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The Chemical Safety Board produces some pretty fascinating videos that reconstruct the chains of events that led to large industrial accidents in chemical plant
by taliesinb 8y ago
The Chemical Safety Board produces some pretty fascinating videos that reconstruct the chains of events that led to large industrial accidents in chemical plants. The videos normally conclude with recommendations for voluntary actions industry can take to prevent similar incidents in future. They basically summarize the results of detailed investigations by CSB agents.
The videos are well produced and, apart from those accidents that involve injury or death, they are quite entertaining if you happen to be in a forensic frame of mind.
Here’s an example of one of their videos: https://youtu.be/_icf-5uoZbc https://youtu.be/_icf-5uoZbc
- jayd16 8y agoThese are produced like one of those Air Crash Investigation type shows.
- Scoundreller 8y agoI like their videos. Unfortunately, this incident will be investigated by the Transportation Safety Board. The report will be thorough, but we may not get a great video out of it :(
- hexane360 8y agoThe TSB does do videos, but you're right that they're not as polished as the CSB's.
- btown 8y agoWhy are these actions voluntary? Shouldn’t there be regulations that at least ensure we don’t make the same mistake twice?
- akiselev 8y agoIn some cases it allows the agency to operate freely regardless of the political environment and in others, there are historical reasons for the way they operate (ala NTSB and FAA). It also allows the market to decide what risks justify the cost and which ones don't via the insurance market. These advisories are front and center in lawsuits when dealing with repeat occurrences so the pressure comes from economic forces. Thankfully, there are limitations to what the market is allowed to decide so this may eventually become a regulation through public pressure or agency review.