Deepwater Horizon Study Group Working Paper – January 2011 3 A High Reliability Management Perspective on the Deepwater Horizon Spill‚ Including Research Implications Emery Roei and Paul R. Schulmanii Abstract Looking back on events leading up to the Deepwater Horizon Spill raises questions about how the Spill is currently portrayed. We run the risk of focusing too narrowly on a sequence of particular events as the main culprit when the accidents and failures that did not happen are
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BP Disaster at Sea In 2010 the nation was dealt the worst oil spill in the history of the USA‚ the BP oil rig Deep water horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. This major catastrophe destroyed some people‚ millions of aquatic wildlife‚ birds and the reputation of BP all in one fatal event. What caused this mind blowing disaster to happen? We will take a look
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gasoline Cleaning the bathroom Applying pesticides or insecticides Using solvents or acids at work Many chemicals can cause injury or illness if not handled properly. Hazard Communication ‘Goals’ Right to Know chemical hazards PPE‚ first aid‚ spills/leaks Labels‚ Material Safety Data sheets Right to Know OSHA created the Hazard Communication Standard to help ensure your safety when working with hazardous chemicals. You have a RIGHT TO KNOW about the hazardous chemicals you use on the
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was very surprised that is was even being considered. Like most people I spent most of my vacations as a child at the beach. If we start allowing drilling to occur then one spill could wipe out quite a few of our beautiful beaches and end the vacations for years. Let’s start at the BP spill off the coast of Louisiana. That spill all started because the number three engine took in highly carbonated air and it mixed with the fuel mixture and blew up. When it blew up it killed all the generators which
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Nigerian Government isn’t the only ones to be blamed though. Shell is the company who is mining for oil in Nigeria and is to blame for the constant oil spills that damage the ecosystem‚ as well as all around pollution of the region. The constant oil spills in Nigeria have made the water undrinkable. Shell’s carelessness has lead to hundreds of oil spills in the Niger Delta region. On December 22‚ 2011 one
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P IntroductionThere has been a spill of concentrated sulphuric acid at the chemical plant where I work at as the Safety Engineer. In this report‚ I will explain what Sulfuric Acid is‚ the health risks and hazards associated with it‚ the safety precautions that should be taken and how the spill should be handled. Sulfuric Acid‚ H2SO4‚ also commonly known as battery acid or vitriol‚ is one of the top products in the chemical industry‚ with 40 million tons produced annually in the U.S. It is a colourless
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Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline; Increase in petrol prices in the UK; Explosion of BP refinery in Texas that caused 100 injuries and 15 deaths in 2005; Criminal charges due to the spread of 270.000 gallons of crude oil in the Alaskan tundra in 2006; Toxic spill of 2‚000 gallons of methanol in the oil field (Prudhoe Bay) managed by BP. Closing of Alaskan oil wells. Opportunities: 8 b. USD investment in the research of alternative fuel methods‚ including hydrogen‚ natural gas‚ wind and solar over
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McGregor reported mistreatment and crimes for Women in Combat and people are noticing it. For women in combat‚ there are constantly problems for women to perform on the frontline. “In 1994 the Department of Defense officially banned women from serving in combat‚ but‚ on January 24‚ 2013‚ Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta removed the military’s ban on women serving in combat. Lawsuits and new restrictions began to happen.” (Jurist report by Jerry Votava) McGregor said under those circumstances they
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Organizational structure is a group of people working together to achieve goals and objective for the organization. The purpose is to show the reporting relationships of job descriptions within the business. An important tool to report and manage employees working together is structure. There are areas of an organizational structure that will assist the businesses to be profitable and successful. Firstly‚ the height which pertains to the number of levels from top management to lower level employees
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“The Education of Michelle Rhee‚” is a documentary shown on PBS Frontline. John Merrow is a correspondent of Frontline and he was given permission to follow Michele Rhee on her journey to reforming the public-school system in Washington D.C. While watching the video it is easy to see that Rhee was very passionate in her pursuit to create a better public-school system for the children in Washington D.C. Rhee implemented mandatory standardized tests for the school system and fired every principal‚
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