CSB Safety Video: Explosion at BP Refinery

Explosion at BP Refinery, Texas City, Texas

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• CSB
• chemical
• safety
• board
• BP
• refinery

[Cappmaster87]

I'm an apprentice at a german oil refinery and this video was shown to us for the reason of safety instruction. I think all employees working at a refinery should watch this video.

This video was also the reason why I decided to study process engeneering and then become a safety engineer to prevent such accidents

thanks for making our work much safer :-)

[chenabeel]

Thank you very much. It very helpfull

[JetMechMA]

@arboloco1 The narrator spoke of SEVERAL failures along the way, not just the 10ft level alarm. It sounds like they used the 10ft level alarm as a standard practice for a guide to limiting the level in the tower when it was only an emergency alarm. That's several of the dirty dozen human factors for safety. Complacency, norms, bypassing safety procedures...etc. That place sounds like it was screwed up in every way. It was literally a disaster waiting to happen.

[o00Romeoo00]

Very Helpfull . THX

[chezsim]

Very good use of 3D visualisation to explain the situation. It makes it so much easier to understand.

[MrN3wman]

its funny cause csb stands for cool story bro

[routhoula]

if you are a bp worker and haven't quit your job, i advise you to do so. bp appears not to give a crap about even elementary safety. quit now. better keep your eye simple rather have people search for it in the ruins of some refinery.

[vairakkannu]

(I said earlier this column have the corrosive gases it may spoiled all instruments.)

This column to dry out is very important when cold start up.

[arboloco1]

Did the actual whole process control failed? Or just the 10 ft. level control valve?

It is not clear how temperature, pressure and level control systems failed and the control room did not notice.

[johanges]

Thanks for a fantastic video explaining such a complex series of events. I am thoroughly impressed by how the board managed to reconstruct even the early events leading up to the accident given how little was left of the plant.

This kind of forensic work is very very hard, and explaining it clearly and concisely in only 6 minutes is exceedingly rare.

Brilliant!