O1301 M1L1 History of Safety

OSHT 1301 - Introduction to Safety and Health Module 1 - Lecture 1

Significant Incidents in the History of Safety and Health

1919

Molasses Disaster

Purity Distilling

1911

Fire

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

1905-1919

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1909

Fire

Cherry Mine

1907

Explosion

Monogah Mine

1905

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Grover Shoe Factory

1984

Chemical Release

Union CarbideBhopal, India

1979

Nuclear Incident

Three Mile Island

1930-1984

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1968

Explosion

Farmington Mine

1947

Explosion

Texas City Port

1930

Exposure

Hawks Nest Tunnel

2005

Explosion

BP Texas City Refinery

1995

Bombing

Oklahoma City

1985-2005

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1991

Plant Fire

Imperial Food

1989

Oil Spill

Exxon Valdez

1985

Explosion

Texas Eastern Gas

2010

Explosion

pacific Gas & Electric Pipeline

2010

Explosion / Oil Spill

BP Deepwater Horizon

2008-2010

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2010

Explosion

Tesoro Anacortes Refinery

2010

Explosion

Upper Big Branch Mine

2008

Explosion

Imperial Sugar Company

2021

Explosion

Targa Pipeline Mid-Continent WestTex

2019

H2S Release

Aghorn Operating

1920-1960

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2019

Explosion

Kinder Morgan Pipeline

2013

Explosion

Williams Olefins Plant

2013

Explosion

West Fertilizer Company

Cherry Mine By Unknown author - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18016004Grover Shoe Factory By Abert F. Pierce, History of the Brockton Relief Fund - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2097628 Monongah Mine Disaster By Unknown author - The Spokane Press. (Spokane, Wash.), 13 Dec. 1907. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress; Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37167334 Purity Distilling By BPL - https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/4901555337/ Panorama of the Molasses Disaster site, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=236987 Texas City Port By http://digital.lib.uh.edu/u?/p15195coll4,8, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11834216 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory By Unknown author - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14685005

References (Timeline 1905-1919)

Farmington Mine By Unknown author - http://www.msha.gov/DISASTER/FARM/FARM4.asp, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1031127 Hawks Nest Tunnel By Jarek Tuszyński - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=103008162 Texas City Port By http://digital.lib.uh.edu/u?/p15195coll4,8, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11834216 Three Mile Island By United States Department of Energy - Copyright status: Identified on DOE page as "DOE photo", i.e. not copyrighted., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1111348 Union Carbide By Bhopal Medical Appeal - https://www.flickr.com/photos/44868727@N02/14119398488/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116734056

References (Timeline 1930-1984)

BP Texas City Refinery By Chemical safety and hazards investigation board - http://www.csb.gov/assets/news/image/BP_PLANT_EXPLOSION-1_lowres2.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19192207 Exxon Valdez By USGov-DOC-NOAA - en:NOAA photo and text(NOAA site via web.archive.org)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5312363 Imperial Food - Chicken Plant By Jack Yates, United States Fire Administration - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2674985 Oklahoma City By Staff Sergeant Preston Chasteen - DefenseImagery.mil[dead link] (F-3203-SPT-95-000023-XX-0198)Alternate: Introduction to Homeland Security (2nd ed.), p. 30, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2003793 Upper Big Branch Mine By Brian Stansberry (photographer) - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68592438

References (Timeline 1985-2005)

BP Deepwater Horizon By Unknown author - US Coast Guard - 100421-G-XXXXL- Deepwater Horizon fire (Direct link), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10089914 Imperial Sugar Company By U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board - ftp://ftp.csb.gov/imperialsugar , linked at [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4254393 Pacific Gas and Electric Pipeline By Bryan - cropped from Close Up Pictures of Gas Line Explosion Damage, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11465628 Tesoro Anacortes Refinery By Walter Siegmund (talk) - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3413542 Upper Big Branch Mine By Brian Stansberry (photographer) - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68592438

References (Timeline 2008-2010)

Aghorn Operating by US Chemical Safety Board - U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, Public Domain, https://www.csb.gov/aghorn-operating-waterflood-station-hydrogen-sulfide-release-/ Kinder Morgan Pipleline By Beeblebrox - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11654946 Targa Pipeline Mid-Continent West Tex by Beeblebrox, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons West Fertilizer Company By Shane Torgerson - Aerial photo taken from my plane Previously published: Facebook and Flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25727808 Williams Olefine Plant By US Chemical Safety Board - U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38300576

References (Timeline 2013-2021)

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