Risk-engineering.org

Heinrich’s domino model of accident causation — Risk …

WEBHerbert W. Heinrich was a pioneering occupational safety researcher, whose 1931 publication Industrial Accident Prevention: A Scientific Approach [Heinrich 1931] …

Actived: 3 days ago

URL: https://risk-engineering.org/concept/Heinrich-dominos

The Heinrich/Bird safety pyramid

WEBHerbert W. Heinrich was a pioneering occupational health and safety researcher, whose 1931 publication Industrial Accident Prevention: A Scientific …

Category:  Health Go Health

Risk acceptability and tolerability

WEBThese slides develop the distinction between acceptability and tolerability of risks, describe the factors that influence acceptability, and outline a number of decision …

Category:  Health Go Health

The defence in depth principle

WEBDefence in depth is a safety philosophy involving the use of successive compensatory measures (often called barriers, or layers of protection, or lines of …

Category:  Health Go Health

Risk metrics: Measuring safety performance to improve …

WEBOther resources. We recommend the following sources of further information on this topic: A guide to measuring health & safety performance, UK Health and Safety …

Category:  Health Go Health

Safety models and accident models

WEBOverview. A safety model is a set of beliefs or hypotheses (often implicit) about the features and conditions that contribute to the safety of a system. An accident …

Category:  Health Go Health

Risk modelling and quantification

WEBThe probabilistic approach to risk analysis estimates risk as a function of: the severity — or magnitude — of each consequence. the likelihood (probability) of the …

Category:  Health Go Health

Professional bodies in risk engineering and safety management

WEBNetworking and career development. A number of professional bodies related to the health and safety profession may be of interest to you as a future …

Category:  Health Go Health

Statistical modelling: Introduction to probabilistic and …

WEBStatistical modelling (or “data science” or “machine learning”, to use related and more trendy terms) is an important part of risk analysis and safety in various …

Category:  Health Go Health

Risk Engineering: Linear regression analysis of smoking data

WEBThe British Doctors’ Study followed the health of a large number of physicians in the UK over the period 1951–2001. It provided conclusive evidence of linkage between smoking …

Category:  Health Go Health

Learning from incidents and accidents: The gift of failure

WEBOverview. Learning from accidents is the acquisition of knowledge and skills from a thorough study of accidents and their antecedents. The knowledge acquired may …

Category:  Health Go Health

Classic safety posters — Risk Engineering

WEBClassic safety posters. Posters have long been used to communicate safety messages to workers in industry, and to the general population (often in a fairly …

Category:  Health Go Health

Psychological safety — Risk Engineering

WEBNote that psychological safety is a group phenomenon, and is a component of the culture of small work teams.It is influenced by the organizational culture, The culture …

Category:  Health Go Health

The Piper Alpha disaster — Risk Engineering

WEBOn July 6, 1988, the Piper Alpha oil platform experienced a series of catastrophic explosions and fires. This platform, located in the North Sea approximately …

Category:  Health Go Health

Insurance and risk: some history — Risk Engineering

WEBInsurance and risk: some history. The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian law code dated from around 1750 BC. It consists of 282 laws dealing with all aspect of …

Category:  Health Go Health

Safety culture: A contentious and confused notion

WEBThe safety culture of an organisation is the product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behaviour that determine …

Category:  Health Go Health