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by Bob Latino
Updated: November 17, 2023People Forget to Be Afraid…
Reading Time: 3 minutes “Preventing process accidents requires vigilance. The passing of time without a process accident is not necessarily an indication that all is well and may contribute to
by Bob Latino
Updated: April 23, 2024A Different View of the Swiss Cheese Model
Reading Time: 4 minutes Much has been written about James Reason’s original Swiss Cheese Model described in his book Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents. Figure 1 is a basic representation
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022Is System’s Thinking Critical to Root Cause Analysis’s (RCA) Success?
Reading Time: 11 minutes Is System’s Thinking Critical to Root Cause Analysis’s (RCA) Success? Put another way, can RCA be successful without the incorporation of system’s thinking? What prompted
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022Why Can’t Learning Teams (LT) & RCA Teams be Friends?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Why Can’t Learning Teams (LT) and RCA Teams be Friends? A Little History About How I Came Across Learning Teams. A little over three
by Bob Latino
Updated: April 23, 2024What Does It Mean to Be ‘Safe’?
Reading Time: 6 minutes So what does it mean to be ‘safe’? Is a company ‘safe’ because they have not had an OSHA recordable injury in say over a
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022Do Learning Teams Make RCA Obsolete?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Originally published August 31, 2017.
by Bob Latino
Updated: April 23, 2024Understanding the Basics of Grease
Reading Time: 6 minutes Since lubricating oil can oxidize, so can the base oil in grease. When the grease oxidizes, it usually darkens; there is a build-up of acidic
by Bob Latino
Updated: April 23, 2024Defining & Achieving the Reliability Culture
Reading Time: 31 minutes There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in
by Bob Latino
Updated: May 25, 2023Root Cause Analysis vs. Shallow Cause Analysis: What’s the Difference?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Does regulatory compliance with RCA guidelines ensure operational reliability? Operational Reliability involves the aggregation of Equipment, Process and Human Reliability methods and techniques. What is
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022‘Fantasy’ Maintenance: The Illusion of Best Practices
Reading Time: 4 minutes The following article was published in Plant Services earlier this year with the title, “Don’t get stuck in reactive mode – The world of fantasy
by Bob Latino
Updated: April 23, 2024Fatigue & Overload: Part II, 4 Mechanisms of Component Failure
Reading Time: 4 minutes Author’s Note: I want to reiterate that this Series about reading the basic fracture surfaces, is for novices who often come into contact with such
by Bob Latino
Updated: April 23, 2024Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Management Best Practices
Reading Time: 8 minutes RCA management is a structured and methodical approach to problem-solving, and it helps organizations learn from their mistakes and continuously improve their processes and systems