Cards can be used to remind or inform personnel of related excursions, incidents or accidents with relative ranking of key information as well as QR code links to relevant material. These could be company or industry events that help facilitate discussions on the effects of loss of control.
Sample cards are shown below:
This includes a visual reminder (image) of the incident as well as the following elements:
Incident
Date
Cards have a ‘Top Trump’ layout similar to the SDS cards and can be used (played) in a variety of ways e.g. discuss if/how this incident relates to our operations or simply who holds the most ‘severe’ card is either the winner or loser – the prize or forfeit to be decided by the team.
Effects
Impact scores are ranked as follows:
| Value | Fatalities | Injuries | Environment | Financial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | > 100 | > 100 | Major permanent impact | Major facility abandoned |
| 3 | 11 – 100 | 11 – 100 | Minor permanent impact | Major facility rebuilt |
| 2 | 2 – 10 | 2 – 10 | Major temporary impact | Minor facility abandoned |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Minor temporary impact | Minor facility rebuilt |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | No significant impact | No significant costs |
Environmental & Financial categories are subjective and currently under development. Environmental impact should consider the effects of the emergency response e.g. contaminated firewater. The Financial impacts assume that abandonment (including demolition) is more costly than rebuilding because of the loss of revenue.
An alternative approach under consideration is the ARIA ‘European Scale of Industrial Accidents’ available here:
Materials
Material scores e.g. CYCLOHEXANE are simply the sum of the NFPA scores ranked on the SDS Safety Impact table.
Quizzes
Cards can be used in a variety of ways e.g. blank cards with only the name of the incident and/or an image could form the basis of a quiz to gauge participants knowledge of industry or company incidents – for example identify the scores, dates etc or rank them in order.
A sample Incidents quiz is available via this icon:
Cards can be developed for different industries, assets or activities – the current prototype is focussed on Process Safety (Loss of Containment of Hazardous Materials).
Emergency Response
Lessons learned from incidents should be used to inform the planning & rehearsal of emergency response activities.
For information on our Emergency Response cards, please click the icon below:
For more information on Incident cards, options & pricing, please contact us.
