... Session No. 711 Serious Injury and Fatality Prevention in Oil and Gas Exploration Ian M. Threadgold, BSc, CSP, ASP Threadgold Safety Management Katy, Texas L. John Barrett, CSP BHP Billiton Petroleum Houston, Texas Introduction Recent studies have shown that, while the incident rates of less...

... decision making is the one played by leadership. (2) Leadership decision making is pivotal to the understanding and prevention of serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs). In this paper, we will examine the evidence for these statements, as well as the implications that follow, for policy, strategy...

... with all the progress, people continue to get hurt, and rates for the most serious injuries have yet to decline at the same pace as other injury types. Some organizations are taking a proactive approach to addressing hazards. For many, their performance is good, sometimes very good. But they know...

...Session No. 613 Fatality Prevention Auditing: Effective Design and Deployment Peter T. Susca, MS OpX Safety Wethersfield, CT Introduction The author was introduced to occupational fatalities and serious injuries (FSIs) in the mid 90 s while working as a safety professional in the elevator/escalator...

... into safety excellence is that senior leaders should focus attention first on addressing serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs). The long-held practice of concentrating on minor incidents and hoping for a trickle up effect has been proven inadequate, and leaders need to familiarize themselves with the most...

... of a very serious injury or fatality, this makes perfect sense because it would be impossible to do the investigation from a hospital bed or the morgue. But in other cases where the person wasn't seriously injured, it is still much more common for someone else to investigate it. Why? Well, again, some...

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... Session No. 636 A Practical Enterprise-Wide Approach to Fatality and Serious Injury Prevention Richard D. Hilton, CSP Manager, Corporate Safety 3M Company John R. Mulhausen, Ph.D., CIH, CSP Director, Corporate Safety & Industrial Hygiene 3M Company G. Scott Wright, CSP Advanced Safety Specialist...

... Abstract Preventing fatalities and serious injuries (injuries with permanent or very long term life changing impact) is a growing movement in occupational safety. For more than 30 years, thought leaders in safety management, including Peterson [1], Johnson [2], Manuel [3] and Krause [4] have...

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... serious injuries and fatalities it very simply gives safety professionals two ways to win by preventing the incident or by preventing the effects of the incident. With this vision as our backdrop, risk management then becomes a balancing act of two concepts prevention and contingency. The prevention...

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.... These statistics call for nothing less than a new paradigm in the way this nation protects workers." The pattern the ASSE president identifies goes beyond fatalities to include serious injuries. In the past five years, worker fatalities are level or increasing year to year, and so too are serious injuries...

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... health & medicine serious injury accident participant Session No. 640 Safety Training That ROCKS! James Skipper Kendrick, CSP President Kendrick Global Enterprises, LLC Hurst, Texas Introduction PowerPoint is a staple of all training. However, many of us have suffered through death...

... limited in its application? Has it outlived its usefulness, particularly in relation to serious and fatal injuries? Should we think differently about the prevention of fatal and serious injuries? What approach should we take to serious injury prevention? This paper seeks to answer...

... Introduction Since 2005 the incidence of serious injuries, those requiring lengthy periods of time off duty or restricted duty, has been on the rise as documented by numerous sources, including those cited below. In general, these increases are irrespective of the age of the worker...

... to prevent fatalities? Can the same set of actions that works so well for lowering injury rates be put to service for reducing job-related deaths? Today, more senior leaders are making noteworthy advances towards stemming serious injuries and fatalities by doing just that; employing certain safety...

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... Serious Injury Trending Beyond question, the trending over the past several years has been significantly adverse with respect to serious worker injuries and the cost of workers compensation claims. This paper will present broadly-based statistics on serious injury trending...