Disaster

Australia’s worst mine disasters With a mining industry as large as Australia's it should come as no surprise that we have a vast history of accidents, varying in size. The worst mining disaster in the history of Australia occurred in 1902 at Mount Kembla mine and claimed the lives of 96 miners. The incident was the result of an explosion. 81 miners were killed in the 1887 gas explosion in the Bulli Mine. The loss of life left 150 children fatherless and around 50 women were suddenly widows…

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster The Fukushima nuclear disaster was caused by chain of events early March of 2011. On the morning of the 11th there was a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan. The Tohoku earthquake caused a 128 meter tsunami which hit the eastern coast of Japan. During the events of the earthquake and tsunami the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered heavy equipment failures. These equipment failures lead to three of six reactors melting down and another…

Engineering Disasters As talented as engineers may be, it is inventible that during their career they might make a mistake. As humans, it is known that one is not perfect and is more than capable of making the wrong decisions. There are a few engineers who were so closed minded and arrogant that their actions have lead to engineering disasters. Some of those engineers were in control room 4 on the faithful night of April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (Zero Hour Disaster at…

The Challenger disaster is a tragic example of contradicting proper management and engineering decisions. The management on the The Space Center were informed about Morton Thiokol engineers recommendation againts launching Challenger space shuttle. Unfortunately, The Space Center chose to ignore that option. Vice president of Morton Thiokol, only considering about business profit, even persuaded the supervising engineer at that time to “take off your engineering hat and put on your management…

39 years ago , an unprecedented nuclear accident equate Chernobyl to disaster. On April 26, 1986 morning, the Soviet Union 's first nuclear power plant exploded,which located in Chernobyl,Ukraine. The radioactive dust generated by the accident resulting in 400 times than the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, stronger. April 26th is the 39th anniversary of the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident,39years later,how is Chernobyl now? It is not easy to answer the question before…

there have been 44 disaster declarations, 6 emergency declarations, and 33 fire management assistance declarations across the United States. (Disaster Declarations by Year) Natural disasters like these can impact whole towns, destroying both homes and businesses alike. “Forty percent of businesses never reopen after a natural disaster strikes”. (Program Management) Emergency Preparedness and disaster recovery plans are a critical aspect of businesses “comeback” from the disaster. Business…

literature review was to study about quality could mean the difference between excellence and disaster on a real life project. Therefore, the literature review discussed a space shuttle project the Challenger shuttle disaster. The first part of the literature review discussed the Vaughan’s (1996) analysis, which found the human errors are one of the main reasons of resulting the Challenger shuttle disaster. Also, by outlining Perrow’s (1999) Normal Accident Theory, it argues that complex…

After watching the numerous videos on the Challenger Disaster, it is obvious the management decision lacked communication, connected with a management system that allowed NASA to neglect safety requirements, leading to the cause of the Challenger disaster. The management decisions on the Challenger were rushed interested in the shuttle going into space. NASA concerned by the money aspect than the safety of the astronauts. There were obvious signs the shuttle would run into some problems such as…

Disaster recovery and business continuity planning are often used together and sometime employers think they are the same, but disaster recovery planning is different from business continuity planning. Disaster recovery deals with being consistent with pre-planning actions that will help the business be prepared after a disaster strike whether it’s natural or human- error, and business continuity deals with preventing the Disaster from happening(if it’s possible). Business continuity planning…

disintegrated nearing the conclusion of its 28th mission killing all seven crew members on board. This occurred whilst re-entering the atmosphere over Texas, intending to land at Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre. Subsequent investigations, determined the disaster was predominantly caused by a failure which occurred seconds after the January 16 launch. Remnants of the shuttles foam insulation broke off from the external fuel tank and at extreme speeds the shuttle collided with the foam, the impact…