About Anatomy of an Incident

The purpose of this site is to allow you to learn from other peoples’ mistakes—those situations where something went wrong in a real-life plant environment. We want to get past the sensational parts of the discussion and see what we can extract from the wreckage that might help you prevent the same thing happening.

Working with ABB, the site sponsor, we will examine actual incidents and fill in all the details we can:

• How the process worked and where the situation fit into the larger picture;
• How the incident unfolded from start to finish;
• Digging to the root cause and adding contributing elements;
• What specific safety standards applied to the situation and how they were implemented;
• What the company should have done; and
• Ideas that you can take away.

Each incident will have a place for you to offer comments, ask questions, and maybe start an ongoing discussion with your peers. The important thing is to provide the means to a better environment in you plant so that everyone goes home safely at the end of the shift.