Disaster explosion at BP Texas City refinery

Note for a deeper easy-to-understand review of this tragedy, please take the opportunity to watch the CSB s video titled An Anatomy of Disaster Explosion at BP Texas City Refinery March 28, 2005. It tells the story in words, animation, and site footage. It is about 56 min long, but yon will remember it for years [16]. 

This concludes the brief treatment of the BP Texas City disaster. For additional information see the 374-page skillfiilly developed and pubhshed Baker Report. Please also review a later chapter in this text entitled A Strong Safety Culture is Essential. A quick review of the Baker Report will make ai one a believer of the strength and value of safety culture. dewing the excellent CSB deo of this tragic incident entitled Anatomy of a Disaster Explosion at BP Texas City Refinery is a must. It is also beneficial to read the CSB s Executive Smmnary Report on this tragedy. 

One of the very best all-around CSB videos is titled An Anatomy of Disaster Explosion at BP Texas City Refinery, March 28,2005 [13]. It tells the story of one of the worst industrial accidents in recent US history in words, animation and site footage. This refinery explosion arrd fire killed 15 workers, injured 180 others and resrrlted in billions of dollars in econorrtic losses. This video is nearly 56 rrrin long, but is divided into chapters. So, you can select chapters to show to certain audiences. 

An Anatomy of Disaster Explosion at BP Texas City Refinery... 

Unfortunately, today, we are still making very similar mistakes that we saw at Flixborough decades ago and other disasters. For example, the accident investigation into the BP Texas City Refinery explosion and fire in 2005 found eerily similar accident causes and precursors ... 

In 2006 a terrible fire and explosion killed 15 people and injured 500 other contractors and employees at the BP Refinery in Texas City. The main cause of the disaster was a relief valve on a naphtha splitter that vented to the atmosphere via a blowdown stack rather than to the... 

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