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Tutorial 1: Union Carbide (India) Ltd.

Tutorial 1: Union Carbide (India) Ltd. Roshanak Moradi Munira Jessa SY DE 142 – May 10, 2004 Introduction to Human Systems Engineering Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Union Carbide (India) Ltd. A synopsis from INVITING DISASTER: LESSONS FROM THE EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY, by J. R. CHILES

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Tutorial 1: Union Carbide (India) Ltd.

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  1. Tutorial 1:Union Carbide (India) Ltd. Roshanak Moradi Munira Jessa SY DE 142 – May 10, 2004 Introduction to Human Systems Engineering Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  2. Union Carbide (India) Ltd. • A synopsis from INVITING DISASTER: LESSONS FROM THE EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY, by J. R. CHILES “Union Carbide (India) Ltd. Plant: Release of Highly toxic chemicals into CommunityBhopal, Mahdya Pradesh , IndiaDecember 3rd, 1984”

  3. “According to Indian government, factory producing highly toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) for herbicides was poorly maintained, particularly safety equipment. Storage tank vented tons of MIC after water from pipe-washing job accidentally got into tank, causing violent reaction that remaining safeties could not handle. Union Carbide claims worker sabotage put water into tank; third theory says workers mistakenly put water into tank to “cool it off”. Deaths: officially estimated 7,000.” from Inviting Disaster, p.306

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