No Way Down: Chemical release at Wacker Polysilicon

Hell yeah, new USCSB video! I've said it before, I'll say it again for anyone new to the USCSB videos:

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, they 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.

The detail in this video seems stepped up even further just randomly clicking around to give myself a little taste; they rendered the casting line on one of the flanges, the torque wrench is an actual, and lesser known, brand that I fully believe was the actual torque wrench used.

The USCSB and these videos are easily one of the best use of federal tax dollars I've ever witnessed.

Gotta love that red-tailed eaglehawk scream, too. :D

Seriously though, these are exemplary safety videos, and worth watching, even if you aren't in the industry. The failure chains are maddeningly familiar no matter what.