AGRICULTURE
Poor shift handover processes have caused catastrophic incidents, creating an important requirement for more efficient, consistent and detailed data at this crucial point of day-to-day operations. Unfortunately, there are still inadequate and time-consuming tools being used during shift handover, which increase organizational risk and inefficiencies.
Industrial Accident | Year |
DuPont LaPorte Toxic Chemical Leak | 2014 |
KiwiRail Train Derailment | 2013 |
BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill | 2010 |
Kleen Energy Natural Gas Explosion | 2010 |
BP Texas City Refinery | 2005 |
Buncefield Fire | 2005 |
Esso Longford Gas Explosion | 1998 |
Continental Express Aircraft Crash | 1991 |
Occidental Piper Alpha Explosion | 1988 |
Sellafield Beach Incident | 1983 |
To reduce the risk of potential hazardous accidents, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommends that industrial plants adopt a shift handover solution meeting all the following requirements:
The high risk of poor shift handover procedures has been highlighted on numerous U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) Investigation Reports over many years. In its June 2019 "Toxic Chemical Release at the DuPont La Porte Chemical Facility Investigation Report", the CSB also provided “Shift Communication Practices Guidance to Industry”:
“Effective communication between different operational units at a facility, and between supervisors and workers on changing shifts, is critical to safety. Communication is necessary to convey the status of operations, ongoing changes, abnormalities, unusual operating conditions, or other relevant issues associated with chemical process equipment. The more complex the process involved, the greater the imperative to ensure that communication is effective. Reliance solely upon one form of communication, especially verbal communication, can leave the workforce vulnerable to potential gaps in information communicated, misunderstandings, or absence of critical information in what oftentimes can be an evolving situation.”
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