Principles for managing barriers in the petroleum industry – the Norwegian approach. Here’s some extract from this 40 page guide: · Barriers are “measures intended to detect failure, hazard and accident situations at an early stage, reduce their potential for propagating and limit harm and disruption” · “No matter how safely and robustly we design and operate… Continue reading Principles for managing barriers in the petroleum industry
Tag: CRITICAL CONTROLS
Safe As 35 (quickisode): Critical Steps for managing hazardous work
Some task steps are so important, that marshal or exchange so much energy, that they must go right first time, every time. These are called Critical Steps. Let’s explore critical steps and risk important decisions. Today’s source is: Muschara, T., Farris, R., & Marinus, J. (2021). Critical steps: managing what must go right in high-risk operations.… Continue reading Safe As 35 (quickisode): Critical Steps for managing hazardous work
Safe as 34: The failure of critical controls in construction
How reliable are the critical controls within construction? Which critical controls fail, and how? Today’s article is Selleck, R., Hassall, M., & Cattani, M. (2022). Determining the reliability of critical controls in construction projects. Safety, 8(3), 64. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2hkc0OmL5QTlcseIHJgN8P?si=eylRnvw3QrKPNSsy0YjkZA Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e34-the-failure-of-critical-controls-in-construction/id1819811788?i=1000726762389 Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then… Continue reading Safe as 34: The failure of critical controls in construction
Do your investigations suck? Are you learning about the functionality of critical controls?
Do your investigations suck? Are they exploring the presence and functionality of risk controls? Check out Safe AF podcast #7 (just 9 mins of your life 😉 ) which dives into what investigations explore and ignore – critically, up to 60% of investigations may not evaluate whether risk controls actually functioned as intended. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2uyLNSbLmBti5deKFzB630?si=PUipY6ooRUa7EmBBX0po4g… Continue reading Do your investigations suck? Are you learning about the functionality of critical controls?
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