(64e) Indulging in Invincibility (III)- Twelve Steps to Sobriety
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2016
2016 AIChE Spring Meeting and 12th Global Congress on Process Safety
Global Congress on Process Safety
Electronic Poster Session 1
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 5:16pm to 5:24pm
8/3/2015
Indulgence in Invincibility (III)- Twelve Steps to Sobriety
by Brian P. Kolodji, PE
Indulgence in Invincibility (III)- Twelve Steps to Sobriety
by Brian P. Kolodji, PE
Could Bhopal, Macondo, or Texas City have been prevented? Directly related examples are presented where PS cultural indulgences contribute to a false sense of invincibility. Light is shed on where the perennial dilemmas of misplaced loyalty, unachievable goals, and belief in corporate higher power contribute to and enable denial of process safety culture failure. Successes and a program are presented where these failed practices are brought out of the shadows and recovery begins.