{"product_id":"9789381904909","title":"The Two Largest Industrial Disasters in History with Hazardous Material","description":"The story of the investigation of the MIC toxic gas tragedy in Bhopal (more than 3,700 deaths)and the LPG disaster in Mexico City (500 fatalities), the difficult circumstances of the investigations and the results. Have we learned any lessons? \u003cbr\u003eUnique information like the original technical drawings of the Bhopal plant. \u003cbr\u003eInformation about LPG safety, also by describing other LPG disasters. Various explosions (BLEVE's) of LPG road tankers are discussed.\u003cbr\u003eThe underlying causes of the failure of safety management. Developments in 25 years are analysed. The disasters of 1984, compared with more recent incidents, such as an explosion in a furnace (Geleen, 2003), and the refinery disaster in Texas (USA) in 2005. \u003cbr\u003eLand use planning policies failed dramatically in Mexico and Bhopal. The existing (QRA) policy in Europe for \"safe distances\" around plants with hazardous substances will prevent that large number of victims are likely. However, the underlying causes of Mexico City and Bhopal are still present. \u003cbr\u003eProcess Safety Annexes: Contemporary methods for process safety as HAZOP, LOPA, SIL and incident investigation (Tripod) are described and elaborated through examples.","brand":"K W Publishers Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059984089328,"sku":"9789381904909","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789381904909_p0.jpg?v=1763674853","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789381904909","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}