#Risk assessment
Assessment of occupational risks in production: danger identification methods, root cause analysis, and development of compensatory measures. Contains cases on transferring from reactive accident investigations to proactive threat prediction and mitigation, and tools for their digitalization.
Risk Assessment for Newly Installed Equipment
The article examines a practical tool for production facilities, warehouses, and offices — a risk assessment checklist for the procurement and installation of simple equipment. The author describes a step-by-step verification process involving a committee, from the preliminary analysis of the operating manual to the drafting of an action plan prior to commissioning. Such a procedure helps ensure equipment safety and prevent the commissioning of facilities that pose high risks to the life and hea...
Dropped Objects: How Asia Drilling Enhances Safety on Drilling Rigs
Asia Drilling developed and implemented a comprehensive dropped object prevention system to increase safety on drilling rigs. The article describes the key components of this system, including proactive hazardous zone control, regular inspections, the use of tethered tools, and annual training of more than 400 employees under the DROPS program. The implementation of the system made it possible to reduce the number of identified violations related to equipment tethering at height by more than 85%...
Impact of the Process Management Approach on Safety Culture at JSCo "RZD"
The article is dedicated to the experience of JSC "Russian Railways" in developing a process-oriented management approach and its impact on the level of occupational safety culture. Using the example of around 550 business processes in the field of occupational health and safety, the author shows how graphical modeling helps identify operational risks, eliminate inefficient operations, and quickly master technologies during staff turnover. The use of process models in combination with standard p...
Perception Errors in Environmental Risk Assessment: A Case Study of Misconceptions
The article analyzes a typical perception error using a real-life example of an environmental risk assessment for a fuel storage facility at a mining and processing plant. The author shows how correlating the probability of one frequent event with the severe consequences of another leads to an overestimation of the final assessment. The material helps to understand how properly accounting for existing safeguards and separating events allow risks to be correctly reassessed.
Changes in the SAWT Methodology
On September 1, 2024, a new Methodology for conducting a special assessment of working conditions came into force, which changed the rules for identifying harmful factors, the work of commissions, and the procedure for filling out the SOUT card. The article examines the main legislative innovations and practical experience in optimizing the procedure using framework agreements and employee participation in risk identification. The article will help to properly organize the assessment process and...
Risk Assessment Analysis Cards – Preserving Life and Health
The article is dedicated to Risk Assessment Analysis Cards (KAOR) — a visual tool of the company Asia Drilling that describes in detail the hazards and measures to minimize them when performing various works. The material explains how the cards and their accompanying memos are used during mandatory briefings and for self-study by employees. Compliance with the measures described in KAOR enables drilling crew personnel to prevent injuries and preserve life and health.
Transforming Motivation in HSE
Transformation of the motivation and occupational safety competition system in a large industrial company. Transitioning from a complex 35-page standard to transparent assessment criteria for various employee categories with automated data collection, leading to a multiple increase in staff engagement.
Safety Tagging System: A Unified Information Database for Managing Nonconformities and Incidents
Implementation of a safety tagging system based on Excel macros for recording and managing nonconformities. The system allows any employee to register a defect, automatically assesses risks, and routes the task to responsible persons, ensuring 90% of tags are closed within 30 days.
How to Grant Contractor Site Access and Be Confident in Their Actions
Formal verification of documents does not guarantee the actual qualifications of contractor employees, which creates risks when admitting them to the production site. The article examines the practice of implementing preliminary testing in the customer's electronic system, which automatically blocks the inclusion of untrained workers in work permits. The author shares technical options for organizing checks and ways to overcome the resistance of existing contractors when transitioning to the new...
Risk Hunting – A Tool for Enhancing Safety Culture
The article discusses the integration of the "Risk Hunting" method into "Line Walk" to shift the focus from finding someone to blame to searching for solutions and identifying root causes of dangerous deviations. The author explains how conducting cross-"Hunts" and employee training help combat the "blurred vision" effect and engage personnel in safety matters. Using the example of Metalloinvest, it is demonstrated how this approach improves communication between workers and managers, contributi...
How to Be Confident in Choosing a Safe Contractor and Eliminate Subjective Assessment
The article discloses the approach of JSC OTEKO to contractor selection, in which production safety is evaluated on par with economic and technical parameters. The material describes the verification stages — from questionnaires and desk study of documents to interviews with the manager and on-site inspections. Recording all results in special checklists allows forming the final assessment in digital form and eliminating subjectivity.
Contractor Assessment in Numbers: Evaluating Workplace Safety
The article talks about the experience of JSC "OTEKO" in creating a workplace safety evaluation system at a construction site. The author describes the path from using standard audits and checklists to a methodology that takes into account specific types of work and the risks of potential consequences. The developed method with formulas and coefficients allows displaying the safety level in numbers and objectively tracking the dynamics of contractor development.