The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating incidents and hazards that result, or may result, in the catastrophic release of extremely hazardous substances. The agency’s core mission activities include conducting incident investigations; formulating preventive or mitigative recommendations based on investigation findings and advocating for their implementation; issuing reports containing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations arising from incident investigations; and conducting studies on chemical hazards.
The agency's board members are appointed by the president subject to Senate confirmation. The Board does not issue citations or fines but makes safety recommendations to companies, industry organizations, labor groups, and regulatory agencies such as OSHA and EPA. Please visit our website, www.csb.gov.
Obviously it's b******* how could investigators find any evidence when the building was completely destroyed? Nothing left absolutely every break possible sent to the "space", how could they tell who's guilty whose fault? How could they tell that the fault is workers?
Some times people feel left out. With work like Poly-Isometrics and Raw resource manufacture. Is such a big deal to have this pipe exploding! Wow, that must've been loud!!
The best thing to do is to make sure that you don’t have any conflicting chemicals in the same area- Besides making it very hard to do the wrong thing. As an administrator, or someone responsible, you have to assume that anything in the same area can and will interact. Regardless.
This is why everything needs to be clearly labeled, have alarms, have good practices, and there needs to be an independent, isolated AI to help the people present and in control rooms.
This video made me very sad and also angry at the same time, going for the lowest offer in money.. I hate capitalism, especially when it leads to death. This is also the only US GOVT channel I am subscribed to. Being a German citizen and never having been in the US, I would still donate to the CSB because they actually have the power to do something. Rest in peace to those who lost their lives in this very preventable accident.
Any breach of Safety Regulations should result in Company Insurance being limited only to damages to EXTERNAL Claims, ie. the Manufacturer should bear the cost of reconstruction of their neglected Facility and, in cases of severe destruction/Human Casualties be forced to relocate to an area remote from possible vunerable population centres with a Buffer Zone established to prevent any Habitations being constructed therein. Lives mean more than Profit, `tho it appears the Corporate mindset thinks differently.
This is all fine and dandy work but misses the real problem. In 2019 the refinery was run by hedge fund types who had already been operating under bankruptcy protection for a year. I have heard they had cut staff by a third to cut costs. Several management types need to have gone to jail. The BP Macondo well blowout was a management catastrophe and the only ones who went to jail were lowly engineers and rig supervisors. What a bad joke.
That all is just a bad case of I know but I don't care. Periodic chart. Chemical compounds, combustibility, fire retardant, chemical signature, devices to measure, contain, and prevent have been established. Safety faculty designed. All preventative measures have been explored. The construction of site and location should have been the main factor due to chemical reaction. However, people do not want to migrate and would rather, work close to home. How the French articulate it, Ce la vie.
there was a chemical spill that happened during lab when i was taking the general chemistry sequence at my local community college; the bottle of acid somehow exploded in his hands as he was opening it, there was glass all over the floor. i forget the exact chemical, but it was one of the more corrosive acids, i want to say sulfuric acid? anyway, the guy was lucky that the only casualty was his hoodie becoming tie-dye. professor took a picture of the broken bottle pieces to send to whoever was responsible for that type of stuff.
I love these videos so much. I love the guy's irish accent, the simple animations, the fact they show you how the chemical plants work. I don't even work in the chemicals industry but these videos just hit a spot for me
The fact that BP still exists 14 years later is just more proof that capitalism cannot be reformed. Regulatory capture can only be stopped by a people's revolution.
So why does a Coleman white gas tank not explode? Especially when the fuel level gets low? The air inside is under pressure so it should be more of a hazard than in a tank like these where the air is at ambient temp.
Remember, this is one of the things that your tax money goes to, and it is a worthy use of it. Shame that these agencies don't get a larger share, or the power to do much beyond recommendations. Perhaps a call to your representatives is in order, so that important functions of the government, such as the agencies that investigate accidents brought about by corporate suits being cheap, aren't hamstrung by politicians hoping to appeal to those same suits.
Your Safety 🦺 MATTERS... These big businesses make so much money your life is not important, the sad truth is your disposable. A small settlement is all you'll see for life lost . More men in authoritative roles must begin to speak up !
