When industrial accidents occur they make the news and too often the blame game starts to isolate a single point of failure. However with the multiple controls and risk mitigation processes we have in place that the risk has been accumulating as various systems have been breaking down undetected. Electrical accidents have that invisible component
Peter Taylor’s own near death experience with an electrical arc-fault that consumed a colleague working beside him was a multiple factor failure. It has led to a pursuit of raising awareness and developing systems that offer protection, when operators have not worn PPE, or worn their PPE correctly, and/or the administrative controls have failed. In the industrial environment employees tend to take risks if nothing has happened for years, or their not seen it for themselves. Too often assuming they’ll be OK. Risk mitigation is a structured process where employers must consider the range of risks associated with work tasks, assess them for probability and severity, to develop safe work methods.
PTAS provides examples of how we can engage and educate with risk Management Systems (SEQCD|P), use technology to develop more accessible information systems and reengineer hazards to provide protection to personnel and the public.