Train Crash Kills 1, Injures Hundreds
Posted on: October 14, 2016NTSB renews calls for positive train control to prevent future accidents By ThinkReliability Staff Commuters in the Hoboken terminal were shocked when a train overran the tracks and crashed into a platform of morning commuters. The impacts of this accident were magnified because this station is designed with the platform is at the end of…
Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Leak Costs Millions
Posted on: October 5, 2016Multiple solutions needed to address leak and delayed response By ThinkReliability Staff On October 23, 2015, a natural gas leak was discovered at the Aliso Canyon Underground Storage Field. The causes of the leak are still under investigation, but significant effects from the leak have already resulted. These effects can be used to begin the…
Gas stations run dry after pipeline leak
Posted on: September 30, 2016More than one goal is impacted after pipeline Leak By Kim Smiley On September 9, 2016, a leak in a gasoline pipeline was discovered south of Birmingham, Alabama. Investigators estimate that as much as 8,000 barrels of gasoline spilled. Luckily, the environmental impact of the spill seems to be relatively limited because the spilled gasoline…
Carfentanil causing overdoses, deaths to heroin users
Posted on: September 22, 2016A Cause Map can help explain why recent Carfentanil overdoses and deaths are occurring By ThinkReliability Staff On July 15, 2016, the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition released a public health warning that carfentanil had been found in local heroin supplies. Over a three-day period in July, there were 35 overdoses and 6 fatalities as a…