NDK America Inc. / Grupo Antolin / Hazard Investigation Board NDK Crystal Inc. / Nihon Dempa Kogyo CO. LTD. / Engineered Pressure Systems Inc. / Bell Telephone Laboratories / NIHON DEMPA KOGYO (NDK) CO. LTD. / NDK Crystal / /
Continent
Asia / Europe / /
Country
Japan / United States / United Kingdom / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Labor Issues / Man-Made Disaster / Force Majeure / /
Facility
Belvidere facility / National Institute of Standards and Technology / NDK Crystal facility / NDK facility / Grupo Antolin facility / NDK building / National Response Center / FACILITY DESCRIPTION The NDK Crystal facility / NDK America facility / NDK Belvidere facility / Crystals / /
IndustryTerm
energy dispersive spectroscopy16 / crystal manufacturer / steel vessel material / crystal manufacturing / nearby rest stop gas station / liquid solution / synthetic quartz manufacturing facility / insurance / alloy steel / caustic sodium hydroxide solution / steel hardness / caustic solution / purity synthetic quartz product / media reports / steel vessel wall / chemical elements / energy / metal / finished quartz product / pressure relief device / chemical reactions / thermal imaging camera / final product / crystalrelated products / sodium carbonate solution / synthetic crystal products / steel beam / structural steel / quartz-manufacturing vessel / water solution / manufacturing certification / thick steel / wireless internet devices / large steel casting / steel framing / steel / /
Organization
Illinois Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Division / Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office / Materials Reliability Division / Belvidere Fire Department / Occupational Safety and Health Administration / National Institute of Standards and Technology / NACE Resource Center / Pressure Vessel Safety Division / National Response Center / Environmental Protection Agency / American Society of Mechanical Engineers / /
Person
ASIS REST / Crystal Case / Sheffield Forgemasters / /
Position
truck driver at the rest stop / Walker / thick closure head / incident commander / pm. The Chief / truck driver / /
NDK Crystal Case Study Final Investigation Report November 2013