Essays on CSB

Interactions with hazardous materials

Chemical reactions or interactions are key to the production of various useful chemical products including polymers, fuels, paints, adhesives etc. When the reactants, catalysts, mechanism of reaction, reactor operation, temperature, pressure and other parameters are known, as well as kept under control, the products or outcome are as expected. On the other hand when chemical interactions are unexpected and lead to unknown products, consequences could be disastrous leading to severe loss. Such hazardous material interactions are more common in chemical manufacture, processing, refining and storage facilities. Reactive hazards are a serious concern since the magnitude of loss could be ...

Introduction

Employee disengagement is an inevitable process in some organizations; from the moment one joins the organization he/she may stay for weeks, months, years or decide to leave (Branham, 2). Many organizations struggle to provide valuable employees with benefits and good salaries; this occurs in a bid to retain them and prevent them from exploring other job opportunities. Lowe’s is no exception; with several retail stores across USA, Lowe’s values the role of its employees in ensuring profits and customer satisfaction. It provides favorable work conditions to its employees; this encourages excellence in their work. It is this factor ...

Dr. Van Cleave Wk 3 DQ 1

In my point of view, women with school-age children are not different with those don’t have such responsibilities. This is because in the field of management, we cannot judge women managerial role with their responsibilities. A good manager is determined by their born talent, confidence, experience and managerial skills such as technical skill, conceptual skills and human skills (United States, 2005). There are numerous women with school-age children in different part of the world who makes good managers irrespective of their duties and responsibilities on their schooling children. Therefore, I believe that a good manager is one that ...

Hoeganaes Corporation, a subsidiary of GKN (UK), is an international producer of iron powder and atomized steel with facilities in U.S, Germany, Romania, and China. On 31st January 2011, a fire arising from the motor that drive bucket elevators resulted in two fatalities. On 29th March 2011, a flash fire injured an engineer replacing igniters on a band furnace. On 27th May 2011, there were three fatalities and two injuries resulting from the explosion of a leaking hydrogen pipe. Analyses of these cases revealed that significant quantities of iron dust escaped from conveyance equipment. The bag-house filters were often out of service hence ...

The use of business ethics to assess business conduct in BP

In the recent years, there has been an expectation on companies to adhere to ethical standards. Every company desires to make profits and its known this is a goal that can compromise on ethics (Acheru, 2009). Employers are expected to take care of their employee safety, the environment and the public. When the ethical factors are not considered the results are catastrophic and company suffers many expenses (Flaxx, 2002). This was shown by the BP Texas city explosion. 15 workers were killed in the Texas plant explosion while 170 others were injured. There were trailers located to close to the ...

Introduction of the Case Study

The BP Texas City explosion is among the world’s biggest catastrophic disasters that saw the loss of 15 lives of the BP workers and 170 workers being injured by the huge explosion. The accident was actually caused when a few workers tried to start up a splitter referred to as raffinate tower in the Isomerization Unit (Isom) after a repair shutdown (Mogford, 2005). Alarms and instrumentation gave misguiding indications since the 170 ft tower was actually overfilled discharging the liquid to the ‘blowdown’. This ‘was actually installed in the 1950’s and had never had any connections to the flare which ...