Anatomy of a Disaster tells the story of one of the worst industrial accidents in recent U.S. history–the March 23, 2005, explosion at the BP refinery in Texas City, Texas, which killed 15 workers, injured 180 others, and caused billions of dollars in economic losses. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board, an independent federal agency, investigated the accident. The CSB produced this video in March 2008 based on its comprehensive 341-page public report issued in 2007.
The video includes a nine-minute animation detailing the events leading up to the blast. It features interviews with members of the CSB investigative team who spent two years studying the causes of the accident. Outside safety experts Prof. Trevor Kletz (Texas A&M University and Loughborough University, UK), Prof. Andrew Hopkins (Australian National University), and Mr. Glenn Erwin (United Steelworkers) provide insightful commentary on the significance of the accident to the world’s petrochemical industry.
The CSB believes that an understanding of the key findings, recommendations, and lessons from this investigation will help prevent future accidents. To learn more about this and other CSB investigations, please visit CSB.gov.
source
This mans voice commands my attention. Not sure why.
Mrs Richards: " I paid for a room with a view!"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?…"
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?
BP kills people. OSHA is a joke
200 down votes come from people in love with industrial death.
Normalization of Deviance.
You'll see that happening in lots of deaths.
BP would go on to be responsible for the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11.
It would have been cheaper to keep it up to code and hire 15 additional workers. Its ALWAYS the same root cause. GREED.
HOW DA FUCK NOBODY KNOWS THAT TOWER WAS FULL !?!??!! FOR FCK SAKE !!! AM I STUPID OR SOMETHING ???!!! GOOOSH !!!
HOW DA FUCK THEY CALL IT MODERN ELECTRONICS ????!!!!
Fatalities are not recorded on injury reports?!?!
DAMN those two guys in the thumbnail have some CAAAKKEEE
The next question: why does OSHA get underfunded?
This is so damning to BP being able to carry on as a legitimate business operator. That the US government would ever continue to grant permits to such an entity shows how deep our own corruption is.
Thanks for keeping these up on youtube!
I'm one of those responsible to "make it right". It was literally the motto I created.
I'm also literally both famous and infamous for it.
( iow… not well liked unless you are on my side)
It's amazing how people can not take work criticism without them being personally butthurt.
…
I'm currently considering returning to the same manufacturing facility that is now under new ownership (long story) but in a position where I have more authority, control. Most of all, I miss using my aspergers "gifts", I retired early due to health issues…… boring !!
Prof. Trevor Kletz called it. 51:44 not evena decade later same company Deepwater Horizon. It's almost like the government is getting a big enough cut that few dead people really isn't that big of a deal.
This is genuinely informative and nice to watch, i'm subbing to this
CSB really just predicted every disaster ever
i am always this one guy at work who points out that something isnt done according to the rules. i let boss kno bout hazards and broken stuff thats a risk. i usually get fired after 3 months. i used to be sad afterwards but with time I learned that they actually save my life.
“Not my problem.”
If i visit a refinery or factory and see a CSB narrator w/ microphone walking around, IM OUT !
No, you're doing it wrong! You're supposed to fire the workers who made the mistakes without investigating into why and then hire more to make the same mistake later! It's a rookie mistake, I know.
How fascinating.
Wasnt Deepwater also “celebrating “ a period of no accidents ?
For air lines or air planes it is usually pilot error but for BP it was a lack of knowledge on the part of the the employees that they could call OSHA at any time and file a complaint since there are laws
If any of these workers had called OSHA and filed a complaint they could have saved lives, those trailers should never had been so close to the refinery the liquid container should have not been messed with to let it do it’s job, Please call OSHA if you are on any job that has safety issues they will do a safety investigation make the employer put in required safety devices and determine weather the employer should be fined. Legally this business should have been shut down and made to comply with OSHA standards
Company Management accountability needs to exist. Those who make the cost cutting
decisions should be held accountable in a real way. That is being liable to prosecution.
All those reports probably cost more than the work required to make the plants safe.
"paralyzed from the cost-cutting' – what a gentle way of saying nobody gave a damn in this game of hot potato
Let's blaim it on The Bush administration And The Clinton administration because of course that is The Truth of The matter of fact.
Thumbnail looks like a low-res man with BIG ass