The history of industrial accidents is filled with examples of failure of Engineering Control.
Some of us may be aware of the Flixborough accident of 1974, which claimed the lives of 28 people and which seriously injured 36 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flixborough_disaster
Some of us may be also be aware of the 1988 accident on the Piper Alpha platform which claimed the lives of 167 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Alpha
The first incident occured due (in part) to a failure in Engineering Control. The second incident happened due (in part) to a failure of the site 'Permit to Work' system.
Although they were not directly linked with Document Control, in both cases, accidents were partly caused by the failure in managing important documents.
This shows that, in general, the mismanagement of documentation can have serious consequences. In this respect, Document Control requires a strong quality and safety mindset.
Some of us may be aware of the Flixborough accident of 1974, which claimed the lives of 28 people and which seriously injured 36 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flixborough_disaster
Some of us may be also be aware of the 1988 accident on the Piper Alpha platform which claimed the lives of 167 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Alpha
The first incident occured due (in part) to a failure in Engineering Control. The second incident happened due (in part) to a failure of the site 'Permit to Work' system.
Although they were not directly linked with Document Control, in both cases, accidents were partly caused by the failure in managing important documents.
This shows that, in general, the mismanagement of documentation can have serious consequences. In this respect, Document Control requires a strong quality and safety mindset.
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