U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a compilation of safety videos, “Safety Videos Volume 2,” which highlight the investigation findings from several major incidents in recent years, and discuss the hazards associated with them. With its videos, CSB hopes to encourage viewers to apply lessons learned to real-world plant operations.
“Fatal Exposure: Tragedy at DuPont” details three incidents over a 33-hour period at the DuPont plant in Belle, WV; “Experimenting With Danger” focuses on hazards associated with conducting research at chemical laboratories in academic institutions; and “Iron in the Fire” discusses three 2011 iron dust fires that occurred at the Hoeganaes plant in Gallatin, TN.
The agency says it will continue to distribute “Safety Videos Volume 1,” a two-disc set of 25 videos released between December 2005 and March 2011. All safety videos are distributed free of charge. To date, more than 100,000 DVDs have been distributed, and downloads and streams from the agency’s website and YouTube channel total more than 1 million.
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