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Carnival Triumph

A leaking flexible pipe started a fire in the Engine Room aboard the Carnival Triumph during its return journey from Mexico in early 2013. The fire caused minor damage in one, very important section of the Engine Room leading to a total loss of Mains Power. With only intermittent Emergency Power and over 4,000 people on board the ship drifted with the currents before it was tugged finally to safety. The Netflix Documentary 'Poop Cruise' looked at the human consequences...we dive into the engineering design that was inherently flawed from Day One.With John Chidgey.Formal Report: BMA Investigation Report (PDF) News Releases and Articles: Carnival Cruises issues statement Carnival Triumph set sail with problems Stricken cruise ship docks How Poop Cruise Crisis Reshaped Cruising General Information: Trainwreck Poop Cruise (Netflix) Failure Domain Cruise Lines International Association Understanding Cruise Passenger Rights Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle, Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto and Steve Branam.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Ian Gallagher and Jamie Russell.

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25 min
30 ABR

Bayer CropScience

After an extended outage of the Methomyl Unit at the Bayer facility in Institute, West Virginia, the decision was made to commence a restart of the Unit even though the DCS upgrade was still incomplete and the newly replaced Residue Treater hadn't been fully recommissioned. An incident whose root cause was years in the making would ultimately cost two people their lives.With John Chidgey.Related Episodes: Causality Episode 26: Bhopal Formal Reports: Bayer CropScience Pesticide Waste Tank Explosion CSB Final Report (PDF) CSB Final Report News Release CSB Hearing Testimony (PDF) Public Meeting Transcript News Releases and Articles: Lawsuit links student’s death to ‘08 Bayer explosion Bayer Settles 2008 Fatal Plant Explosion Lawsuit Bayer cited, fined in fatal explosion at plant in August General Information: Bayer Insecticide Ovicide Organising for Safety: How Structure Creates Culture Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Ian Gallagher and Jamie Russell.

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50 min
08/07/2018

Chernobyl

The largest nuclear incident in human history released an estimated 400 times the radioactive material compared to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It all happened because of a test that was delayed by one shift, or was it the ultimate inevitability of a flawed reactor design?With John Chidgey.Prior Episode References: Causality Episode 3: Fukushima Causality Episode 17: Three Mile Island Technical References: Iodine-135 Periodic Table List of Chemical Elements Xenon Poisoning in Reactors Nuclear Energy Slides [PDF] Neutron Cross-Section Radiation burn RBMK Reactors Positive Void Coefficient Timelines: Chernobyl Accident Timeline Chernobyl Timeline Of A Nuclear Nightmare What Caused The Disaster Timeline Of Events The Chernobyl Gallery Chernobyl Disaster Chernobyl Sequence of Events Essays, Regulations and Miscellaneous: Chernobyl Essay [PDF] Regulation for 3rd and 4th Reactor [PDF] Regulations and ORM in Chernobyl’ disaster Individual involvement in the Chernobyl disaster New Safe Confinement Chernobyl New Safe Confinement Plans for New Nuclear Reactors Worldwide Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producers: Carsten Hansen and John Whitlow.

08/07/2018

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47 min
31 MAR

West Fertilizer Company

In the early hours of the evening on the 17th of April, 2013 in the small city of West, Texas...smoke was seen emanating from the West Fertilizer Company building. In 20 minutes there was a massive explosion that levelled the facility and its surroundings, killing 15 people and injuring hundreds more. How this came to be, represented a failure of regulations, planning and grandfathering on every level.With John Chidgey.Related Episodes: Causality Episode 44: Warehouse 12 Formal Reports: Preliminary Findings Chemical Safety Board (PDF) Final Chemical Safety Board Report (PDF) West Fertilizer Explosion and Fire CSB releases final report on West, TX blast News Releases and Articles: Fire that led to Texas fertilizer-plant explosion was deliberately set West Texas Plant Explosion Regulations: Code of Practice: Safe storage of Solid Ammonium Nitrate (PDF) General Information: West Fertilizer Company Explosion West, Texas Polyolefin Asphalt Shingle Ammonium nitrate | H3N.HNO3 | CID 22985 - PubChem This Month in Fire History: April 2024 City of West to Receive $10.4 Million in Lawsuit Settlement Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Ian Gallagher and Jamie Russell.

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31 min
06/12/2019

Walkerton

In 2000 the small township of Walkerton Ontario witnessed the largest outbreak of E.Coli infections in Canada's history. The water utility claimed the town water was safe, but it wasn't and many people paid with their lives.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: Walkerton Ontario Toronto Ontario Walkerton E. coli Outbreak Death On Tap: The Poisoning Of Walkerton (Google Text-only Cache) The Walkerton Inquiry Report Heavy Rainfall and Waterborne Disease Outbreaks: The Walkerton Example Factors That Led To The Walkerton Tragedy Walkerton Death Toll Revised Ontario Pays $72M To Victims Of Walkerton The Walkerton Tragedy Inside Walkerton: Canada’s Worst-ever E. coli Contamination Walkerton Water Crisis Follow-up Town Finds Crisis Sharply Painful Walkerton 2 years later Walkerton Water Declared Safe To Drink Definition of Incompetent Grandfather Clause Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producers: Carsten Hansen, John Whitlow, Joseph Antonio and Kevin Koch.With thanks to Jon Paul for the topic suggestion.

