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Why don’t (or won’t) we do this? Why aren’t we sharing the knowledge and wisdom of safety system
design and management? Even at an inter-departmental level, silos exist. In many of the major
incidents lack of information sharing was a significant contributor Visibility, safety achievement,
continued improvement and a sense of a wider team effort may be the answer.
If we could visibly see key performance indicators and how our efforts are improving those KPI’s
then maybe that breeds a sense of achievement and confidence that there is a safe working
environment. If this could then be compared between plants A & B and A is leading B. Then B learns
from A, what are they doing different that achieves better results. What about plant C & D or site 1 &
2 the processes may be different but with visibility of performance in real terms comes a sense of
healthy competition, a broader cooperation and a real knowledge sharing community.
Figure 1 eMARS Major Accidents 2000 - 2005
We can see from
Figure 1
that there is no real change in major accidents within the period of 2000 to
2005 in countries where the Seveso Directive applies.. We could argue that there hasn’t been
sufficient time for regulated compliant projects and maintenance to take affect so let us look at the
period 2005 to 2012 which is as far as the records accurately report.