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I'm sure the appropriate risk assessments were carried out. But I suspect that they were treated as a 'tick the box' exercise rather than an assessment of a real risk. This will probably have been compounded by complacency on the part of thos who manage the plant.
It isn't a US thing - it happens the world over. People can't work out how best to handle the combination of an unlikely risk and serious potential consequences.
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Originally Posted by D-Type
The probability of something like this seems extremely low so nobody thinks about it much, if they think about it at all.....
The company had been there for many years, and although cited for some issues over the years, it was not something that seemed to be worth worrying about it as nothing had ever happened.
So why not build a school---
BTW which was not close at all and seemed to anyone, to be more than a safe distance away until it went off---Just like the guy that took that video that is being shown the world over. He thought he and his son were more than a safe distance away, until it went off....
Its difficult with that sort of risk. The likelihood of such an event is very low, and through appropriate controls can be lowered even further, making it seem safe. But the consequences of the unlikely event are massive, and the only controls you could have placed on minimising the consequences would have been isolating the plant. Clearly the likelihood was considered so low that the consequences of a catastrophic event such as this were not considered when planning buildings that fell within the resultant blast zone.
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I'm not sure this is the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by markabilly
This plant had been reprimanded previously for failures and had falsely stated that there were only a few KG of Amonia on site for it's risk management plan. There was in fact hundreds of tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate.
If the Risk Management Plan filed with the State showed a significant risk, then there would be the information availiable to detirmine the risk to surrounding buildings and population. There wasn't.
Crumbling infrastructure, poor maintainance and inadequate legislation and inspection are a far greater risk to America than a Thousand Bin Ladens but the US Government is obsessed with chasing bogeymen to appease it's people. The real danger to Homeland Security seems to sadly be the Americans.
I have great sympathy for those who have lost their lives but just like Gun massacres, these things will continue to happen until the US Citizens make change happen. However, that means more Tax and this goes fundementally against a large swathe of the population.
Interesting article about the politicans...
Rick Perry, Greg Abbott and the politics of never letting a crisis go to waste | Trail Blazers Blog
never let a crisis go to waste....meanwhile, they are still looking for the remains of perhaps 50 more people killed in the blast.
Looks like someone didn't do a proper job, either some Safety Agency, or some housing commission, or both, failed at their jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by airshifter
Why does the title of this thread keep making me think it's a tweet from George the junior?