Industrial prevention, from the base up.
Fire and electrical risks in industrial plants.
Beneath a serious incident there are many minor ones. Here is the model that organizes them, and where that base begins in your plant.
Bird's pyramid: the minor incidents beneath a serious one.
It is a classic model in industrial safety. Frank E. Bird Jr. and George Germain summarized it as a ratio: for every serious injury, 10 minor injuries, 30 property damage incidents and 600 incidents with no injury or damage.
The model predicts nothing, and its ratios have changed over time and can vary from one organization to another. What it makes clear is that most events are at the base.
Choose a level of the pyramid.
1 Serious injury. It is the level everyone sees, and it is investigated after it has happened.
10 Minor injuries. Those that did not become serious.
30 Property damage. Damaged equipment or facilities, with no one injured.
600 Incidents with no injury or damage. Since they leave no wound or broken part, they are only on record if someone writes them down.
Bird and Germain ratio (1969), according to D. Rebbitt, “Pyramid Power”, Professional Safety, September 2014.
The base only counts if it was recorded where it happened.
Incidents at the base are useful when they can be seen together. That requires recording each one where it happened, and when it happened.
It also requires recording them in the same format, no matter who records them. With different formats, records cannot be added up or compared.
This is what a record looks like
- Nov 3Dry chemical extinguisher, aisle 3Gauge out of range
- Nov 5Control valve, building 2Found closed
- Nov 8Distribution board, substationConnection running hot
In the monthly summary
42inspections done in November, with no per-asset detail
The framework: safe and secure work.
United Nations target 8.8 puts in writing what prevention at work aims for. A serious injury cannot be repaired the way equipment is, and that is why prevention work happens beforehand.
“Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment.”
What gets checked in your plant.
When your fire protection and electrical equipment is inspected, you find things like a valve left closed or a connection overheating in a switchboard.
VULKRON makes sure every inspection is recorded with a photo and the signature at the point of execution, with a timestamp, and under the same criteria for your people and your contractors. Each asset's record builds up with every execution. The prevention itself is done by your team.
See it working before you decide.
With sample data, and with any questions you have about the equipment in your plant.
