Long time readers of this blog will understand that I have
long been a fan of the investigations conducted by the Chemical Safety Board
(CSB). They have provided a valuable service to the chemical process industry
and their neighbors by diligently digging in, finding and publicizing the root
cause of serious chemical incidents.
The CSB has been a noted innovator in the use of the
internet for communicating their findings on these investigations, particularly
their use of YouTube videos
of recreations of the cause of the accidents they investigate. With the West
Fertilizer investigation still in its early stages the CSB has shown us another
innovative use of the internet; the use of Facebook.
The use of Facebook by government agencies is certainly not
new, but the breadth of the information that the CSB has on their WestExplosion site certainly
goes far beyond the standard government Facebook fare. Links to all of the
major (and many of the minor) news stories, and their related on-line discussions,
about the West Fertilizer explosion make this a one-stop shop for information
about this tragedy.
What really impresses me about this page is the lack of
agency grandstanding about the investigation. There are bits and pieces about
the CSB investigation, but very little of the photo-op spin journalism that we
see on too many government web sites.
Good Job.
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