Safety Academy

Selection of resources

Safety briefings must be prepared in advance

A short safety briefing can be a key opportunity to share experience and talk; it's one of the best channels for communication. But how does it fit into safety management processes? What are the topics to discuss? What form should it take? With good pre ...
Dangerously close: the explosion at the West Fertilizer company in Texas

On 17 April 2013, a fire broke out at the West Fertilizer Company, which stored and sold fertilizer, chemicals, seeds, and agricultural equipment. This terrible accident left 15 dead (13 volunteer firemen and two members of the public) and over 260 injur ...
Safety leadership 1/7: Safety performance, the foundation of overall performance

In this 1 st webinar extract, Thomas Krause uses an initial observation to explain how safety performance is the foundation for building overall performance in an organization. The key question is: why is it that, when safety practices in an organizati ...
BP Texas – on the 10th anniversary of the disaster: a review of the recommendations

The 2005 BP Texas disaster was one of the worst oil refinery accidents the CSB was asked to investigate. This four-minute video, made ten years later, in 2015, presents a brief review of the key messages, and provides useful feedback for the industry as ...