Why do I fear a nuclear power plant accident...especially one that gives only a small release of off site radiation...because it has the probability of killing...
Well, we pretty much agree on this one, though it is more like ~ 20%. Like you say, just look at what TMI-2 prevented in power plant production. I know a guy...
This one is worth a few clicks. http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/printarticle.aspx?feed=AP&date=20061130&id=6239645 Is this "piling on" or "pursuing extent." ...
Interesting take on the DMV and bus drivers? School Bus Driver Beat System http://www.courant.com/hc-fountain1201.artdec01,0,5353097.story DMV Halts Licensing...
Mike, This is a great topic. Your link doesn't work. Can you paste the article into an e-mail? Take care, Bill Corcoran W. R. Corcoran, Ph.D., P.E. NSRC...
HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2006/12/03/WASHINGTON/03TRUCKS.HTML?HP&EX=1165208400&EN=46859BC52D0EC868&EI=5094&PARTNER=HOMEPAGE LOOSENING THE RULES As Trucking Rules...
So you work 14 hours...go off the clock for 10 hours...work 14, off 10.... It’s on the front page of the Sunday New York Times...Dec 3, 2006. I don’t like...
Understand what you are saying, Mike (I think), but... If you don't want "per million miles" what do you want? Please identify problems AND offer solutions....
Mike, I clicked on the address below and the message I got (twice) was that it does not exist. Jack Stanford 210 Old Chester Road Haddam, CT 06438 PWR SRO...
Bill C., You and I are both big on useful definitions. I believe we agree that definitions are essential to effective communication. But I detect a contrast...
Jack, I don’t get it...this is the third change they made on the address of this article. HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2006/12/03/WASHINGTON/03TRUCKS.HTML ...
Mike, What do the regulations require? Why don't they work? How should they be changed? Where to the Teamsters stand on this? Take care, Bill Corcoran W. R....
This is a textbook case for the importance of mitigating factors. In this case a major mitigating factor was timing. Does your organization investigate...
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I have pasted below an article from "Inc" Magazine. IMHO all rooticians should be familiar with the "5 Why" method, not because the method is good, but because...
Bill: Why (1) don't I use the 5-why methodology? Because it is an oversimplification of root cause analysis. Why (2)? Someone decided that asking why like a...
Why (1) don't I use the 5-why methodology? Because it is an oversimplification of root cause analysis. Why (2)? Someone decided that asking why like a...
I worked as an owner operator for two companies...I mean the type of owner operator that you are required to work for a single company. They hold a lot of...
(Yep...this is the article that got me thinking about this) http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-061210truckers-story,1,3396591.story?coll=chi-news-hed ...
Yep...for these big companies a DOT failure can be a huge high consequence event...but extremely rare...especially for those electronic logs. Many of these...
Wow...two major newspapers? http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/opinion/10sun2.html?pagewanted=print December 10, 2006 EDITORIAL Making the Highways Less Safe To...
Mike, Thanks for your postings on trucker safety. This e-group is about root cause analysis. If you want to focus the group on trucker safety and root cause...
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I agree asking five whys without training is an overly simplistic approach to cause investigations. Rooticans need a structured approach to asking whys. What...
I agree with most of what Steve and Jim have to say, but there are other types of events, some of which are not caused by human error, unless you want to refer...
Steve, while I fundamentally agree that asking the "why" question(s) without, as you call it, a taxonomy to guide the process will be a fruitless effort, your...
Hi Randy, Hope everything is going well for you. Yes, asking why's can have many tentacles identifying many potential investigation paths. The why questioning...
Steve, I am trying to break myself of the deeply engrained habit of asking "Why?" Whenever I'm alert I ask, "What are the factors that directly resulted in X?"...
Texas City Explosion Trial - BP Plant Brent Coon WATCH THE VIDEOS Brent Coon tells the BP and Eva Rowe Stories Why It Happened - "A Culture of Negligence" What...
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