Oil Spill Jose Roberto Dominguez Dr. Ken Rossi MGMT 6000 A (CRN: 1535) September 20, 2015 Table of Contents Case Introduction and Background 3 BP or Industry Failure 4 Most Significant Flawed Decisions 5 Did BP lack the appropriate safety culture? 8 References 12 BP and The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Case Introduction and Background This particular case study created an abundance of unanswered questions for me to consider and made me realize how poorly we are at regulating industries
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Safety Safety in the lab should always be practiced with the utmost precaution. This lab deals with hot water, a heat exchanger, and water valves. Always wear your personal protective equipment (ppe) in the lab a. Lab coat buttoned up completely to avoid from spills and other materials from harming your clothes or skin b. Completely closed toed shoes and long pants ie. No skirts, shorts, or dresses c. Safety Goggles must be warn as well to protect your eyes from any
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Unit 3. Lab 1. Building a New Structure- NFPA Codes NFPA 1, Fire Code, advances fire and life safety for the public and first responders as well as property protection by providing a comprehensive, integrated approach to fire code regulation and hazard management. It addresses all the bases with extracts from and references to more than 130 NFPA® codes and standards including such industry benchmarks as NFPA 101, NFPA 54, NFPA 58, NFPA 30, NFPA 13, NFPA 25, and NFPA 72. Requirements cover the
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I am one of my company’s safety officers; we have a committee that meets monthly to discuss safety. Some of our typical conversations cover our workplace area, and good housekeeping. Before our meeting there is several inspections that occur, these will be reported about in our meeting. Last month I s tasked to inspect all the companies safety equipment and personal protective equipment. My inspection was broke down into three categories, availability, serviceability and whether it was within calibration
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System Safety Mechanics Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Safety 440 System Safety Management This country is experiencing the safest three-year period in the history of commercial aviation and that has a lot to do with the top-down commitment to safety across the aviation industry (rita.dot.gov, 2005). Safety professionals across the country are excited to continue this trend by implementing a new concept known as System Safety Mechanics. System Safety Mechanics is a comprehensive
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9-311-061 REV: JANUARY 31, 2011 RICHARD G. HAMERMESH F. WARREN MCFARLAN MARK KEIL ANDREW KATZ MICHAEL MORGAN DAVID LABORDE Computer rized P Provide Order Entry at Emory er y ealthcar re He I think the CPOE implementation has gone exceptionally well so far. T These CPOE sy ystems are all pretty immat ture at this po oint in time. I the system we are implem In menting, the m medication reco onciliation mod dule is awful; there are some other things that are awful, but, overall, g ; , given
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Aircraft Maintenance Safety Compliance I found an article published in Aero Safety world raised serious concerns about safety compliance among aircraft maintenance technicians and their managers. The report is about compliance procedures to ensure aircraft safety. This report is based on a Baines Simmons employee safety culture survey that canvassed 2,000 maintenance professionals in union and non-union aircraft maintenance shops in North and South America over a period of three years (2007-2010)
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relates closely to safety engineering and to system safety, in that they use common methods for their analysis and may require input from each other. Reliability engineering focuses on costs of failure caused by system downtime, cost of spares, repair equipment, personnel, and cost of warranty claims. Safety engineering normally emphasizes not cost, but preserving life and nature, and therefore deals only with particular dangerous system-failure modes. High reliability (safety factor) levels also
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highlight patient safety and to create a culture where the concept of ‘do no harm’ was explicit rather than implicit. It was very tough to implement as doctors and nurses were not open to discuss any “accidents”. It is an example of classical conditioning as the doctors and nurses used to get defensive when they were broached on the topic of safety. To them, talking about safety implied that that they were doing something wrong. To introduce the idea of enhancing the patient safety, she had to take
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Safety Management System Written ICAO develops an SMS Manual as guidance for all States to develop regulatory framework for implementation of SMS. ICAO is recommending that all States implement Safety Management System at operations and maintenance departments. All ICAO States are expected to establish a State Safety Programme to incorporate a set of rules and regulations for directing activities towards improvement of safety. Implemented The purpose of SMS is to support a move away from regulatory
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