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| Slide 38
Automation can’t check for human intervention
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Industrial plants are designed with
the highest accuracy in mind, with
several separate safety loops often
checking the integrity of process
systems.
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Can this apparatus check for human
intervention?
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No, they can’t!
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A small human error could cause an
enormous catastrophe.
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Bear in mind that 70% of reported
incidents in the oil and gas industry
worldwide are attributable to human
error and account for in excess of
90% of the financial loss to the
industry.
Nov 04, 2014