Working in Education

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Communication During the September 11 Attacks, Forensic Engineering, Aviation Accidents and Incidents, Rms Titanic, Hindenburg Disaster, Aggie Bonfire, Buncefield Fire, Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Repair in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina, Engineering Ethics, Salton Sea, Ps General Slocum, Hms Captain, New River, Big Dig Ceiling Collapse, Byford Dolphin, Studénka Train Disaster, Casco Class Monitor, Mv Derbyshire, Westinghouse J40, Flixborough Disaster, Clyde Arc, Lake Peigneur, Life-Critical System, Cave Creek Disaster, Nicoll Highway Collapse, Gerrards Cross Tunnel Collapse, March 2008 Manhattan Construction Crane Collapse, Versailles Rail Accident, Robb Engineering, Birkenhead Dock Disaster, Knox Mine Disaster, List of Modern Infrastructure Failures, 2001 Humber Refinery Explosion, May 2008 Manhattan Construction Crane Collapse. Excerpt: The 2001 Humber Refinery explosion was a major incident at the then Conoco -owned Humber Refinery at South Killingholme in North Lincolnshire . A large explosion occurred on the Saturate Gas Plant area of the site on Easter Monday , 16 April 2001 at approximately 2:20 p.m. There were no fatalities, but two people were injured. Effects The incident temporarily shut down the entire refinery and caused oil prices to increase. Damage was caused to the nearby villages of North and South Killingholme as well as the nearby town of Immingham - mainly doors being blown from their hinges and windows being blown in.HSE investigation ConocoPhillips , as the company is now known, was investigated and subsequently fined £895,000 and ordered to pay £218,854 costs by the Health and Safety Executive for failing to effectively monitor the degradation of the refinery's pipework. The company pleaded guilty to these charges in court and has since im...