16 Jul
2016
16 Jul
'16
7:56 p.m.
On 07/16/2016 10:13 PM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote:
Gross disregard requires knowledge. The disaster in Bophal, where Union Carbide should have known that the shantytown that built up around that enterprise was at risk, is still under debate as to how the worst industrial accident in history actually happened.
A couple of things came up. One, UC was using a process it's competitors abandoned as too dangerous. There was also a severe lack of proper training and supervision.