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Savitha Haneef, Msc Safety & reliability Engineering

Submitted by Savitha Haneef on

Comment 1:Discussion Topic 60.Discuss the prevention of trips, falls and safety in workplace.

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Comment 2:Topic 66: Discuss the risks and challenges involved in working at heights.

Ssentongo Ambrose MSc Safety and Reliability Engineering

Submitted by Ambrose Ssentongo on
1. Topic 9: Safety and risk management in oil and gas industry
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2. Topic 13: Safety, Reliability and Integrity Management Processes and the Human Factor effect
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3. Topic 25: The constant struggle between HSE legislation and human stupidity
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4. Topic 26: The dangers associated with young and inexperienced workers in the workplace
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Dropped pipe from PLS

Submitted by Rovshan on
Facts
Whilst picking up a joint of drill pipe with the PLS, the jaws opened,
and the pipe fell approximately 3 meters to the drill floor.
The red zone was enforced with barriers. There were no personnel
within the barriered off area. The pipe was recovered, with no damage to
the machinery, and the operation was continued after a TOFS.
Causes
An investigation team was sent from onshore, so we are awaiting the
outcome of that investigation. We can say it was observed that the jaw
function had been selected to ‘open’ and this may have happened when the

Postdoc or Research Associate opening on bi-metallic friction stir welding joining at Texas A&M university at Qatar

Submitted by gayoub on

The work involves working independently and collaboratively on: Identifying processing parameters that will optimize the properties of the bi-metallic joint, developing a material constitutive model for impact loading conditions, developing an experimentally validated numerical model the can be used to predict the joint performance under impact loading conditions, and developing design and processing guidelines for the bimetallic joints.

Topic 69: The essence of performing FMEA and FMECA in Safety and Risk Management

Submitted by Abiaziem Davidson on

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is an inductive method of performing a system reliability or safety analysis from a low to a high level. It is a Bottom Up approach in which the analyst looks in turn at each system component, assesses the effects of its failure on system behaviour.

The basic FMEA technique is to:

i. Examine each component in turn

ii. Identify ways in which it can fail (Failure Modes)

iii. Identify the consequence of these failures (failure Effects)