Bhopal, India
The incident investigation should deal with the chemicalaccident presented below. The case study should include thefollowing components:
a brief introduction of the scene and the accident,
safety and health impacts of the accident,
a statement on the legal aspects of the incident,
an analysis of the key points from a project managementperspective about the incident and accident, and
a summary of the article’s conclusions and your ownopinions.
The Business Source Complete database within the CSU OnlineLibrary is the best source of journals for safety relatedarticles.
The Bhopal Incident:
On 2 December1984, a pesticide factory owned by an Americanmultinational, the Union Carbide Corporation, leaked a large amountof poisonous gas into the air surrounding a small and impoverishedtown called Bhopal, India. The immediate death toll has beenestimated to be around 7,000 people, and the death toll fromlong-term health problems now stands at 25,000—and a further 25,000people in the slums around the factory continue to be poisoned bythe chemicals that have been left behind.
Conduct a case study on this disaster identifying safetymanagement, safety audits, accident investigation, and industrialhygiene issues.
Requirements:
The project is required to be a minimum of 500 words in length(or a minimum of two pages double-spaced). You should follow APAstyle and referencing guidelines and choose articles from journalsavailable on the CSU Online Library database. You may also use anywebsite as a resource.
The incident investigation should deal with the chemicalaccident presented below. The case study should include thefollowing components:
a brief introduction of the scene and the accident,
safety and health impacts of the accident,
a statement on the legal aspects of the incident,
an analysis of the key points from a project managementperspective about the incident and accident, and
a summary of the article’s conclusions and your ownopinions.
The Bhopal Incident:
On 2 December1984, a pesticide factory owned by an Americanmultinational, the Union Carbide Corporation, leaked a large amountof poisonous gas into the air surrounding a small and impoverishedtown called Bhopal, India. The immediate death toll has beenestimated to be around 7,000 people, and the death toll fromlong-term health problems now stands at 25,000—and a further 25,000people in the slums around the factory continue to be poisoned bythe chemicals that have been left behind.
Conduct a case study on this disaster identifying safetymanagement, safety audits, accident investigation, and industrialhygiene issues.
