Guide to Use of the Management Oversight and

A last reference here is the Guide to Use of the Management Oversight and Risk Tree (MORT). In the abstract for that publication, MORT is described as a comprehensive analytical procedure that provides a disciplined method for determining the systemic causes and contributing factors of accidents. This reference to performance errors is of particular interest. 

Guide to Use of the Management Oversight and Risk Tree (SSDC-I03). Washington DC U.S. Department of Energy, November 1994. 

All the hazard analysis and risk assessment techniques previously discussed relate principally to the design process or achieving risk reduction in the operational mode before hazards-related incidents occur. MORT was developed principally for incident investigations. In the Abstract for the Guide To Use Of The Management Oversight And Risk Tree, this is how MORT is described ... 

The operations safety management plan is used to guide operational control of safety. The plan describes the objectives of the operations safety program and how they will be achieved. It provides a baseline to evaluate compliance and progress. Like every other part of safety program, the plan will need buy-in and oversight. 

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