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VOSL Challenges in Australia and New Zealand
October 22, 2025
What Is the Value of a Statistical Life (VOSL)? Value of a Statistical Life (VOSL) is a way to express the social cost of a fatality so safety..
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Lessons Learned from Verifying Safety-Critical Elements (SCEs)
October 22, 2025
What It Means to Be an SCE Verifier It has been almost 10 to 15 years since Major Hazard Facility (MHF) regulations were implemented across New..
Untangling the Timelines of Safety in Design
August 6, 2025
Why Safety in Design Matters The 2004 film Primer has a notoriously complex plotline. In one scene, our protagonists load the parts for a time..
What Qualifies as a Control in Process Safety?
August 6, 2025
Across many types of safety assessment activities, we are invited to consider how a hazard scenario would play out in the absence of controls. The..
How QRA Helps Ensure Your Buildings Are Actually Safe
July 1, 2025
What Is Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)? When people think about process safety, they often focus on the plant, the equipment, the pipes, and the..
When is the best time to use a QRA?
July 1, 2025
Understanding the Purpose of a QRA In today’s industrial environments, especially at major hazard facilities (MHFs), understanding and managing risk..
Process vs Occupational Safety: Incident Investigation Differences
May 28, 2025
Why the Distinction Matters When incidents occur in industrial settings, the approach to investigation can define not only immediate responses but..
How to Run an Efficient Procedural HAZOP Without Missing Real Risks
October 2, 2024
Why Cutting Corners in HAZOP Is a Concern For many of us who facilitate Hazop studies, procedural Hazops come our way only rarely. Despite a decade..
HAZOP Challenges Explained: From Double Jeopardy to Poor Documentation
April 24, 2024
From my experience as a HAZOP leader, there are several challenges I have experienced that could compromise the integrity of the recorded minutes...