Andy Brazier

Andy is a risk consultant specialising in human factors, safety and major hazards.  He has an engineering background and extensive experience of dealing with human, organisational and technical factors. He is particularly good at weighing up all the risks that affect companies, enabling him to prioritise the issues that need the most urgent attention. He is able to work at all levels of organisations and his clients welcome his practical and effective advice.

Andy is a Registered Member of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors and Associate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.

The root causes of major accidents.

Before major accidents most managers didn’t have particular concerns about safety

• Not perfect, but did not foresee the risk
• Reassured that systems were in place without having good evidence that they were effective
• Only heard or listened to good news

The biggest risks occur because of the errors and poor judgements made by those managers.

The organisations that do better, achieving higher reliability and safety, do so because they always expect failures and this forces to continually work hard to avoid them.

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