CSB Safety Video: Anatomy of a Disaster

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.

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• Chemical
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• accident
• Anatomy
• refinery

[arboloco1]

BP spends more money fixing the company's logo and eco-green advertising than checking basic valve systems...

[baiyao346]

very good and useful video ,I from "coclc" a coal liquefaction company local in china!

[makeiteasyable]

this is a use full video

[brindis15]

Is there a spanish captioned version of this video? It would be very useful for me! If not, I can do the translation if you want.

[videossevero]

NO HABLO IINGLES,

VIVO FRENTE A EL POLO PETROQUIMICO DE DOCK SUD, AVELLANEDA, ARGENTINA Y TOMO ESTOS VIDEOS PARA DIFUNDIR EN MI BLOG.

GRACIAS A LA CSB POR DAR ESTE MATERIAL.

SEVERO

[collegeman1988]

This is an excellent example why corporations should be able to donate limitless amounts of money to political campaigns. That way, companies like BP can throw the next election and soon, we'll all be slaves to a corporation that doens't care about the safety of its employess.

[BillymanWag]

This and the latest gulf tragedy were not accidents. The unbelievable gross negligence is absolutely and undeniably not ok!!!! The amount of money these guys rake in to let their facilities everywhere falter to such an extent makes this no accident!!!! Completely ridiculous. I can not say enough!!!

[veeraraghavansafety]

This Accident tells us the Importance of Process Risk Management and Process Safety in Oil & Gas Industry. Hope the BP Top Management realize that Safety is not Expensive.

[paullees557104]

so head operater left without a face to face with the dayshift head operater and he fucked off for a family emergency ok this is bull shit.

[buggybubble]

Does anybody know the manufacturer of the level indicator and the automatic actuated valves?

[buggybubble]

Who is the manufacturer of the level indicator? Does anybody know?