Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
You may have read about the 2007 incident at T2 laboratories in Florida - the explosion killed four of the company's 12 employees, injured four other workers and 28 community members.
It was the 175th time the T2 personnel were running the reaction to produce methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MCMT), a gasoline additive.
What was so ...
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
Take a look at the following video and let me know what you think.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo
Posted in Human Factors, Process Safety, Risk Perception, Safety Minute | 2 Comments »
Monday, July 27th, 2009
In our daily lives we often become immune to risks around us. For example, there are around 40,000 annual fatalities from automobile accidents in the US and yet we do not think twice before getting into their cars. We eat a burger ignoring the risks of heart problems!
Why do we ...
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