Personal experience: I was a lab tech in a chemical analysis lab for a petro-chemical company in the late 70's. I was burning plastics down to trace elements...
Glen, Â Tks 1.0E+6 Â This is exactly what I'm looking for. Â Here are my lessons to be learned (LTBL). Â Among the factors resulting in any consequence are...
Responses to your lessons to be learned (LTBL). Among the factors resulting in any consequence are factors that kept the consequences from being a lot worse. ...
Accident Consequence Model This model applies to all adverse consequences of an event singly and collectively. (All of the words below are used in their plain...
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Hobbs, Andrew F.
hobbsaf@...
Dec 2, 2008 12:23 pm
What are "vulnerability functions"? Did you mean "vulnerable"? If so, vulnerable to what? Aren't all functions vulnerable in some way? I don't understand...
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Dec 3, 2008 1:24 pm
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Dec 3, 2008 1:25 pm
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Dec 3, 2008 1:27 pm
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/fashion/04roles.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y Please scroll down for the article and questions. The NYT web site version of the...
This is an interesting, but sad, case of noncompliance. From the story we find that the law does not allow persons under 18 to fire machine guns. From...
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Dec 5, 2008 11:35 am
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Well, this is clearly a case of non compliance. I don't think that a juvenile should ever be allowed to fire any gun, especially a machine gun. I am...
This is obviously a common problem in health care, in which patient noncompliance can contribute to many serious adverse outcomes - for instance, a patient...
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Jerald, Jack P
Jack.P.Jerald@...
Dec 5, 2008 3:23 pm
At our most recent causal analysis training session, we reviewed 'barriers', with examples of physical barriers (locks, etc.) and administrative, (procedures,...
IMHO, the violation of the statute was a failed barrier. The barrier failed mostly because it was not a reasonable expectation that it would prevent such an...
Sorry, I think "Common Sense" is an attempt to simplify a very complex issue: The decision making process. Seems what is 'common sense" is only identified...
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Jerald, Jack P
Jack.P.Jerald@...
Dec 5, 2008 6:32 pm
Regarding laws: Maybe there should be a law that states: "You will be held accountable if you only do half of the risk equation, (Risk = Probability x...
Hi My company is currently adapting a small slice of the DuPont Safety Program (specifically tiered audits) and in searching for some info on the DuPont...
I agree, Jack, If a parent brings an 8 year old son to a shooting event and allows him to fire a machine gun (and kills himself by doing so), the parent (in...
To me, it would not matter if there was a law forbidding it or not, I am the father of two kids, ages 19 and 17 and I would not allow either one to fire a gun...
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Dec 6, 2008 8:56 am
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the Root_Cause_State_of_the_Practice group: Whenever the conformance with a requirement would have...
Jack and all, Thanks ever so much for your input. Â I agree with your analysis of the father's accountability and I like the idea of both parts of the risk...
When hospitals charge ~ $5.00 for an aspirin tablet, expect patients not to ask for them. This has happened to me before. Jack Stanford ... Cindy, Thanks. We...
In the high hazard industries, including weapons, many regulations are meant to articulate common sense that is not all that common. Â To me, there are few,...
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Dec 6, 2008 11:04 am
The following Root_Cause_State_of_the_Practice poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: It may be useful to identify dominant event...
I think that common sense relates to SAT very well! People doing a job must be able to perform critical tasks well, in the appropriate time frame. They must...
In training investigators, I work at getting the phrase "common sense" out of their vocabulary. It adds nothing to an investigation except expressing our sense...
