Predicting and Preventing the Unwanted
The following is an edited transcription of an interview with me conducted by Dr Howard Morris of Safe Work Australia in 2016. The web link to this interview is no longer available, so I have been free with my editing…
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What light does this occurrence shed on aspects of interest to engineers in general and risk engineers in particular? Background: The McDonnell Douglas (MD) 11 originated in the 1960s as the Douglas Commercial DC10, then with company ownership change it…
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The following is an edited transcription of an interview with me conducted by Dr Howard Morris of Safe Work Australia in 2016. The web link to this interview is apparently no longer available, so I have been free with my…
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If investigators of this case have the idea that ‘accidents are caused’ and their purpose is to investigate the cause so this may be ‘removed’, the question, maybe unspoken, in their minds will be what is the accident? Is it…
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Introduction This is a review and commentary on the independent report commissioned by the FAA following two 737 Max hull loss accidents. The report’s title is “Section 103 Organisation Designation Authorizations (ODA) for Transport Airplanes Expert Panel Review. – Final…
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As a brief review, the disaster occurred in 2015 at a mine (The Samarco iron ore joint venture) owned by BHP Billiton and Vale. The collapse of a tailings dam “killed 19 people…(and) severely polluted the Rio Dose river all…
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Many, perhaps all, registers I have seen include entries for “inherent risk” and “residual risk”. An attempt is made to ‘quantify’ the inherent and residual risk using (typically) the “Risk Matrix” variables of Likelihood and Consequence. The post “The…
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After the Boeing 737-9 fuselage structure failure of 5th January 2024 Boeing issued a statement: https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2024-01-06-Boeing-Statement-on-737-9-Inspections “Safety is our top priority and we deeply regret the impact this event has had on our customers and their passengers…” How often have…
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A sample formal Occurrence analysis and discussion of its application using the January 2004 Haneda runway collision case. INTRODUCTION For a representative press article, see https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/03/japan-plane-crash-jet-haneda-airport-clear-to-land-japan-airlines Before Tuesday, Japan had not experienced a serious commercial aviation accident for decades. The…
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Populating the rows of the register with meaningful entries There is a post under Chapter 4 titled “Describing Risks”. This explains an approach to the task of identifying and describing an entry in a Risk Register that is based on…
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