Preview of “No Place to Hang Out: The Danger of Oil Sites,” an 11 minute video that will be released at 10 am CDT on 4.13.2010. The video tells the story of the tragic deaths of 18-year-old Wade White and 16-year-old Devon Byrd, killed October 31, 2009, when an oil tank, located in a clearing [Continue]
“No Place to Hang Out” tells the tragic story of Devon Byrd and Wade White, two Mississippi teenagers who were killed October 31, 2009, in an oil tank explosion. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d589').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has collected information on a number of oil tank explosions between 1985 and 2008 that resulted in fatal injuries to teenagers and young adults. In general, these occurred when teenagers were gathering, socializing, or playing around petroleum storage tanks. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d590').each( function(e) { [Continue]
Key lessons to prevent flammable vapor explosions caused by welding and cutting. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d591').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]
Surveillance Video Footage Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d586').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]
An animation detailing proper purging procedures, originally used at the CSB’s public meeting in Raleigh, NC to update the public on the board’s ongoing investigation into the June 9, 2009, natural gas explosion and fire at the ConAgra facility in Garner, NC. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d587').each( function(e) { [Continue]
Improperly installed or modified pressure vessels have led to a number of serious chemical accidents. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d584').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]
Video Camera Footage from November 4, 2009, explosion and fire at the Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross, UT. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d585').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]
A massive dust explosion kills 14 and injures 36 Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d583').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]
A runaway chemical reaction takes the lives of four workers in Jacksonville, Florida. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d582').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]