THE WEEKLY
REFLEKTION
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The Weekly Reflektion 36/2024
Reduction in risk to an acceptable level presupposes that the potential threats and hazards associated with the operation or situation, are identified and then assessed. Often the risk assessment team uses previous experience to identify these threats and hazards, and limits themselves to these, after all what else could go wrong? Every so often a new hazard […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 25/2024
The principles of inherent safety are key to understanding how to manage risks effectively. The hierarchy for actions and measures, in order of importance, is; eliminate the hazard, substitutute the hazardous material for something less hazardous, apply technical measures to isolate the people from the hazard, provide procedures that reduces the potential for exposure to the hazard, and finally protect the […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 12/2024
Learning from Major Accidents is not a recent innovation. Ever since hazardous materials have been manufactured and stored, accidents have occurred, and efforts have been made to learn and prevent the recurrence of similar accidents. Many countries have reacted to Major Accidents by passing laws and developing standards. When these are continually updated, they should represent […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 11/2024
A good risk assessment is an important factor before taking an action, starting an activity and before a decision is made. There are different techniques and methodologies used and these fulfill a specific purpose, e.g. design risk assessment, Total Risk Assessment (TRA), HAZOP, HAZID, pre job assessment, etc. An important prerequisite for any risk assessment is that […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 13/2023
Before any critical activity a risk assessment is normally carried out to ensure the hazards associated with the activity are identified and the risks from carrying out the activity are acceptable. Similar activities may have been carried out before and it seems appropriate to review previous risk assessments to gain the benefit of any experience transfer. However, it may […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 46 / 2020
When a decision is made there may be some information that is missing, uncertain or unreliable. To progress the decision-making, assumptions may have to be made. Experience shows us that it is not always clear what is actually being assumed. When you make assumptions what do you actually assume? During the installation of a steel jacket for […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 44 / 2020
One dilemma that is faced by companies with activities in different countries is how to resolve a situation where a risk may be acceptable in one country and not in another. This is particularly challenging with technical risk where the company may aspire to common standards in all countries. Are you susceptible to ‘what the […]
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