THE WEEKLY
REFLEKTION
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 41 / 2020
Major Accidents often lead to a revision of relevant standards to help prevent a recurrence. There have often been signals that improvements have been needed, but perhaps these have not been heeded. This month is the 99-year anniversary of the Mount Mulligan mine disaster in Australia, and we will revisit the accident in this Reflektion. […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 17 / 2020
John Paterson in his book ‘Behind the Mask, Regulating the Health and Safety in Britain’s Offshore Oil and Gas Industry makes the following statement regarding learning. ‘There is some recognition within the industry of this ability to learn from major events but an inability to learn from near misses.’ The learning from major events are often forced […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 15 / 2020
In last week’s reflection we quoted prophetic words from W.G. Carson in 1981, 7 years before the Piper Alpha disaster.‘The British authorities’ complacent belief in the superiority of their own regulatory approach will retain even the semblance of credibility only as long as a similar tragedy does not overtake an installation operating in the British […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 14 / 2020
The PSA main issue for 2020 is ‘Never another Major Accident’. Have you done anything to improve your systems for Major Accident prevention as a consequence of the PSA main issue? Have you taken any initiative in your company that builds on the main issue for PSA? Major Accidents in the North Sea have had […]
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