FMEAs Archives - Riskope

Tailings and Mine waste 2015 focusing on risks and tailings stewardship (TMW2015) in Vancouver

Soon we will participate in the conference Tailings and Mine waste 2015 focusing on risks and tailings stewardship (TMW2015) in Vancouver. Tailings and Mine waste 2015 focusing on risks and tailings stewardship We were puzzled to still see some papers and hearing some talks confusing the term “risk” for consequence of an adverse event or likelihood of an event. The result of those glossary slips is confusion and difficulties in performing practical risk assessments. Like in other industries, most of…

One of ORE secrets: proper definition of the system you are analyzing. Key to meaningful Risk Assessment

One of ORE secrets: proper definition of the system you are analyzing. Key to meaningful Risk Assessment. We all know that ISO and other International and National Risk Codes stress the fact that the context of the study, the environment in which your system operates has to be described. However, we have seen so many times project teams and facilitators embarking in FMEAs or other risk related endeavors without taking the time to rigorously describe the system anatomy and physiology.…