Archive for the ‘Safety Culture’ Category
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
You may have read about the 2007 incident at T2 laboratories in Florida - the explosion killed four of the company's 12 employees, injured four other workers and 28 community members.
It was the 175th time the T2 personnel were running the reaction to produce methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MCMT), a gasoline additive.
What was so ...
Posted in Human Factors, Incident Investigation, Process Safety, Reactive Chemicals, Safety Culture, Safety Minute | 4 Comments »
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Earlier this year I was in Seoul and got a chance to see Avatar 4D.
What's the 4th dimension? Moving seats, wind, water sprinkling, lasers, and synthetic smells used to enhance the movie experience.
That made me wonder, with so much advances in media/entertainment, why is most safety training so dull?
Unlike 4D Avatar that had me ...
Posted in Process Safety, Safety Culture, Training | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
"This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep ...
Posted in Business Risks, Decision Analysis, Human Factors, Safety Culture | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are a part of today’s corporate growth strategy. As a part of M&A due diligence various critical business issues are evaluated. But what about safety performance of the company you are looking to acquire or merge with?
You will say that most M&A in oil and gas/chemical ...
Posted in Business Risks, Process Safety, Risk Analysis, Safety Culture | 4 Comments »
Monday, August 24th, 2009
Process Safety has evolved significantly since the introduction of PSM in 1992. Here are top five challenges facing the process safety community today.
1. Human Error
One of the reasons “zero incident plants” is a myth is the potential for human error. We cannot take away human intervention and the possibility of ...
Posted in OSHA PSM, Process Safety, Safety Culture | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
There is a big difference between proactively mitigating risks vs. reacting to incidents. Why do corporations wait to take active safety measures till an incident occurs? Because being proactive is hard...very hard and requires a lot of discipline.
Let me share a personal experience.
After my health check up a few years ...
Posted in Process Safety, Safety Culture | 5 Comments »
Monday, July 27th, 2009
In our daily lives we often become immune to risks around us. For example, there are around 40,000 annual fatalities from automobile accidents in the US and yet we do not think twice before getting into their cars. We eat a burger ignoring the risks of heart problems!
Why do we ...
Posted in Human Factors, Risk Perception, Safety Culture | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
In the last two years, I have traveled significantly...have an elite status on three airlines and lots of frequent flyer miles. There are quite a few aspects of a trip that are routine and boring. One such thing is the safety announcement or video at the beginning of each flight. ...
Posted in Process Safety, Safety Culture, Training | 7 Comments »
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
We make hundreds of decisions everyday in our lives – for example should I eat fries with my burger?
(Photo Courtesy of Amber on Flickr)
Eating a few fries this one time will not increase risks of a heart attack. Plus I like the fries from this joint. I’m ready to order!!
That ...
Posted in Decision Analysis, Human Factors, Process Safety, Safety Culture | No Comments »
