| ID (ISN) del documento | 48699 |
| Número CIS |
87-1453 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-88730-084-7 |
| Año |
1987 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Shristava P. |
| Título |
Bhopal - Anatomy of a crisis |
| Información bibliográfica |
Ballinger Publishing Co., 54 Church Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, 1987. 184p. Illus. Bibl. Index. Price: US$19.95. |
| Resumen |
An analysis of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal (India), 3 Dec. 1984, in which a large quantity of methyl isocyanate gas (MIC) leaked from a storage tank, killing thousands of people. Contents: causes and characteristics of industrial crises (in general); causes of the Bhopal disaster, including a HOT (Human, Organisational, Technological) analysis; consequences of the accident in India, the USA, and elsewhere; three models of the crisis (as seen by the Government of India, by the Union Carbide company, and by the surviving victims); suggestions for the prevention of industrial crises and for coping with them when they occur. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
India; industria química; paises en desarrollo; catástrofes; isocianato de metilo |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
seguridad en el trabajo; análisis de las causas del accidente; Estados Unidos; reparación de los accidentes de trabajo; organización de las intervenciones de urgencia; papel de los poderes públicos; descripción de los accidentes |
| Tipo de documento |
E - Libros, informes, actas |
| Tema(s) |
Química, hidrocarburos,plásticos, caucho
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Incendios, explosiones y riesgos mayores
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Chemical industry
OSH in developing countries
Isocyanates
Cyano compounds
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