Walter Soroka, author of the packaging bible Fundamentals of Packaging Technology stated:

"You must thoroughly understand the nature and extent of the hazards within the distribution environment through which the product must travel."

Now, there are obvious hazards within the distribution environment that packaging engineers can design for - and then there are perils one could never expect, predict or explain. For a slide show, click on the Photos Tab to the left, then click on Worst-Case Scenarios. If you have any others you would like to share, by all means post them!