Pragmatic Inclusion of Human Factors in Incident Investigation – March 2017 ASSE / AIHA Gulf Coast General Chapter Meeting

Speaker: Norman Ritchie

Topic: Pragmatic Inclusion of Human Factors in Incident Investigation

Much has been done to reduce the likelihood of death or injury at work to current levels and we now face dealing with relatively intractable Human Factors issues if improvement is to continue. Unfortunately, such issues may be complex and can cover a broad range of disciplines. It can be difficult to know where to start addressing Human Factors in the organization and limited resources make it impossible to tackle everything.

Investigating unplanned events from a Human Factors perspective requires a different approach than conventional methodologies allow, but there is no need to accept being overwhelmed by all the possible complexities this may introduce. This presentation offers a pragmatic set of human factors sensitive tools that can be applied through the entire process of responding to the learning opportunities presented by incidents and near misses, including post-event data acquisition, analysis, developing and implementing appropriate and optimized corrective actions.

Speaker Bio: 

Norman Ritchie has worked in oil and gas for over 30 years. Educated as a Mechanical Engineer at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, he has gained broad expertise through engineering and management positions in exploration, production and capital projects. Ritchie’s experience covers the full hydrocarbon development life cycle from conceptual design to decommissioning. Since 1997, Ritchie has consulted in project management and enterprise risk management. As a Director of vPSI group, LLC, which he co-founded in 2003, Ritchie provides consulting and training in performance measurement and improvement, principally in the areas of risk, loss prevention, safety, problem solving and human factors.

Agenda

• 11:00 – 11:30 Check-in / Networking
• 11:30 – 12:00 Food is served / Networking / Check-In
• 12:00 – 1:00 Introductions / Presentation / Networking