Seismic Seconds - The Bhopal Gas Disaster Part 2 of 3

[@mrkipling2201]

The sadly ironic thing is that it cost Union Carbide much, much more money because of the disaster than if they’d just kept the safety measures running……

[@paulbiner5437]

Maybe in this case it did, but in capitalist america, it is often much cheaper for companies to avoid safety and health regulations and then pay off the families of whoever they kill or suffer a small fine from regulators who dont exist.

[@WolfmanDude]

Thank you so much for uploading this, I really like the technical detail of this documentary! Every other documentary always just talks about the effects rather than the technical cause!

[@Goodiesfanful]

According to another Bhopal disaster KZbin video, a dangerous, non-regulation shortcut for pipe cleaning enabled water to get into the tank. It was not just water pipes backing up.

[@leepakkumarsahoo9827]

Plant maintenance shouldn't be compromised.

[@Goodiesfanful]

leepak kumar Sahoo unfortunately, all too easy to get compromised in a third world country where things like corruption and less regard for human safety are problematic.

[@Hypernl]

Part 1 is gone, can someone upload it please?

[@Goodiesfanful]

I've read that nowadays chemical plants store MIC in small quantities because of this accident. But why the heck did they store it in such huge quantities at Bhopal in the first place? I know part of it was lack of production of Sevin, so the MIC piled up, but was it common practice at the time to store MIC in such quantities?

[@djm55]

No government regulations in Bhopal. Bottom line, they did it because they could, and it was cheaper to obtain and store large quantities.

[@arhamgamer0142]

Because before this accident no one knows how dangerous the MIC gas is except Union Carbide so no one raises there voice and they stored tons of it if the workers were trained and have putted the slide between the pipes before washing this tragedy would have never happened.

[@mrkipling2201]

4 methods of safety at the plant and none of them worked!!!! Money over lives yet again

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Nothing more dangerous than holding litres of Methylisocyanate within the city limits of Bhopal Or storing 2600kg of Nitrogen rich Ammonium nitrate in Beirut

[@R.Clayton]

thx 4 the upload keep em coming :D

[@AnilKumar-ji6yp]

Your are so old

[@CK_SHAYRI]

The railway men series

[@IsmailKhan-np8cn]

switching off the cooling system is the most stupid step taken ever

[@Goodiesfanful]

Turning off the refrigeration was to save money as their budget had been cut. And it was only one of the safety measures to fail because of the cost-cutting, which led to poor maintenance, cutting corners (which always asks for trouble), disregarding standard procedures, and having cheaper but less well-trained staff, many of whom did not fully understand the dangers of what they were dealing with because of cultural differences.

[@Prajitrtz1]

Thanks to the western run management and cost cutting measures. 🙄

[@vedantsoni5512]

so stupid of switching off the cooling system🙅

[@Goodiesfanful]

Just one of all the stupid things they did that led to the accident, and all to cut costs.

[@Goodiesfanful]

Why did they need to keep so much MIC on site in the first place? How much do you need to make Sevin?

[@extremehossinfinity7133]

Because they overestimated the demand and sales capacity

[@RhuBin02]

Greed for the Profit they gained from pesticides.it's effect still exist there in Bhopal and Always will be until the earth exists

[@autoiko4300]

In the plant's early years, starting in 1969, when it was only a few small facilities, MIC was delivered rather sparingly (even more so with phosgene). As the demand rose, however, the plant gradually installed three large tanks over the years. Throughout the 70s, business was booming for Union Carbide, because not only was MIC cheap, but the chemical reaction was cheap and fast. To produce Sevin (aka, Carbaryl), you mix MIC with 1-Naphthol, both of which you can buy off the shelf (which is super convenient for companies) - you don't waste time and resources trying to make it yourself. Unfortunately for Union Carbide, by 1980, much safer pesticide production and manufacturing techniques were being produced without using MIC. At the same time, the worldwide demand for pesticides was declining; however, Sevin remained dirt cheap and plentiful in India, so the factory was kept online. Even more so, it was also one of the highest paying sources of work within Bhopal at the time. In fact, the labor cost was much cheaper in India compared to that in the USA; the technologies and design of the plant was simple, unlike its sophisticated counterpart [and supposed inspiriation] in West Virigina. Nonetheless, standards were deteriorating throughout the years, as stated by Maintenance Superintendent, Kamel Pareek. The factory's Storage Area Operator, T.R. Chouhan, elaborates upon these shortcuts and hazards, both in his book 'Bhopal - The Inside Story' and his interviews. You can learn more from these two gentlemen. Union Carbide did do a safety survey in 1982 on the plant itself, and not only found, but knew of all the problems there. They did another survey in mid 1984, not long after some close calls at their West Virginia plant - They found eerie similarities between Bhopal and West Virginia's leakages and hazards. Perhaps most concerning of all, both facilities stored MIC in large vessels, and Union Carbide thereafter planned to replace them entirely. Unfortunately, the Bhopal disaster slashed those hopes...

[@mrkipling2201]

@@autoiko4300 the slip blind not being installed was the first safety feature to fail. After that, well it was just a catalogue of failures. It would actually be laughable if it hadn’t caused the deaths of thousands of people.

[@92ahmadfaraz]

There is a same unit in sadara chemical plant jubail

[@janerikraquel5248]

Switching the cooling system is a no no

[@novembergosh]

thanks....

[@ka3boool2010]

thnx man.. :]

[@kuldeep9167]

Low cost manpower

[@ayushkumarjha9921]

I watched this documentary 11 years ago

[@Redddeadhead]

Good for you.

[@Cerberus957]

@12moshpit Yeah, really. Why don't they just take out all the safty devices in the first place. They have some big idiots working there.

[@execution1980]

Thx to andreson my immune system is better than y'all

[@ranapratapsingh3416]

Sadly the worst party is running the government of India during the disaster.