Flirting With Disaster - The Importance of Safety: Crash Course Engineering #28

The video emphasizes the importance of safety in engineering, highlighting historical events like the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the Chernobyl disaster to illustrate the evolution of safety culture. It distinguishes between occupational and public safety, and outlines practical steps for safety analysis and review. The video also discusses designing out hazards, implementing procedural safeguards, and the dangers of excessive alarms, using the Texaco Pembroke Refinery explosion as an example. It concludes by stressing the need for a strong safety culture in engineering projects.

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