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BP Texas City: How 15 deaths changed safety governance
BP Texas City shows how 15 deaths turned process safety from a refinery issue into a board-level governance test for serious risk and control health.
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Incident Investigation
37 articles
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Incident Communication: 72-Hour Executive Playbook
A Headline Podcast guide to communicating after a serious workplace injury, from first-hour facts to OSHA reporting and board-level decisions.
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Tripod Beta Explained: 4 Cause Paths in RCA
A concise Tripod Beta explainer for safety leaders who need to separate barrier failure, immediate cause, precondition and organizational cause.
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Causal Factor Analysis: 5 Myths Boards Still Believe
Causal factor analysis fails when leaders chase one tidy cause instead of testing evidence, controls, ownership, and recurrence risk after serious events.
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How to Run a Barrier Failure Review After a Serious Incident
A Headline Podcast guide for reviewing barrier failure after a serious incident, so leaders can separate broken controls from weak explanations.
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Operator Blame in RCA: 6 Blind Spots That Hide Risk
Operator blame in RCA feels decisive, yet it often hides weak controls, production pressure and leadership choices that kept risk alive.
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How to Triage Near-Miss Reports Before They Age
A Headline Podcast guide for triaging near-miss reports before evidence fades, risk gets downgraded, and corrective actions become paperwork.
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Farmington Mine Disaster: 7 Signals Leaders Still Miss
The Farmington Mine Disaster shows why fatal risk is rarely invisible, even when weak signals are fragmented across maintenance, ventilation and leadership decisions.
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Serious Incident Potential: 7 Classification Traps Investigators Miss
Serious Incident Potential classification helps investigation teams separate low-harm events from events that nearly exposed the organization to fatal or life-altering consequences.
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Columbia Accident: 7 Leadership Signals Still Missed
A Columbia accident leadership analysis for executives who need to catch weak signals, protect dissent, and investigate beyond the visible trigger.
