Crane Accident - Australia (NSFW - contains bad language)
Aftermath photos can be found here: goo.gl Video of an accident that happened in Australia in 2008 at the Wesfarmers Curragh coal mine in central ...
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CICA launches accident reporting scheme | All Things Cranes
The Crane Industry Council of Australia (CICA) has launched a new voluntary accident reporting scheme. The move follows a survey of its members last year regarding the need for better and more readily available industry statistics on crane accidents. This resulted in the CICA board agreeing to the development, of a simple one-page, Crane Accident Report to launch the scheme.
...Black Swan theory and the anti-nuclear sentiment
Black Swan Theory, as explained by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his 2007/2010 book, The Black Swan , describes an event which is a disproportionally-rare occurrence, is unpredictable, but has a high-impact when it does occur. According to Taleb, Black Swan events include the September 11 attacks, the rise of the Internet, World War I and the development of the personal computer. As a result, the event’s non-predictability causes behavioral/psychological changes within people, especially ones who adhere to the scientific method for identifying events. Statistically speaking, these outliers pay a disproportionate role in public opinion and public policy.
Critics of nuclear energy point to the destructive capabilities of failed reactors and long-lasting effects of radioactive energy as reasons of pessimism. According to USA Today , the Union of Concerned Scientists cited “serious safety problems” that plague U.S. Nuclear plants as a main reason for halting nuclear energy programs.
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