Human Error Club
Club identified in its first Analysis of Major Claims in 1990 that ‘human error’ accounted for 58% of all its claims over US$100,000. In the years since, despite marked falls in certain identified causes (for instance, structural failure), human error has remained stubbornly high as the prime cause of accidents and claims. As a consequence, the Club has for some years sought a methodology for both defining and analysing human error in the maritime context, in the hope of finding ways of tackling this seemingly intractable problem. A close study of the work of researchers at Manchester and Leiden Universities in the 1990s, on behalf of Shell, has resulted in http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/25/us/massachusetts-explosion/ the Club adopting their methodology and producing its most complex DVD to-date in order to illustrate the underlying concepts.The DVD No Room for Error graphically illustrates a proven methodology that shipowners can use to identify the propensity for human error to arise in their shipping operations. It also gives the Club the tools with which to analyse its extensive statistics to show where – and http://www.ukpandi.com/loss-prevention/risk-management-advice/the-human-element/ why – human error is most likely to arise.No Room For Error seeks to differentiate between the acts and omissions of people at the sharp end, and latent system faults generated by the culture created and the decisions made by those in authority in the shipowner’s offices. Unlike the Club’s previous videos and publications aimed at addressing trade specific issues, No Room for Error is intended to form part of, or to supplement, a company’s long-term training programme as well as to stimulate debate within the company aimed at reinforcing the effectiveness of the ISM Code through the development of a permanent and robust safety and environmental protection culture. Human errorOver the past two decades, there has been a growing appreciation of the many and varied ways that people contribute to accidents in hazardous industries, or simply in everyday life. Not long ago most of these would have been lumped together under the catch-all label ‘human error’. Nowadays it is apparent that this term covers a wide variety of unsafe behaviours.Most people would agree with the old adage ‘to err is human’. Most too would agree that human beings are frequent violators of the
Hill / Associated…)A Springfield, Mass., strip club exploded Friday evening after a gas employee's metal probe punctured a natural gas line and caused the club to fill with gas, investigators said http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/25/nation/la-na-nn-human-error-gas-explosion-20121125 Sunday.Officials may never know exactly what sparked the explosion, which flattened the http://heavy.com/news/2012/11/gas-company-workers-human-error-blamed-for-strip-club-explosion/ club, damaged dozens of nearby buildings and injured 19 people, including 12 firefighters who had rushed to evacuate the building and area.According to the findings of an investigation by Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan, an employee with the Columbia Gas Co. was responding to a report of human error a gas odor at the Scores Gentleman’s Club in downtown Springfield and was looking for the source. "The gas company employee smelled gas at the threshold of the building, but metered no gas inside," Coan's office said in a release. "He began to search outside the building using a metal probe to make holes in order to measure gas. His examination appears human error club to have been an appropriate distance from where older markings on the sidewalk indicated where the gas line was. However, the markings were incorrect and his metal probe inadvertently punctured the high-pressure gas line right at the foundation of the building."The employee called the fire department and told his company to shut off the gas, which was filling the building. Springfield Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant said firefighters' evacuation of the scene saved many lives. On Friday night, one stripper described how the club manager ordered her to get out quickly — regardless of how she was dressed."They have determined that human error as opposed to a fault of the gas infrastructure provided the fuel for the explosion," fire marshal Coan's office said of investigators in the release. "Exactly whose human error will be the subject of the [Massachusetts] Department of Public Utilities’ ongoing investigation."A spokeswoman for the Columbia Gas Company did not respond to a request for comment. Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno said in a statement that the company had pledged "full cooperation with all city and state investigatory officials."matt.pearce@latimes.comALSO:NASA has unprecedented
Apple Android Games Microsoft Apps Tablets Smartphones Gaming News Xbox One PS4 Xbox 360 Wii U 3DS PS3 Mobile PC Games Trailers Accessories Shopping Gifts for Women Gifts for Men Baby Wedding Pets Garden Audio Boys' Toys Girls' Toys News Get The Top 5 News Stories Each Day in Your InBox We will never share your email address. Gas Company Worker’s “Human Error” Blamed for Strip Club Explosion Published 5:59 am EDT, November 26, 2012 Comment By Sandy Fitzgerald Share Tweet Share Email Follow Here’s your fail of the week. The natural gas explosion that took down a Massachusetts strip club, damaged 42 buildings around it and injured 18 people is being blamed on a guy from the gas company who punctured a high pressure pipeline while looking for a gas leak. According to State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan, the leak was caused by the “human error” of the Columbia Gas worker. He’s not being named and Columbia Gas hasn’t commented. The worker damaged the underground pipe while using a metal probe, said Coan, and a flood of gas built up in the strip club, where a spark touched off the blast. The employee was following older markings on a sidewalk, indicating the location of the gas line, following a call Columbia Gas got complaining of a gas odor. He appeared to be the right distance from the line, Coan said, but the marks were wrong and he punctured the pipe. Authorities evacuated several buildings after the pipe was ruptured, and most of the 18 injured were gas workers, firefighters and police officers who hid behind a utility truck just before the explosion, which damaged 42 buildings, three of which were immediately condemned. Columbia Gas, a subsidiary of public company NiSource Inc., said Sunday that it plans to open a claims center for those affected by the blast. Springfield Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant praised the actions of city firefighters: The firefighters did an excellent job evacuating the area which certainly prevented additional civilian injuries and saved many lives. Mayor Domenic Sarno said Columbia Gas officials have been cooperating with investigators and have determined that there are no more gas leaks in the neighborhood. Sandy Fitzgerald November 26, 2012 5:59 am Most Popular On Heavy Clown Sightings List: Which States Have Reported Threatening Clowns? At least 40 states have reported sightings of creepy, threatening clowns. Here is a list of the states and what has happened. Williston, Vermont, Crash: Photos to Remember the Victims Five high school students —