Learnings from the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
WHY WAS THERE NO FOCUS ON MAJOR HAZARD RISK BEFORE THE MACONDO BLOWOUT?
The answer is to do with the distinction between process safety and personal safety. These are quite different types of safety that have to be managed quite differently. In the Gulf of Mexico, if you talked to people about safety, what they had in their mind was personal safety.
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These videos are 2 of 55 in the SafetyTalks Series, featuring Professor Andrew Hopkins.
Process Safety V Personal Safety (Hazard Identification series)
Design for Warning Signs (Incident Reporting Systems series)
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