Gulf Coast ASSP Energy Corridor Section Meeting

Please note the time change! Also, please note the one-time location change! This event will take place during the Gulf Coast Chapter PDC at the Norris Conference Center. When you arrive, follow the signs to the Energy Corridor Chapter Meeting taking place in the Magnolia Conference Room.

Topic To SIF or not to SIF: That is the Question

Join us on April 10th as we hear from Norman Ritchie on “To SIF or Not to SIF: That is the Question”. SIF (Significant Injury/Fatality) has recently been gaining traction as a method to determine on which incidents and potential incidents organizations should focus their limited resources. Norman Ritchie has been espousing this “new” method for more than two decades, considering both low-probability, high-consequence and high-probability, low-consequence exposures and taking into account the organization’s risk appetite. This discussion will show the audience how to determine if an incident falls into the SIF category or not, including allowing a focus on more than just injuries, as there is a slew of other types of “harm” that can be significant. It will also give guidance on how to identify where improvement efforts should be focused, whether on consequences or somewhere up or down the chain of causality.

Speaker Norman Ritchie, CEO of vPSI Group, LLC

Norman Ritchie is the CEO of vPSI Group, LLC with 40 years of experience in project and risk management, largely in oil and gas. Norman co-founded vPSI Group, LLC, in 2003 to provide consulting and training in performance measurement and improvement in risk, safety, human performance, and organizational learning. He was principal developer of the 2Box and Human Analysis (HPA) techniques for the analysis of incidents involving human performance issues and holds a broad US patent for online Job Safety Analysis Systems. Norman was a contributing author on the 2020 “One Percent Safer” book project and is a Non-Executive Director of the One Percent Safer Foundation. He was named American Society of Safety Professionals 2020/21 Safety Professional of the Year for Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and the Gulf Coast and is a Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer in Human & Organizational Performance.

Agenda

12:00 pm to 12:15 pm Networking and lunch

12:15 pm to 12:30 pm Welcome and Section Business

• Welcome
• Sign In
• Introductions
• Old & New Business

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Presentation

Both pay at the door and pay online options are available for this event.