Top Mistakes in Addressing Thermal Hazards

Top Mistakes in Addressing Thermal Hazards
Fires happen every day, often with minor consequences, but plant operators and staff underestimate the importance of thermal hazard risk mitigation and response planning. OH&S Magazine, By Nelson Duran, October 13, 2023

Assessing risk is tricky and often prone to subjectivity, with people equating familiarity with safety. Unless we work hard to take an objective approach, our past encounters with and repeated exposure to specific risks can affect our understanding of their potential for damage, muddying the waters to sometimes devastating effects.

For example, while most people feel safer in cars than airplanes, this phenomenon is not rooted in empirical evidence. On the contrary, the average American is over 2000 times more likely to die in a car accident than in a plane crash. This false feeling of safety is based entirely on lived experiences—and the same goes for understanding of thermal hazards. Click here to read the full article on thermal hazards from OH&S Magazine, October, 2023.