There has been a series of challenges to develop appropriate safety standards and methodologies as technology evolves, to ensure their safe implementation. These challenges, which first arose at the dawn of the industrial revolution, will inevitably continue. New technologies will always seek to for...
A critical aspect of any system safety program entails the identification of hazards, assessment of the risks associated with the identified hazards, the determination of effective mitigations to control the risks to acceptable levels, and verifying and validating the implementation of those mitigat...
The term Black Swan is a familiar concept in the context of high consequence operations. There is the continual concern that there may be an 'as yet' undiscovered flaw or lack of understanding in the design of a product, process or facility that could lead to a catastrophic event. Concern lies in th...
The Bhopal accident in 1984 was the worst process industry disaster of all time. It was not an act of greed, sabotage, or incompetence. There are surprising similarities between that accident, BP Texas City, and many others. This presentation will review both accidents, how many of the issues were n...
The topic addresses the interrelationships developed from Quality, Quality Control, and Quality Engineering, pursuing Specialty Engineering Roles and Relationships, including: Reliability, Maintainability, Supportability, Human Factors, Safety, and Security (Information Assurance) from an overview p...
