank design for mixing prevention in printed circuit board manufacturing facility etch process. To prevent the recurrence of accidents of the same type, the necessity of a periodic facility safety inspection and strengthening of the safety education of workers was discussed.
Keywords
Chemical accident; Hydrochloric acid; Hydrogen peroxide; PCB; Safety Management;
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