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The causes of failure can be classified as
- poor design
- materials failure
- human factors
- poor maintenance
- extreme conditions
In the explosion of the PEPCON plant in Nevada:
- built on top of a natural gas line
- not all of the storage containers were sealed
- welding in another area of the facility
- no safety equipment to help control fire spread
- stockpile of oxiderizer was kept in facility, stored in materials essential to creating compound of rocket fuel.
Johnstown, PA Flood of 1889
- stored excessive amounts of water with no place to move it if need be
- screens placed on dam became backed up
- maintenance neglected
- no maintenance leads to build up of debris
- collapse of dam
TEXACO Well
- drilling for oil and mining salt in same location
- misreading of original site map for drilling
- lead to salt mine collapse and drainage of lake into the mine
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1. Andrea Gabriele
Hey Emma! I thought it was interesting how you color coded each cause of failure. It makes the text easier to read and easily understandable.
04/24/13, 01:05 am