Sep 21, 2026
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14 min read
They blamed a water hose. The men it killed were sitting in a control room.
Sep 14, 2026
They blamed the supervisor who opened the valve. He is also the man it killed.
Sep 7, 2026
They blamed the housekeeping. The first explosion happened inside the fix.
Aug 31, 2026
13 min read
They blamed the contract crew. OSHA never established who connected the hoses.
Aug 24, 2026
12 min read
Four men died in Jacksonville. Two were the chemical engineers who designed the process.
Aug 17, 2026
15 min read
They blamed the control room. The cracks had been on file since 2005.
Aug 10, 2026
They blamed corroded sprinklers. Bio-Lab had already replaced them.
Aug 3, 2026
11 min read
They removed the wrong bolts. The valve was built to a standard that says that cannot happen.
Jul 27, 2026
He left his gas monitor in the truck. That was the sixth thing that failed that night, and the only one anyone talks about.
Jul 25, 2026
6 min read
Issue 06 — They Went In to Drain Water
Jul 19, 2026
5 min read
Incident: Esso Longford Gas Plant 1 explosion and fire, Longford, Victoria, Australia, September 25, 1998.
Jul 6, 2026
The tower filled to the top. The gauge read near the floor. Fifteen dead.
Jul 2, 2026
7 min read
The headline blamed the operators. The schedule killed them.
Jun 27, 2026
The headline blamed the operator. The report did not.
3 min read
A reactor landed in someone's backyard. The cause was sugar.
