Updated BP Texas City Animation on the 15th Anniversary of the Explosion
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends the CSB's accident reconstruction animations as clear, worthwhile case studies of industrial disasters.
What it is
The US Chemical Safety Board's updated animation of the 2005 BP Texas City refinery explosion, which killed 15 workers. It was released ahead of a process safety training application.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2022 to 2025.
What Hacker News said
Recommends nickpinkston · 2023-03 · on “The Social Radars: Conversations with Startup Founders”
Yea, that's an interesting perspective. I do wondering if we can learn from a related, but successful form of failure content, which is the disaster/accident investigation videos. I watch a wide range from the classic TV airliner crashes [1], to highly detailed air crash disaster investigation reports / training [2], to industrial / other accidents [3], to gov't industrial accidents reports / simulations [4]. I wonder if there's anything to be gained from way that content succeeds while business failures don't? Is it just that startup failures aren't as dramatic? It's not a clear-cut kind of narrative that's satisfying? No idea... These are all great: [1] Tenerife Crash for TV: [LINK] [2] Te
Recommends Lammy · 2025-03 · on “Chasing RFI Waves – Part Seven”
> I read about it in one of the disaster reports about the Texas City BP refinery explosion. Relevant part of USCSB accident reconstruction animation: [this video] (but worth watching the whole thing!)
Cites bendbro · 2022-10 · on “Bizarre Vintage Photos of Steam Engines After a Boiler Explosion”
> fire tube This has a similar style to oilfield names. I giggle when I hear them used in USCSB disaster videos. > An entry in the centralized control room logbook: “ISOM: Brought in some raff to unit, to pack raff with” You don't say. And this led to an explosion? [LINK] [LINK] [this video]