IChemE: infographic major process safety incident versus root cause

The infographic provides an overview of the main root causes of major incidents and enables the user to quickly identify which incidents share common root causes across multiple process industry sectors. The document contains hyperlinks so the user can simply click on the incident name to directly access a 1-Page incident summary.

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Clarity:

The 1-Page incident summaries provide a brief description of the event and highlight key points (including basic causes, critical factors, root causes and lessons learned) in addition to signposting users to the detailed investigation report and selected other pertinent reference materials.

Target Group(s):

• Policy makers
• HSE managers
• Supervisors

Risk Theme:

• Monitoring and Learning - Learning from Incidents
• Risk | Control | Assurance - General