Category Archives: Safety@Risk™

#375 – SAFETY IS INTEGRAL TO ENGINEERING EDUCATION – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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All this knowledge, passed on for our Engineers, is of little use unless it reaches the right people. The individuals and institutions which educate the safety engineers and who will be responsible for the design and operation of plants handling hazardous materials have a duty to make their students aware of the hazards and at least to make a start in gaining competence in handling them. Continue reading →

#374 – TWO MILLION PEOPLE ARE KILLED YEARLY – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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April 28th A Day of Mourning.

Every year It is estimated by the International Labour Organization (ILO) that over two million people are killed by Industrial accidents and disease while at work, many of these workers kissed their partners goodbye, expecting to see them at the end of the day, one person died, but how many people are affected, wife, mum and dad, brothers and sisters, friends, workmates, neighbors. Continue reading →

#373 – GREAT COMMUNICATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR BUSINESS PROSPERITY – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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The last few years have proven the risk landscape is dynamic and evolving. And while an organization focuses on responding to one crisis, another is almost always lurking in the shadows—from COVID variants and severe weather to supply chain, and civil unrest and cybercrime. In fact, you could even find yourself in the dark – literally. Continue reading →

#371 – CRISIS: HOW THE UKRAINE WAR DEVELOPED – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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The Russia invasion of Ukraine is the biggest military mobilization in Europe since World War II, why did Russia invade Ukraine Granddad, asked my 11-year-old grandson, here is my explanation as to how it came about, and what’s at stake for Russia, the U.S. Canada and NATO.

It felt like a scene from the Cold War, a perilous episode from a bygone era. An unpredictable Russian leader was amassing troops and tanks on a neighbor’s border. There was fear of a bloody East-West conflagration. Continue reading →

#370 – RISKS INHERENT IN MODERN SOCIETY – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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Just how safe is “safe”? Should working in a chemical plant have the same level of risk as skydiving (which kills about 40 people per year in the U.S.A Should working in a plant be as safe as driving your car? Or should it be as safe as flying in a plane, which is safer than driving a car by two orders of magnitude? Continue reading →