Dan, Thanks. For the scientific backup see http://www.psych. utah.edu/ AppliedCognition Lab/ DWY hijacks your brain. It prevents the brain from...
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Root_Cause_State_of_t...
Jan 1, 2009 9:34 am
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DR WILLIAM CORCORAN
drbillcorcoran
Jan 1, 2009 9:37 am
Bruce, Bills, et al, Â The plain English basic is that a factor is something that affected an effect. To be a factor it must be a fact. But all facts are not...
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DR WILLIAM CORCORAN
drbillcorcoran
Jan 1, 2009 10:08 am
The previous posting is replaced with this one.  Factors: Back to the Basics  The plain English basic is that a factor is something that affected an...
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DR WILLIAM CORCORAN
drbillcorcoran
Jan 1, 2009 10:34 am
Bill Salot, Peace be with you. May you enjoy the peace of the righteously outraged. See my most recent posting of DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. At...
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DR WILLIAM CORCORAN
drbillcorcoran
Jan 1, 2009 10:45 am
See "Back to the Basics" at  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Root_Cause_State_of_the_Practice/files/Dictionary%20and%20Babel/  I intend to keep that...
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Root_Cause_State_of_t...
Jan 1, 2009 10:47 am
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jack.stanford@...
nhasme04
Jan 1, 2009 12:53 pm
Concering DWY, I believe that DWY is a causal factor. There are many studies that show that it equates to driving while drunk. It is a negative - lack of...
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Dr. Bill Corcoran
drbillcorcoran
Jan 2, 2009 10:22 am
The attached picture got my attention-big time. It prompted me to consider how important it is to have gripping, but valid, pictures in investigation reports. ...
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jack.stanford@...
nhasme04
Jan 2, 2009 11:55 am
After reading about the huge sludge event, I let my imagination run wild. Imagination does not have a place in RCA reports/assessments. Anyone who spends...
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DR WILLIAM CORCORAN
drbillcorcoran
Jan 2, 2009 1:09 pm
Jack, You said: "Imagination does not have a place in RCA reports/assessments." I agree that what is in an investigation report has to be based on fact, not...
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Hobbs, Andrew F.
hobbsaf@...
Jan 2, 2009 1:49 pm
I would say that the failure of many investigations/causal analyses is the lack of imagination. Too often investigators and rooticians have pre-conceived...
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WILLIAM L. RIGOT
wlrigot
Jan 2, 2009 2:08 pm
Dr. Bill, One place where I can see imagination being used is in "near hit" investigations. At the end of the investigation someone goes "Holy Crap, here's...
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Salot, William
wjsalot
Jan 2, 2009 2:42 pm
Bill C, Let's not get carried away. "Imagination" can be good or bad. Like "luck", it is not robust. Good "imagination" is driven by sound "logic". Bad...
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Salot, William
wjsalot
Jan 2, 2009 2:55 pm
Bill C, Hooray! Yes! Let's do it! It's only logical! Bill Salot ________________________________ From: Root_Cause_State_of_the_Practice@yahoogroups.com ...
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DR WILLIAM CORCORAN
drbillcorcoran
Jan 2, 2009 4:41 pm
Bill Salot, One of the most entertaining discussions of the role of imagination is at this link ...
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DR WILLIAM CORCORAN
drbillcorcoran
Jan 2, 2009 4:48 pm
Bill Rigot, In order to have one of those near miss/ near hit / fragile precursor insights one must have a cognitive model of the system including the...
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Salot, William
wjsalot
Jan 2, 2009 6:43 pm
Bill C, You have done a lot of development work since you adopted use of the term, "factor". I particularly like your reference to a factor" as a "training...
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MIKE PECKHAM
mikepeckham2001
Jan 2, 2009 10:49 pm
I agree that pictures are compelling and a necessary feature of any RCA report. Bill wrote: "If your system does not accommodate pictures in...
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MIKE PECKHAM
mikepeckham2001
Jan 2, 2009 10:52 pm
Imagination is a critical part of RCA investigation. It opens up lines of inquiry that otherwise might be missed. ... From: DR WILLIAM CORCORAN...
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jack.stanford@...
nhasme04
Jan 3, 2009 3:08 am
I think that questioning is a better approach than using one's imagination. Perhaps imagination is a good tool that leads to better questions, i.e. what would...
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jack.stanford@...
nhasme04
Jan 3, 2009 3:23 am
Back when I started riding motorcycles in the early 1970s, there was no motorcycle helmet law in CT. My father was an MD, but he never told me that I had to...
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QPIF@...
nukepifmaster
Jan 3, 2009 4:44 am
We had an event where corroded safety-related piping sprung a leak as we were cleaning it to take wall thickness measurements. The resulting shutdown took...
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DR WILLIAM CORCORAN
drbillcorcoran
Jan 3, 2009 10:38 am
Mike Peckham, Thanks ever so much. This just addresses part of your message below. You asked, "Have any of you been challenged by your public...
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DR WILLIAM CORCORAN
drbillcorcoran
Jan 3, 2009 1:28 pm
Barry, The 10 days lost generation revenue looks like beg bucks worth understanding. Out our way a retail kWhr goes for about $0.118...
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Root_Cause_State_of_t...
Jan 3, 2009 1:54 pm
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jack.stanford@...
nhasme04
Jan 3, 2009 4:22 pm
This is another good example of why I decided not to become a lawyer (or an MD). A lot of times, I don't see lawyers doing good. Jack Stanford ... Mike...
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WILLIAM L. RIGOT
wlrigot
Jan 3, 2009 4:55 pm
Dr. Bill, The place you're describing is where I work. I see some evidence of change, because that kind of thinking invariably leads to the same wrong ...
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William R. Corcoran, ...
drbillcorcoran
Jan 3, 2009 7:06 pm
Bill Rigot, Thanks for mentioning the Factors-Consequences Matrix. Here's a basic one for the BART Fatality. [Yahoo! Groups] Name: Factors-Consequences...
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WILLIAM L. RIGOT
wlrigot
Jan 4, 2009 11:55 pm
Dr. Bill & Barry, If this is the incident I'm thinking of, it was briefed extensively at the 2008 Engineering Human Performance conference at Davis Besse by...
