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Practical Lessons From Major Accidents
Vol. 3, No. 8 |
Greetings!
As the year draws to a close, our minds turn to goals for 2012. The new year represents new beginnings and a chance to start fresh. It also presents an excellent opportunity to reexamine risk and safety in the workplace and make improvements so that 2012 is your safest year yet. This month's bulletin explores the human factors behind risk and safety. Our guest blogger, Ian Hamilton, shares his extensive knowledge of human factors, their impact on incidents and accidents, and how they relate to the SEMS safety rule. In addition, the ERM North America Risk Practice would like to remind everyone to be safe in the coming week. If you plan to celebrate on New Year's Eve, we encourage you to view the New Year's Eve Safety Tips video in our Featured Videos section. We also know that many of you will be traveling this week to visit family and friends, and we urge you to review AAA's road safety tips here. If you have any risk-related needs, we will be in our Houston offices through the rest of December and on into the new year, and are ready to take your call. |
Practical Lessons  Bulletin Within safety critical industries there is a consensus of opinion that human factors have caused, or significantly contributed to, up to 90% of incidents and accidents. This is widely reported in the marine, transportation and aviation sectors but is equally true in the oil and gas sector. Human factors causes have featured in a number of high profile incidents in recent years, including the explosion and fire at Texas City in 2005, the leak of radioactive materials at the Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant at Sellafield (UK 2005), the Buncefield fuel depot explosion also in 2005, and most recently, the explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in 2010.
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Events
The ERM North America Risk Practice will announce new events in 2012. Keep an eye on your email for an invitation. |
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Sincerely, 
Morris Burch, Partner
ERM North America Risk Practice
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Houston TX 77084
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