#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.
Drone Threat: How to Protect Your Facility from UAVs
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles creates not only advantages, but also serious risks to enterprise security, including espionage, physical threats, and equipment interference. The article examines the main threats associated with UAVs, as well as practical measures for facility protection: from installing detection systems and using electronic warfare equipment to staff training. The material explains how to minimize potential risks and properly organize the employee action procedure when a d...
Don't Walk Away! How to Organize Hazard Reporting
The transition from paper cards to electronic systems for recording unsafe actions and conditions allows reducing the time required to eliminate risks in production from 17 days to one day. Enterprise employees and contractor organizations can submit information from any device with internet access and view detailed statistics. The article describes how digital services and motivational programs help involve personnel in the hazard identification process.
Implementing Risk Management: "+100 to Karma"
Implementing a risk-oriented approach at production sites through dialogue with personnel and the work of dedicated risk management specialists. Practices include training workers to identify "familiar" hazards, prompt risk elimination by mechanical services without altering equipment design, and using a digital portal to record reports.
Saving Lives Through Risk Management
Implementation of a risk-oriented approach at a new asset with a different socio-cultural environment. The practice includes setting measurable engagement KPIs, regular "risk hunts" with a 75% elimination target, and overcoming mental barriers by involving employees' families in training events.
No Risks or Are We in a Mental Trap?
The implementation of a risk-based approach does not always lead to a reduction in occupational injuries, as the organization of the safety system faces mental traps. The article examines typical misconceptions of managers and workers — from underestimating uncertainty and the illusion of someone else's control over risks to ignoring mitigating measures. The material shows why, without feedback from employees and collective threat identification, a risk management system will not be sufficiently...
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Selection, Use, and Management
The article examines key aspects of the selection, application, and accounting of personal protective equipment (PPE), which is the last line of occupational health and safety in production. The material describes the criteria for selecting PPE taking into account risks and material properties, as well as the rules for maintaining registries and conducting regular testing. The publication will help to properly organize control over protective equipment and increase the level of employee safety.
Conducting a Risk Session: Guide Words
The article is devoted to the use of guide words in structured brainstorming during risk sessions using the HAZID and ENVID methods. The author explains how such words serve as a catalyst for thought and help the group not miss important topics for discussion. The material reveals the mechanism of working with ready-made word lists, the specifics of their compilation by the chairman, and key rules for conducting the session.
Environmental Risks: Setting Priorities During a Risk Session
The note is dedicated to the proper setting of goals when conducting risk sessions to identify environmental risks using the ENVID tool. The author explains why detailed damage calculations and final formulations should be moved outside the face-to-face meeting, focusing the expert group on maximum search and draft recording of risks. Such an approach allows recording an order of magnitude more risks during the session and eliminates manipulation of final assessments by experts.
Speaking the Same Language
Different perspectives and inaccurate interpretations of hazardous situations can lead to the development of erroneous protective measures and the persistence of risks at the enterprise. The article examines the universal tool "Risk Formulation", implemented at Metalloinvest for the precise description of an injury, a hazardous event, conditions, and the cause of an incident. Using a single template allows training employees at all levels to describe risks unambiguously and significantly reduces...
HSE Management System: A Course on Worker Safety
Implementation of an original 12-element human-centric and risk-oriented HSE model. The model divides incident causes into unsafe acts (direct and indirect) and unsafe conditions (eliminable and manageable), forming protective barriers for each, including commitment development, telemedicine, root cause analysis, and personnel involvement.
Risk Hunting
The article discusses "risk hunting"—a universal tool for identifying hazards in production and in everyday life. As part of this method, a team of experts identifies potential threats and suggests measures to eliminate them or reduce them to an acceptable level. The material explains how dynamic risk assessment helps anticipate negative scenarios, prevent incidents, and develop a safety culture.
Managing HSE Supervising
Transitioning from in-house occupational safety inspectors to a managing supervising model at remote project sites. Engaging supervisors through private employment agencies and expanding their role from simple control to risk management and contractor training.