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CSB SAFETY VIDEOS DVD LIST - RELEASED JUNE 2013

ALSO AVAILABLE AT WWW.CSB.GOV AND WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USCSB

CLICK HERE TO REQUEST THE CSB'S SAFETY VIDEOS ON A THREE DVD SET

DISC ONE

1. Death in the Oilfield - An oil tank explosion kills three workers performing hot work.

2. Fire from Ice - Fire cripples a refinery after propane leaks from a frozen dead leg.

3. Static Sparks Explosion in Kansas - Static electricity ignites a storage tank, forcing a community to evacuate.

4. Emergency in Apex - A North Carolina town is evacuated when fire engulfs a hazardous waste depot.

5. Anatomy of a Disaster - A massive explosion kills 15 and injures 180 at the BP Texas City refinery.

6. Reactive Hazards - Four major accidents illustrate the dangers from uncontrolled chemical reactions.

7. Public Worker Safety - Two public employees burn to death performing unregulated hot work.

8. Explosion at Formosa Plastics (Illinois) - A preventable human error leads to a vinyl chloride explosion, killing five.

9. Hazards of Nitrogen Asphyxiation - Two contract workers suffocate while servicing a refinery process vessel.

10. Fire at Formosa Plastics (Texas) - Without safeguards, a small collision leads to a massive process fire.

11. Dangers of Propylene Cylinders - Gas cylinders, rocketing from a fire, endanger a St. Louis neighborhood.

12. Ethylene Oxide Explosion at Sterigenics - At a sterilization plant, bypassing a safety interlock has catastrophic results.

13. Dangers of Flammable Gas Accumulation - When acetylene explodes inside a shed,

three workers lose their lives.

14. Preventing Harm from NaHS - Sodium hydrosulfide may create deadly hazards at pulp mills, mines, and tanneries.

DISC TWO

1. Fire in the Valley - A runaway reaction at a pesticide plant causes a catastrophic explosion and fire.

2. Deadly Practices - Fires and explosions result from intentional releases of natural gas into work areas.

3. Dangers of Hot Work - Key lessons to prevent flammable vapor explosions caused by welding and cutting.

4. No Escape: Dangers of Confined Spaces - A chemical fire erupts deep in a hydroelectric

plant tunnel, trapping five workers.

5. No Place to Hang Out - After two friends die, Mississippi teens investigate the dangers of oil and gas sites.

6. Inferno: Explosion at Imperial Sugar - Accumulations of sugar dust fuel massive explosions, killing 14 workers.

7. Runaway: Explosion at T2 Laboratories - A heat-producing chemical reaction runs out of control, killing four workers.

8. Combustible Dust: An Insidious Hazard - Dust from industrial processes can become the fuel for devastating explosions.

9. Emergency Preparedness - Lessons from ten years of CSB investigations

on preparing for chemical disasters.

10. Half an Hour to Tragedy - Remaining too close to a propane leak proves fatal to responders and others.

11. Blast Wave in Danvers - Solvent vapor explodes at a Boston-area ink plant, devastating a neighborhood.

DISC 3

1. Deadly Contract – An explosion and fire in Waipahu, Hawaii kills five workers during an operation to dispose of contraband fireworks performed under a federal contract. 

2. Inherently Safer: The Future of Risk Reduction – An examination of the concept of inherent safety and its application across industry.  

3. Hotwork: Hidden Hazards - Welding on top of a storage tank containing flammable vapor leads to tragic consequences.

4. Iron in the Fire - Three separate iron dust fires occur in 2011 at the Hoeganaes plant in Gallatin, Tennessee.

5. Experimenting with Danger - Serious accidents in academic laboratories happen while conducting chemical research.

6. Fatal Exposure: Tragedy at DuPont - Three accidents occur over a 33-hour period at the DuPont plant in Belle, WV.

Bonus Feature: About the CSB - Describes how CSB investigations help to prevent major chemical accidents.

 

 

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