What are mitigation for man made disaster?

Answer 1

The main factors in man made disasters are greed, apathy, and ignorance; usually a combination of all three. Rarely are man made disasters created deliberately.

Said to be the most deadly man made (single incident) disaster was the escape of methyl isocyanate gas released at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal India in 1984, killing almost 3,800 people and injuring (some permanently) an estimated 38,000 people. The conditions that lead to the disaster were poor plant maintenance and procedures, failure of safety systems due to poor maintenance, safety systems shut off to save money, and the company not disclosing to emergency responding agencies the nature of the poison or the extent of the danger. The greed of the company's management decided not to spend the money necessary to keep the plant up to even minimum standards, they never bothered scrutinized the possible outcomes for cutting costs; their ignorance was deliberate.

In the case of a disaster occurring when attempting something untried, such as the sinking of the Titanic, the company did not cut corners in construction but greed arose by selling the safety of the ship and selling as many fares as possible for the maiden voyage. Their overconfidence led to having too much pride in their accomplishment and the luxury of the accommodations and not enough to ensuring that the maximum safety measures and training. Something so trivial as the key to the locker with the night watchers (predecessor to radar) binoculars was left on shore to providing less than half the number of lifeboats for the number of people on board.

Man made disasters are exactly what the term says, disasters that are the result of human faults and the humans forgetting that they have them. Mitigating factors are professional diligence, commitment to safety and the public welfare, and conscience. When humans exercise these traits, man made disasters rarely happen.

Answer 2

The main factors in man made disasters are greed, apathy, and ignorance; usually a combination of all three. Rarely are man made disasters created deliberately.

Said to be the most deadly man made (single incident) disaster was the escape of methyl isocyanate gas released at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal India in 1984, killing almost 3,800 people and injuring (some permanently) an estimated 38,000 people. The conditions that lead to the disaster were poor plant maintenance and procedures, failure of safety systems due to poor maintenance, safety systems shut off to save money, and the company not disclosing to emergency responding agencies the nature of the poison or the extent of the danger. The greed of the company's management decided not to spend the money necessary to keep the plant up to even minimum standards, they never bothered scrutinized the possible outcomes for cutting costs; their ignorance was deliberate.

In the case of a disaster occurring when attempting something untried, such as the sinking of the Titanic, the company did not cut corners in construction but greed arose by selling the safety of the ship and selling as many fares as possible for the maiden voyage. Their overconfidence led to having too much pride in their accomplishment and the luxury of the accommodations and not enough to ensuring that the maximum safety measures and training. Something so trivial as the key to the locker with the night watchers (predecessor to radar) binoculars was left on shore to providing less than half the number of lifeboats for the number of people on board.

Man made disasters are exactly what the term says, disasters that are the result of human faults and the humans forgetting that they have them. Mitigating factors are professional diligence, commitment to safety and the public welfare, and conscience. When humans exercise these traits, man made disasters rarely happen.