Category Archives: Safety@Risk™

#462 – FIGHTING SUPERBUGS WITH AI – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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Canadians aren’t worried enough about superbugs. As bacteria develop immunity to the antibiotics in our limited arsenal, new treatments will be needed—and soon. Otherwise, routine medical procedures will become impossible, common infections will turn fatal and tens of millions of people will die every year of once curable infections. Superbugs are teeny-tiny time bombs. Thankfully, researchers like Jon Stokes are racing to get new antibiotics to the finish line faster. Continue reading →

#461 – BEING AN EFFECTIVE SAFETY PRACTITIONER – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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“The safety profession can wear on you. Safety professionals often need more support in terms of staffing. Companies tend to lean more and more on us and it’s not easy to avoid burnout.”

“I feel incredibly fortunate to work with my team to improve safety every day. We have such an important job that is sometimes rather thankless and unnoticed. Good safety is, unfortunately, often invisible.” Continue reading →

#458 – BETTER CONTROL OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ACCIDENTS – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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Chemical accident disasters are unplanned, undesired events involving hazardous substances, causing harm to human health, the environment, and or economic loss or social disruption. While there is a long history of chemical accidents, with events recorded even more than 100 years ago, the study and implementation of technologies and approaches to preventing, preparing and responding to chemical accidents, only gained widespread attention in the last 40 years. Continue reading →

#457 – RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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Risk assessment is a well-developed field which many operators are currently applying to improve their operations and reduce their risk exposure. This paper is intended to provide an overview of the risk assessment for mariners in the Maritime transportation. The risks addressed are primarily those affecting the safety of a vessel, facility, or operation. Continue reading →