Accidents high profile

Our understanding of how the events preceding a disaster unfold has been greatly expanded in the last 20 years by the careful examination of a number of high profile accidents (Boxes 7.1 and 7.2). The brief summaries of major accidents, and the account of the Columbia Space Shuttle accident, allow us to reflect on the many ways in which failure can occur and the complexity of the story that may unfold during a serious investigation. Human beings have the opportunity to contribute to an accident at many different points in the... 

Insurance premiums — A high accident rate, or even one high-profile accident, could mean an increase in your insurance premiums, a higher deductible rate, or both. 

This high profile incident was also considered by OSHA as one of the four notable accidents that suggested the PSM Standard needed to be revised in response to US President Obama s Executive Order, Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security. ... 

Since about 1996, the US Environmental Proteetion Agency s Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Offiee has investi ted and reported on high-profile US chemical plant and refinery cases. As a resrrlt of these investigations, some Alerts Publications and accident reports have been developed foctrsing on eertain classifications of incidents. Comprehensive on-line EPA reports are available at [5] http // WWW. epa. gov/emergencies/publications.htm. 

The Inspectorate s mobilization of resources therefore emphasized the importance of the objectives of prevention of non-compliance and the constitution of everyday compliance. This was especially the case for railway employment inspectors whose remit was, of coiurse, largely concerned with occupational health and safety. Accident investigation could take up substantial amounts of time especially if there had been a high profile accident involving the public. But this tended to be the concern of inspecting officers and was, as history would suggest, very much a public safety concern and not so much a matter of occupational health and safety. Overall therefore the Railway Inspectorate s objectives, as revealed in their mobUization of resources, were in line with the apparent legal objectives. 

Generally BR appeared to have complied with the risk management systems demanded by occupational health and safety legislation. It had instituted the structures, procedures, and policies expected in law. Moreover the systems they had in place had been particularly scrutinized following a number of high profile accidents, two of them involving railways, one involving BR. But at the time of... 

It was critical for the success of the SMS audit that the process not just identify the critical issues that led up to the accident but also document them in a thorough fashion that could be presented as evidence in a very high-profile investigation and in court. To do this, an SMS review tool was created. The tool was based on a review of international best practices in SMS application and sourced from numerous programs such as... 

It is tempting to try to draw the conclusion that a penny-pinching attitude was at least a factor in both accidents. For Texas City, maintenance cuts were evident, and the operating budget had been reduced by 25% after BP took over Amoco. For Deepwater Horizon, Macondo was a high-profile prestige project, and the cost and program overruns for Macondo development will have received corporate-level attention. 

Weather and car accidents. The weather is also a powerful foe. Icy or wet weather creates slippery, unsafe roads and fhe risk of hydroplaning. Snow-packed and slushy roads are difficult to navigate. Precipitation, fog, and dust storms impede vision. Wind can push light or high-profile vehicles off course. Add speed that is excessive for the conditions and an accident is bound to happen. More than 1.5 million weather-related accidents occur every year in the United States, resulting in 673,000 injuries and 7,400 deaths. 

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