A CSB safety video depicting events leading to the August 28, 2008, catastrophic explosion and fire at the Bayer CropScience facility in Institute, WV, that fatally injured two workers.
First, if you are a security guard or anything of the sort, and you are working at a plant that is on fire, and a management tells you not to release information when emergency crews show up..... Listen to me... all of you... you tell those police and fire people absolutely everything. No job is worth waking up the next morning knowing people might of died because you kept your mouth shut. Second, every single manager involved in that, should be in prison. Forget about that company, you find the man who gave that order... and toss his butt in prison for life.
The executives of Bayer Crop Science should thank their lucky stars that they're still walking free. If there were any justice in this world, they'd all be doing hard time in prison for endangering the public safety, withholding critical information from first responders, and for manslaughter.
Most likely the non disclosure of information when it was so desperately needed was due to Bayer having Department of Defense contracts. Nobody in middle or lower job positions dares say anything out fear of being put in federal prison for divulging information that may fall under national security protection. A lot of corporations love to bring up DoD non disclosure laws whenever they want to thwart an investigation or hide secrets from the people who need to know the most.
It's hard to imagine a security guard telling the cops/firemen "we'll tell you something if we think you need to know," and the cops/firemen just saying, "well ok."
How can a company get away with not telling first responders critical information??? I pray those eight individuals exposed to toxic chemicals are ok!!
As most these accidents appear, once again putting profit and 'company reputation' before safety both on and off site. Managers should have served time for withholding information of this unfolding situation - the police should be able to arrest them there and then, it's disgusting!
it was and is highly illegal for anyone to withhold any information that they know of about an emergency situation because it not only puts the public in danger but puts the people who are responding to that emergency in more danger because of things like this.
They circumvented safety controls to start the reactor before the computer monitoring system was ready and while the toxic gas detectors weren't functioning.
The capacity of that MIC tank was about 63.9% that of the tank that blew open at Bhopal: That killed 8000 within a week or two and almost 20,000 over the years following
I was in South Charleston, just around the bend, in the Kanawha. The concussion was so great, that I thought someone was trying to break down our front door.
Other than learning about something completely new from watching this channel, I really like and appreciate that they included subtitles in most of their videos,even the older one from 14 years ago. It helps people like me, whos first language isnt English to understand it even more. And I can also do my own research by Googling the name of the chemicals and foreign terms mentioned in the video. 👍💯🔥
There are fire departments that are expressly instructed to refuse to enter a chemical facility if the chemical hazard is not identified. They will evacuate a huge area before they will approach an unknown danger.
Human factor analysis sound pretty dry but it is, in fact, a fascinating subject. I work in aviation (weapons systems) and receive annual training and I always enjoy the classes. In any dangerous environment it is THE mechanism to avoid failure and consistently results in improved safety, productivity and even earnings for the company. Many people, managers and technicians included roll their eyes when the subject come up but it is a valid and vital aspect of getting dangerous things done. Learn the “dirty dozen” human factors failures and learn to recognize them in your worksite even if your company doesn’t teach them. Much info is available online.
I live across the river from Nitro, in the Unincorporated regions of Saint Albans. Dad thought that the sun rose back up again and dropped once more. My brother was stuck on the interstate, not far from Institute after it happened. Because of that, traffic was backed up a long ways, possibly all the way to Kanawha City.
This channel is better than "seconds from disaster" or " destroyed in seconds" or any of those that extend it for like 1 hour per show. These are to the point, good nuggets of DAMN son. Also I feel many of these mistakes go STRAIGHT to Darwin awards
First, if you are a security guard or anything of the sort, and you are working at a plant that is on fire, and a management tells you not to release information when emergency crews show up..... Listen to me... all of you... you tell those police and fire people absolutely everything. No job is worth waking up the next morning knowing people might of died because you kept your mouth shut. Second, every single manager involved in that, should be in prison. Forget about that company, you find the man who gave that order... and toss his butt in prison for life.
With plant managers like this, it would be redundant for terrorists to make their own chemical weapons.
The executives of Bayer Crop Science should thank their lucky stars that they're still walking free. If there were any justice in this world, they'd all be doing hard time in prison for endangering the public safety, withholding critical information from first responders, and for manslaughter.
Most likely the non disclosure of information when it was so desperately needed was due to Bayer having Department of Defense contracts. Nobody in middle or lower job positions dares say anything out fear of being put in federal prison for divulging information that may fall under national security protection. A lot of corporations love to bring up DoD non disclosure laws whenever they want to thwart an investigation or hide secrets from the people who need to know the most.
It's hard to imagine a security guard telling the cops/firemen "we'll tell you something if we think you need to know," and the cops/firemen just saying, "well ok."
"There's an emergency at the plant. We won't tell you any more because $$$."
How can a company get away with not telling first responders critical information??? I pray those eight individuals exposed to toxic chemicals are ok!!
As most these accidents appear, once again putting profit and 'company reputation' before safety both on and off site. Managers should have served time for withholding information of this unfolding situation - the police should be able to arrest them there and then, it's disgusting!
Can't tell anyone what's happening before you get your lies and scapegoats in order.
it was and is highly illegal for anyone to withhold any information that they know of about an emergency situation because it not only puts the public in danger but puts the people who are responding to that emergency in more danger because of things like this.
They circumvented safety controls to start the reactor before the computer monitoring system was ready and while the toxic gas detectors weren't functioning.
The capacity of that MIC tank was about 63.9% that of the tank that blew open at Bhopal: That killed 8000 within a week or two and almost 20,000 over the years following
I was in South Charleston, just around the bend, in the Kanawha. The concussion was so great, that I thought someone was trying to break down our front door.
Other than learning about something completely new from watching this channel, I really like and appreciate that they included subtitles in most of their videos,even the older one from 14 years ago. It helps people like me, whos first language isnt English to understand it even more. And I can also do my own research by Googling the name of the chemicals and foreign terms mentioned in the video. 👍💯🔥
There are fire departments that are expressly instructed to refuse to enter a chemical facility if the chemical hazard is not identified. They will evacuate a huge area before they will approach an unknown danger.
Was anyone in Bayer management held accountable for refusing to provide information during the emergency ? or are Bayer beyond the reach of the Law ?
Human factor analysis sound pretty dry but it is, in fact, a fascinating subject. I work in aviation (weapons systems) and receive annual training and I always enjoy the classes. In any dangerous environment it is THE mechanism to avoid failure and consistently results in improved safety, productivity and even earnings for the company. Many people, managers and technicians included roll their eyes when the subject come up but it is a valid and vital aspect of getting dangerous things done. Learn the “dirty dozen” human factors failures and learn to recognize them in your worksite even if your company doesn’t teach them. Much info is available online.
I used to live near a Bayer facility in SW Ohio. It was often said that the plant had the capability of blowing the town completely off the map.
I live across the river from Nitro, in the Unincorporated regions of Saint Albans. Dad thought that the sun rose back up again and dropped once more. My brother was stuck on the interstate, not far from Institute after it happened. Because of that, traffic was backed up a long ways, possibly all the way to Kanawha City.
This channel is better than "seconds from disaster" or " destroyed in seconds" or any of those that extend it for like 1 hour per show. These are to the point, good nuggets of DAMN son. Also I feel many of these mistakes go STRAIGHT to Darwin awards