This is the story of the world’s worst industrial disaster. Union Carbide – one of America’s most powerful corporations opened a pesticide-manufacturing plant in Bhopal. Five years later in 1984, financial pressures and cost-cutting decisions turned the plant into a time bomb, and the leaked

poisonous gas cost the lives of thousands.

Duration: 59 mins.

Location: India

Training Applications: (NB this is an important workshop ‘major hazard facilities’ to view)

• Chemical manufacturing

• Safety design issues

• Permit to work procedures

• Emergency procedures

• Safety and rescue systems

• Management decision making – production output versus safety considerations

• Statutory policymaking (national and international law)

• Cultural issues (ethics and values)

• Training and accreditation issues

• Handling and storage of dangerous goods

• Communication techniques

• Town planning

• Allocation of responsibility issues

• TRIAGE planning.