Bhopal Gas Tragedy, India Case Study

A case study analyzing the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, its causes, consequences, and lessons in environmental safety.

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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY,INDIA CASE STUDYThe incident investigation should deal with the chemical accident presented below. The case study should include thefollowing components:A brief introduction of the scene and the accidentSafety and health impacts of the accidentA statement on the legal aspects of the incidentAnalysis of the key points from a project management perspective about the incident and accidentSummary of the article’s conclusions and your own opinionsConduct a Case Study on this disaster identifying safety management, safety audits, accident investigation,and industrial hygiene issues.Your Case Study should be a minimum of 500–600 words and contain thecomponents listed above.Below I haveattached all of the references that can be utilized to conductthis case study.No otherreference material can be used.An APA formatted reference sheethas also been attached.The Bhopal Incident:On 2 December1984, a pesticide factory owned by an American multinational-the Union Carbide Corporation leakeda large amount of poisonous gas into the air surrounding a small and impoverished town called Bhopal, India. Theimmediate death toll has been estimated to be around 7,000 people, and the death toll from long-term healthproblems now stands at 25,000–and a further 25,000 people in the slums around the factory continue to bepoisoned by the chemicals that have been left behind.25 years have passed from the time those hours of darkness of fright and fatality in Bhopal,which saw a shade of poisonous gases blow up out of a defective reservoir in an insect killerplant and without a sound reach into the homes of inactive citizens. Even though noadministrative add up of losses has still not been completed, estimates based on hospital andtreatment proceedings demonstrate so as to about 20,000 citizens died and as regards 5.7 lakhsuffered physical injury and harms, this is by far the world's most horrible industrialized tragedyalways.Peoplewhoin tooktheextremelypoisonousand deadly concoctionin thosehours of darknesshad sufferedahorrifyingdemisewithnumerousorganbreakdown. Those whoare stillsurvivinghavebeen sufferingnumerousdiseasesfor 25 years.In the early morning of 3rdDecember 1984 a tank which contained 43 tones of MIC. The MICoverheated and due to this the MIC gas mixtures were released which took no time to spread all

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