I encourage all employees to visit the chemical safety board and read the report on Williams that was released. Glad it is in the open finally.
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Posters miss the point about a good safety culture, if you have an open pha action item or safety issue, you just close it out, find a solution or fix it, too many excuses even on this message board. There are ways to cut through bureaucracy and get things done. More education and cultural changes are needed. Never accept a poor safety situation or pass the buck, even if you aren't going to get any credit for fixing it. CEO and Management must clearly send this message and even promote people that rank safety higher than profitability, only then will you have the proper safety culture.
I meant to say it's the cost of doing buisness
It doesn't cost that much to do things safely, a lot of this is just a bad culture, that is the conclusion of the chemical safety board and I agree with it.
The poster is spot on about getting terminated.
Spot on. Costs-costs can be debated on a case by case basis, reactive or proactive is a difficult call. Safety should always be proactive but unfortunately it is not, 13.6 million might be cheaper after the accident compared to xx millions before the accident. It's becoming very apparent with Williams that the reactive approach with safety is not working. Unfortunately it's doubtful these are the only safety issues involved with the co. The media and public are the groups who have the louadest voices and quickest turn around on these issues but that also follows the incidents so who knows.
That's great advice for following up and being pragmatic but that advice will get you laid off in a hurry. That advice also causes Williams to spend money, so it's a no go. Hierarchy is a firm standard that is enforced, the go with the flow and keep your head down approach is the expectation, and is enforced, might I add regularly
how about calling people up, emailing them and getting in their face until the pha action items are closed out, make sure they provide documentation and check it out for yourself don't assume anything. It is not rocket science and truly shows the bad safety culture that let this go on so long. Not on my watch, believe me.
The sad result of PH's rule of the Midstream EHS department. Had he spent a bit more time building processes to ensure satisfactory close outs of PHA corrective actions, and a lot less time trolling for a promotion on VP row, perhaps this tragic incident would not have happened.
This accident should never of happened, a total disgrace and company embrassement.
Is it a secret list, how to do you find out if you are on it? Hard to believe HR would allow this as a written record, i can see verbal winks and nods, but nothing in writing.
Once again another example of a Williams field employee terminated and thrown under the bus for having the audacity to try to address, improve and prevent further Williams Company major core safety violations. I wonder if he got " flagged " as several other " laid off " former employees apparently are saying they have been?
CSB Chairperson Vanessa Allen Sutherland said, “The tragic accident at Williams was preventable and therefore unacceptable. This report provides important safety lessons that we urge other companies to review and incorporate within their own facilities.”
The CSB is an independent, non-regulatory federal agency charged with investigating serious chemical accidents. The agency's board members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. CSB investigations look into all aspects of chemical accidents, including physical causes such as equipment failure as well as inadequacies in regulations, industry standards, and safety management systems.
Yeah read it, personally cleaned up a lot of this stuff myself at other facilities, did some get credit, unfortunately not enough to prevent from getting terminated.
The report and findings did not surprise me at all. Hope everyone reads it and takes it seriously.