Did History (Actually) Teach Us Anything?
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Displaying 2 items of Did History (Actually) Teach Us Anything? with the tag "disaster".
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The Balvano Train Disaster - 1944
2 September 2026 | Season 1 | 14 mins 14 secs
asphyxiation, balvano train disaster, battipaglia station, carbon monoxide, carbon monoxide posioning, disaster, health and safety, iosh, italy, italy train disaster, nebosh, osha, poisioning, potenza, rrc, safety, safety laws, train, train disaster, tunnel, tunnel poisioning, wartime, wartime disaster, wartime tragedy, world war ii
Join us as we travel back to World War II to uncover the perfect storm of factors that led to the tragic Balvano train disaster, and reflect on the human cost of wartime travel for the innocent people travelling that day.
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The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster - 1986
2 June 2026 | Season 1 | 31 mins 32 secs
1986 aerospace disaster, NASA, aerospace, aerospace disaster, astronaut, disaster, engineer, groupthink, health and safety, iosh, nebosh, o-ring, osma, risk, risk management, ronald raegan, rrc, safety, safety culture, safety programme, solid rocket booster, solid rocket booster seal, space, space disaster, space mission, space shuttle, space shuttle challenger disaster, the normalisation of deviance, office of safety and mission assurance
In this episode we will discover the critical safety failures and serious errors of judgement that led to the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster of 1986, and the profound impact the disaster had safety and risk management in the aerospace industry.