According to Carbide, "in designing the plant's safety systems, a chemical reaction of this magnitude was not factored in" because "the tank's gas storage system was designed to automatically prevent such a large amount of water from being inadvertently introduced into the system" and "process safety systems—in place and operational—would have prevented water from entering the tank by accident".
Menurut Carbide, "dalam merancang sistem keselamatan pabrik, reaksi kimia sebesar ini tidak diperhitungkan secara mendalam" karena "sistem penyimpanan gas tangki dirancang untuk secara otomatis mencegah sejumlah besar air yang tidak sengaja dimasukkan ke dalam sistem" dan "sistem keamanan dalam proses—di tempat dan operasional—akan mencegah air memasuki tangki secara tidak sengaja ".