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The danger of popcorn polymer: Incident at the TPC Group chemical plant

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    AugustusFerdinand
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    I knew @cfabbro was a man of taste and distinction. I haven't watched this video yet because when these come out I make it a point to provide time for completely undivided attention to them. The...

    I knew @cfabbro was a man of taste and distinction.

    I haven't watched this video yet because when these come out I make it a point to provide time for completely undivided attention to them. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's youtube channel is easily one of my top 5 channels. They put out production quality and detail that this engineering nerd simply cannot get enough of and is miles above what any government entity would be expected to produce. Simple panning shots that have corrosion and galvanization textures applied to pipes that no one else would expect you to apply to an educational video. Each video has been better than the last. The Transient Hazards video had full renderings of debris puncturing another tank, that tank leaking with steam coming off the physics modeled stream to indicate it was obviously hot, falling down onto hill with actual blades of grass rendered instead of just a green hill for example.
    And the narration is superb.

    Without sensationalism, the expertly explain what happened, how it happened, the science behind why a process is done, how it went wrong, what should have been done to prevent it, what could be done further to prevent it in the future, and the recommendations they're making to keep it from happening again.
    Sadly, some of the videos have endings along the lines of "we've made this recommendation before" to show that the USCSB is often screaming into the void while the powers that be that can change and enforce the rules ignore them because it might cost some company a few dollars a year to prevent a disaster or save lives.

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    1. cfabbro
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      It was you (plus @Loire in the comments) that got me absolutely hooked on USCSB videos to begin with. So you can both pat yourselves on the back for that. ;)

      It was you (plus @Loire in the comments) that got me absolutely hooked on USCSB videos to begin with. So you can both pat yourselves on the back for that. ;)

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