How Data Sharing Helps Industry Work Safer Together
If you knew there was a gas leak in your neighborhood and the lives of all the families who live near you were at risk, you would warn people right? When it comes to safety, surely you would want to share with your peers in industry as well. After all, you may be...
Exploring Risk Digitalization
Digitalization is a major trend in industry and everyone is seeking solutions to advance their company into industry 4.0. But what does this really mean? Learning from history and past major trends, finding solutions that add real, measurable value and have a...
Prioritizing Your Risk Effort When Overloaded With Action Items
You’re reviewing the list of action items your company is working through and can’t believe the sheer number! Some of your facilities have been operating for decades, how can there be so many action items from days, months, or even years ago? The amount of activity...
Exploring Facility Insurance and Inspections
Working with insurance companies to manage risk in high-hazard operating facilities has changed dramatically over the years. The impact of losses is significant and the costs of any loss is carried by industry sector in the form of higher premiums. It takes a whole...
Exploring an Incident from an Industry Peer
One of your industry peers has just suffered a major incident at one of their sites; should you be worried? Not necessarily, but you should be vigilant. Is the event that happened in their facility something that could happen to you? If you’re in the same business the...
The Hidden Risks in Facility Acquisitions
Whether you are just looking at acquiring a new asset or you’ve recently brought one on into your company it is important to quickly understand the risk that comes with operating the facility. Are all the relevant safety threats being well managed or is it a ticking...
Effectively Crafting & Implementing PHA Recommendations
ABSTRACT Authored by: Emma He and Richard Carter ACM Facility Safety, Calgary, AB, Canada Recommendations are the heart and soul of a Process Hazards Analysis (PHA). PHAs are only as effective as the action taken to implement the recommendations made during the study....
Minimizing Human Error In PHA Documentation
Authored by: Ronjit Mukherjee, Risk Alive Analytics, Calgary, AB, Canada and Carol Li, Risk Alive Analytics In Process Safety, the industry is well aware that humans can make errors. The industry is also aware that the more stressed and fatigued humans are, the...
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