Safety first?
Description
'CASPAR' Lecture 2011
'Safety for Everything ?'
In the year 2010, the 'Macondo' Blowout in the Gulf of Mexico and the rescue of trapped miners in the San Jose copper mine in Copiado Chile partly dominated the world news. In addition, the same year also saw many casualties from methane gas explosions in mines in (among others) West Virginia, New Zealand, Colombia and China. Much of these serious accidents penetrated our daily news only to a limited extent.
Mining and oil extraction has a long tradition of dealing with risks. Whereas in the past the safety of miners was entrusted to the saints watching over us (including Saint Barbara), modern society tends to want to eliminate any risk 100% of the time. History has seen a succession of major accidents with subsequent rethinking and tightening of laws and regulations.
But when it comes to HSE, are we going forwards or backwards? The impression is created that things seem to go wrong too often: 'something must be curbed here'. What is 'true', and 'where' can we improve?
This lecture will look at safety lessons from the past; these will be supplemented by current situation sketches and current developments in the HSE field.
Mining engineer, ir. Peter Ligthart, as an oil and gas expert well 'at home' in the world of HSE, will address this topical issue using various real-life examples, peppered with thoughtful views of his own, 'real life' experiences from the past and a healthy look to the future.
Speaker(s)
Ir Peter Ligthart
Location
Phoenixstraat 66, Delft
Organiser
Mining
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