CASE STUDY ON

Bhopal Gas Tragedy 3rd Dec.1984

Presented By:
Vivek Agarwal
Sangeeta Rathee
Arun Dahiya
Vishal Banga
Kushal Jain
Gopal Sharma
 Introduction
 The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal Gas Tragedy is
the world's worst industrial catastrophe. It
occurred on the night of December 2-3, 1984 at
the Union Carbide India Limited(UCIL)
pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh,
India. UCIL was the Indian subsidiary of
Union Carbide Corporation (UCC). Indian
Government controlled banks and the Indian
public held a 49.1 percent ownership share.
Managerial view for factors responsible
 Lack of Planning
 Unorganized Structure
 Lack of Leadership
 Uncontrolled Operations
 Lack of Planning
 Inappropriate Location of the factory
 No Planning for Disaster Management
 Unorganized Structure
 Fired more than 50% of Executives.
 Reduction in period of safety training.
 Lack of Leadership
 Lack of motivation in employees
 Unhealthy relationship between management
& workers.
 Uncontrolled Operations
 In 1981, a worker was splashed with phosgene
 In January 1982, there was a phosgene leak,
when 24 workers were exposed and had to be
admitted to hospital.
 In February 1982, an MIC leak affected 18
workers.
 In August 1982, a chemical engineer came into
contact with liquid MIC, resulting in burns
over 30 percent of his body.
 Mismanagement during Crises
 Composition of MIC was kept trade secret by
UCC.
 Inhumane treatment of dead bodies of the
victims.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
 UCC should have educated people.
 UCC should have come forward with team to
help people.
 Conclusion
 As future manager we would suggest in every
industry we should follow safety norms strictly
 Secondly interest of employees and local
people should be the first priority.
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