Process Safety – Failure to Learn, Andrew Hopkins

Process Safety – Failure to Learn, Andrew Hopkins Process Safety Process safety refers to the level of asset, technical, or equipment integrity. If we enforce the wearing of safety goggles, institute fail-safe employee procedures, and instill a constant awareness of dangerous or hazardous conditions in employees (personal safety), we still have not calculated process safety […]

Organizational Risk Blindness, Failure to Learn – Andrew Hopkins

Organizational Risk Blindness Failure to Learn – Andrew Hopkins Organizational Risk Blindness Lean and efficiency are two words and theories in organizational practice that can create major disasters and “near misses” in group endeavors. The first, lean, implies that extra, critical eyes, creative minds, and group synergy are expensive, therefore a drag on the bottom […]