DisasterCast Safety Podcast

Episode 57 – Erebus

In this episode we discuss the Mt Erebus disaster. What could cause pilots to  fly a perfectly...

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Episode 56 – Underwater Tunnels

This episode is about underwater tunnel floods, or, more precisely, the lack of such accidents....

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Episode 55 – Longford

After both technical and production difficulties, DisasterCast is returning on a regular...

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Episode 54 – Sports Stadium Disasters

Welcome back to DisasterCast. In this episode I talk about Sports Stadium Disasters. Stadium...

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Episode 53 – Interlocks and Quintinshill

This episode discusses interlocks in general, and also the application of interlocks to train...

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Episode 52 – Columbia and Cable Cars

This episode dives into the background of the Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster. It also discusses...

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Beyond Unsafe Behaviors

Ron returns to ask the question “Which causes more accidents: unsafe conditions, or unsafe...

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Episode 51 – USS Iowa

This episode describes the USS Iowa explosion, the subsequent investigation, and the dangers of...

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Stop Telling People Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility

This is the third episode of Ron Gantt’s “Two Cents Worth of Safety”. Ron discusses the use of...

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Episode 50 – Why?

This episode takes a new look at the really big safety question – “Why do accidents happen?” We...

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Blindspots of Behavioral Observations

This is the second “Two Cents Worth of Safety” by Ron Gantt. Regular DisasterCast has been...

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Growing into Uncertainty

This is the first episode of “Two Cents Worth of Safety”, which will interleave with the regular...

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Episode 49 – Aberfan

This is an episode about large piles falling over. We start with the physics of sandcastles, and...

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Episode 48 – Metro North Railroad

The NTSB has released a report examining common organisational factors in five accidents on Metro...

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Episode 47 – Apollo 1

After a brief hiatus, DisasterCast returns with Episode 47. In this episode we ask what it means...

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Episode 46 – Term Around Again

This episode returns to the language of safety. As an illustration the 2013 incident involving a...

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Episode 45 – Mann Gulch

Episode 45 of DisasterCast tries something a little different. This episode has three different...

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Episode 44 – Hinsdale Fire

This episode is about single points of failure, common cause failures, and the Hinsdale Central...

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Episode 43 – Explosive Mixtures

In this episode I discuss some of the people who’ve helped shape my own thinking on safety...

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Episode 42 – Lightning Strikes

This episode covers an Iranian military transported downed by lightning, the Milford Haven Texaco...

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