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on Risk & Safety

A listing in reverse chronological order of articles by:

  • Greg Hutchins (editor) — CERM Risk Insights series
  • Doug Lehr — Equipment Risk and Reliability in Downhole Applications series
  • Sanjeev Saraf — Operational Risk, Process Safety series

by Sanjeev Saraf Leave a Comment

New Safety And Environmental Management System (SEMS) From MMS

New Safety And Environmental Management System (SEMS) From MMS

About a year ago, the Minerals Management Services (MMS) proposed a new rule that would require operators of oil and gas operations in the US Outer Continental Shelf to develop and implement Safety and Environmental Management System (SEMS).

It is expected that the rule will be promulgated sometime this year (2010).

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Electoral Quality and Integrity

Electoral Quality and Integrity

Guest Post by James Kline (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

On September 15, 2021, ASQ announced the formation of the Center for Electoral Quality and Integrity. This announcement caused a conflicted reaction.  On the one hand I liked that the Government Division, which was pushing this action, was showing some level of activity, after almost none for several years. One the other hand, I just laughed at the idea that ASQ and Government Division was going to, or even be capable of, having an impact on electoral quality or integrity. This is not a case of believing the objective is bad.

It is a case of realizing that this is not the 1990s when quality was a key priority of governments around the world. And that ASQ does not have the same level of influence it had, when in the 1990s it was instrumental in getting Education added to the Baldrige Award.

This piece discusses the white paper on Electoral Quality and Integrity which the Center seeks to implement. It also discusses the forces likely to prevent ASQ from being successful.

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SO2 Vs. H2S: Which Is More Toxic?

SO2 Vs. H2S: Which Is More Toxic?

I noticed that API-14C recommends monitoring of 2-ppm (and higher) SO2 levels. I felt this was a really low threshold value for SO2 .

What surprised me further is that the Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) value for SO2 is 100-ppm…same as H2S!

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Project Manager Lessons Learned: Bad Technical Decision

Project Manager Lessons Learned: Bad Technical Decision

Guest Post by John Ayers (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

This story is an example of centering your design around a high-tech solution to a problem when a low risk proven technology would have more than sufficed.   Technical expertise egos got in the way of a practical low-cost approach resulting in unplanned schedule and cost growth.

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Symptoms Of Oxygen Deficient Atmosphere

Symptoms Of Oxygen Deficient Atmosphere

Oxygen Deficient Atmosphere (<19.5%)

Oxygen Concentration (% Volume)Symptoms of acute exposure
15-19May impair coordination. Decreased ability to perform tasks
12-15Impaired coordination, perception, and judgment
10-12Increased breathing rate, poor coordination and judgment, lips slightly blue
8-10Mental failure, fainting, unconsciousness, ashen face, blueness of lips, nausea, upset stomach and vomiting
6-88 minute exposure: may be fatal in 50-100%; 6 minute exposure: may be fatal in 25-50%; 4-5 minutes exposure: Recovery with treatment
4-6Coma in 40-seconds, followed by convulsions, breathing failure, death

Source: Compressed Natural Gas Safety Bulletin, SB-2, 1992.

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What is Agile Enterprise Risk Management

What is Agile Enterprise Risk Management

Guest Post by Howard M. Wiener (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

I am pretty close to completing my first book – Agile Enterprise Risk Management, Risk-Based Thinking, Multi-Disciplinary Management and Digital Transformation. It is now at the publishers, awaiting finalization. I have established a site for the book and this is the home page text that describes what AERM is all about.

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Nitrogen Asphyxiation Hazards

Nitrogen Asphyxiation Hazards

We all know that air is mostly nitrogen…79% to be precise. What may not be a common knoweldge is that colorless odorless Nitrogen has led to asphyxiation and fatalities and is a risk particularly for personnel working in confined spaces and personnel utilizing breathing air systems.

According to the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) research there were 80 nitrogen asphyxiation fatalities between 1992-2002. This translates to one nitrogen asphyxiation death every seven weeks. Approximately, 10% of fatalities were due to attempts to rescue person in confined spaces.

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Teamwork: Trust, Tolerance, and Leadership

Teamwork: Trust, Tolerance, and Leadership

Guest Post by Malcolm Peart (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

Teams, they are everywhere; sports teams, project teams, political parties, rock bands, military units, the list goes on.  The team isn’t just about the people in the limelight it’s also about the backroom boys and girls who provide logistical, technical, administrative, and sometime moral support to the front men and women.  Even the lone competitor or the one-man-band needs some support; everybody needs somebody sometime.

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Safety Rap

Safety Rap

Take a look at the following video from Dominion Power:

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Future of Today’s Risk Professional Guest

Future of Today’s Risk Professional Guest

Guest Post by Patrick Ow (first posted on CERM Â® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

What is a risk professional?

Risk management is an objective-focused concept. Risk professionals must, therefore, be a catalyst, an advocate, and trusted friend for driving superior organisational performance.

They must walk alongside executives, managers and staff to achieve organisational objectives by making better decisions under uncertainty, risk, and opportunities.

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Indoor Dispersion: A Simple Model To Estimate Indoor Concentrations

Indoor Dispersion: A Simple Model To Estimate Indoor Concentrations

While evaluating impact of a toxic release, you may be interested in how the concentration of the toxicant increases in a room and its impact on indoor personnel. For example, if there is a H2S release in the plant and you want to estimate the increase in concentration in a nearby office building.

I want to share a simple model to estimate indoor concentrations following an outdoor toxic release. [Read more…]

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Nuclear Fusion Advances

Nuclear Fusion Advances

Guest Post by John Ayers (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

New superconducting magnet breaks magnetic field strength records, paving the way for practical, commercial, carbon-free power fusion energy. MIT and U.S. startup company Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) led the project. This test paves the way for a demonstration device to show a plasma can be created and contained that generates more energy than it consumes. The demonstration device is expected to be completed in 2025. The hope is that in the future there will be thousands of fusion plants powering clean electric grids around the world helping to save the planet.

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RFID: Potential Ignition Source

RFID: Potential Ignition Source

Earlier I had written about the use of RFID for tracking hazardous substances. One of the readers, Sujith, wrote to me that RFID can be a ignition source and thus pose a potential for fire/explosion.

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Risk Rankings

Risk Rankings

Guest Post by Malcolm Peart (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

We have general risks and, quite often when risks manifest themselves the various militaries around the world are called in to deal with the issues, crises, disasters, and catastrophes that occur.  The military do not enter these on their own volition nor are they of their own making but, in line with the principle that risk is best dealt with by the party most suited, the military are tasked by their lords and masters.

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by Sanjeev Saraf 1 Comment

Value Of Life

Value Of Life

As safety professionals, we are often required to consider value of life in decision making.

So, what is the economic value of a life? According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), it is $5.8 million [in 2010]. Click on the link below to read more…

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