06/12/2019

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34 min
15/07/2022

Hyatt Regency Kansas City

The tallest building in Missouri with a large atrium perfect for big bands and dancing, hosted a regular Tea Dance in the summer of 1981. When two walkways collapsed killing over a hundred people, the investigators found multiple fundamental design errors. We look at how assumptions, redrafting conventions and negligence led to an incident that has become the case study in how not to do civil structural design.With John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Create your own Credited Soundbite Links of Interest: Tea dance Fast-track construction Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse Strength Requirements by Grades All Thread Rod Wide Flange Beam Dimensions Chart Obituary for Jack D. Gillum Hotel Horror from Kansas City History The Engineer of Record and Design Responsibility Engineering Analysis: Investigation of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkways Collapse (Link to PDF) Understanding the Tragic Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse 1981 Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse The Hyatt Regency Disaster Revisited Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research by Caroline Whitbeck Chronology And Context Of The Hyatt Regency Collapse by Gregory P. Luth (PDF) News Articles: The Kansas City Hyatt Disaster 30 Years Later Collapse Did Not Involve Safety Violations Walkway Swayed To The Rhythm Of Dancers 18th July 1981 Hyatt collapse Hyatt Regency Skywalk Collapse Memorial Dedicated In 2015 1981 Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse Hyatt Regency Collapse Remains Among The Deadliest In USA History Engineers Are Held At Fault In 1981 Hotel Disaster Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r' and Steven Bridle.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Kevin Koch, Shane O'Neill, Lesley, Hafthor, Jared, Bill, Joel Maher, Katharina Will and Dave Jones.

15/07/2022

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42 min
26/11/2020

Variola Birmingham

In 1978 on the cusp of the eradication of SmallPox a Medical Photographer became infected and would ultimately die from the Variola virus. We look at how admiration, promotion and delegation led to a wholly avoidable outcome.With John Chidgey.Investigation Report: The Shooter Report (PDF) Medical Analyses: CDC Analysis of the R0 of SmallPox (PDF) Links of Potential Interest: SmallPox History of Smallpox Biosafety Level 4 A Bioweapon Expert Explains Four Ways A Pathogen Can Escape From A Lab Review of Medical Errors in Laboratory Diagnostics and Where We Are Today Pathogens Sometimes Escape the Lab With Deadly Results 1970s Chinese pandemic was a lab mistake Bio-Unsafety Level 3: Could the Next Lab Accident Result in a Pandemic? SmallPox is not Dead Caroline Foulkes looks back at the 1978 outbreak Smallpox virus retention debate Lessons learned from smallpox outbreak Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Oliver Steele, Lesley Law Chan, Hafthor and Shane O'Neill.

26/11/2020

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35 min
29/04/2018

Milford Haven

A turning point in control systems user interface design and alarm management happened in an unlikely place that few have ever heard of. We look at what went wrong at Milford Haven.With John Chidgey.Links of potential interest: The explosion and fires at the Texaco Refinery, Milford Haven Milford Haven HSE Accident Report [PDF] Alarm Management Abnormal Situation Management [PDF] Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producers: Chris Stone and Carsten Hansen.

29/04/2018

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32 min
18/11/2022

Instituto Goiano de Radioterapia

When a radiation therapy machine was left behind during a move between buildings in central Brazil, it set in motion a series of events that would lead to one of the worst radiological incidents in history. We look into how bureaucracy and misdiagnosis cost four people their lives and how the actions of a concerned mother with no medical experience, saved the lives of countless more.With John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Create your own Credited Soundbite Official Report: The Radiological Accident in Goiânia (PDF) Links of Interest: Goiânia Accident IGR - Instituto Goiano de Radiologia Teletherapy Capsule Becquerel The Goiânia Incident Caesium Gray Other Reports and Articles: The most rambling and insane nuclear accident in history (Italian) Doctors and the radioactive accident (Portugese) Notes on nuclear energy. What lawyers should know about nuclear technology (Spanish) Goiânia Brazil 1987 - Rick On Theater Caesium Radiation Goiania Brazil - 1102 The blue powder entranced…then it killed… The Response to Technological Accidents: The Case of Radioactive Accident in Goiania (PDF) (Portugese) News Articles: Victims of Radiation Ostracised in Brazil A Brazilian burglar stole a capsule… The Perception of Individuals Involved in the Accident With Caesium-137 Two Radiation Victims Die The Goiâna Incident - NCT Magazine Related Incidents: List of orphan source incidents Samut Prakan radiation accident Origin of Cobalt-60 traced to Delhi University 1962 Mexico City radiation accident Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r' and Steven Bridle.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Kevin Koch, Shane O'Neill, Lesley, Jared, Joel Maher, Katharina Will, Dave Jones and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.With thanks to Shane O'Neill for the topic suggestion.

18/11/2022

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33 min
27/08/2023

I35 West

The I35W bridge over the Mississippi River carried 140,000 cars every day. Inspections in 1999 and 2003 showed damage to support plates that was dismissed as unimportant at the time. We look into how poor design checking and assumptions led to the bridge collapsing in 2007, costing the lives of 13 people.With John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Only a Handful of T-Shirts Left! Reports: Collapse of I-35W Highway Bridge Minneapolis, Minnesota August 1, 2007 (PDF) General Information: I-35W Mississippi River bridge URS Corporation Sverdrup & Parcel Gusset Plate Articles: Design errors factor in 2007 bridge collapse NTSB releases final report Despite final NTSB report, some still have questions Videos: Inside a Catastrophic Minneapolis Bridge Collapse (YouTube) Litigation: NTSB is wrong about cause of bridge collapse Last Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Lawsuit Settled For $52.4 Million Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r' and Steven Bridle.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Lesley, Jared Roman, Joel Maher, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Dave Jones and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.With thanks to Joe Stariha for the topic suggestion.

27/08/2023

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Carnival Triumph

Bayer CropScience

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West Fertilizer Company

Walkerton

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Variola Birmingham

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