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Free Latent Cause Analysis GO-PAGE

If you need to lead a Latent Cause Analysis, and need some memory joggers, CLICK HERE.  We've put it all in one spot because WE WANT TO HELP YOU!

Free PowerPoint and PDF Slide Shows

The Trivialization of Root Cause Analysis (delivered to the American Petroleum Institute April, 2001

The Management Systems Dilemma (delivered to the HPRCT June, 2001)

New Century, Same Humanity -- on a Collision Course (delivered to IEEE Human Factors Conference September, 2002)

Learning from Small Things that Go Wrong -- no big teams, no sophisticated science -- just plain and simple introspection (delivered to the HPRCT, June, 2003)

The Mini-Latent Cause Analysis; The Blame Virus; You Have to Know What You're Looking for if You're Going to Find it; Are You Willing to Learn from Your Failures? (delivered to Kingsport Area Safety Council, May, 2010)

 

 

Free Suggested Templates and Forms

Mini-LCA PDF Template (version 8)

Mini-LCA PowerPoint Template (version 8)

Midi-RCA Old-style Report Template

Mini-RCA Old-style Report Template

WHY Tree Handoff

LCA Scoring Sheet

 

Free Papers and Presentations

IEEE Conference on Human Factors, Orlando, 1999: The Latent Causes of Industrial Failures - How To Identify Them, and What To Do About Them

ASM, Cleveland, OH, June 2000: Are We Ready to Hear What Failure Has to Say?

CCPS, Orlando, FL, October, 2000: Root Cause Analysis -- NOT What You Might Think!

HPRCT, Baltimore, MD, June 2001: The Management Systems Dilemma

HPRCT, Fort Worth, TX, June 2002: A Profound Question (warning -- this one is a bit controversial)

IEEE Conference on Human Factors, Phoenix, 2002 New Century, Same Humanity -- on a Collision Course!

CCPS, Jacksonville, FL, October 2002: The Revelations of Asphaliah

Practical Failure Analysis Magazine (ASM), August 2003 What Are We to Learn from the Terrorists Attacks?

International Maintenance Conference (IMC), December, 2004 Learning from the Small Things that Go Wrong -- a Vision of What Could Be (the paper behind the presentation).

(National Petroleum Refiners Association, May 2006:
A New Vision for Root Cause Analysis

HPRCT, Monterey, California, August 2007:  The Problem with Root Cause Analysis!

National Petroleum Refiners Association (NPRA), May 2010; HPRCT, Baltimore, MD:  The Blame Virus and its Antidote

Free Narrated Presentations

What is Root Cause Analysis (according to Failsafe)?

Free Newsletter Archives

 
Starting with Volume 9, Newsletters are in PDF format:
Volume 12:  You're Doing Just Fine?  Who Says?
Volume 11:  A Lighthouse, Lifeboat, or Hospital?
Volume 10:  You do not have the TIME??  Who are you trying to kid?
Volume 9:  New for Failsafe in 2007
Note:  Due to a site redesign, the links within volumes 1 through 8 are no longer functional
Volume 8:  Announcing Mother-Source-Central
Volume 7:  What's the difference between Failsafe's approach and others.
Volume 6:  Vision
Volume 5:  Do NOT train your people in RCA (without setting expectations)
Volume 4:  I am disgusted
Volume 3:  Introducing Failsafe University
Volume 2:  It does not cost 1 penny to fix a Latent Cause!
Volume 1:  Announcing New Netletter

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