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VOSL Challenges in Australia and New Zealand

October 22, 2025

Value of a Statistical Life (VOSL) is a way to express the social cost of a fatality so safety decisions can be supported by cost–benefit analysis..

Why Organisations Fail to Budget for SFAIRP

May 21, 2025

Throughout an Australasian operating facility’s life, it is required to have its risks in a SFARP / SFAIRP state. That is, their risks are eliminated..

SFAIRP in Practice: How to Prevent Over‑the‑Top Safety Measures

April 20, 2024

A few years ago – around the time the Health & Safety at Work Act was coming into effect here in New Zealand – a friend and I met for a beer. He..

What Makes a Safety-Critical Element (SCE) Suitable?

May 9, 2023

The MHF regulations require that safety-critical elements (SCEs) are verified to be suitable, but what does this mean in practice? We could say it..

Consequence Modelling in Process Safety: From Fires to Toxic Releases

October 20, 2022

Consequence modelling is used to determine the worst-case scenarios that could occur due to a loss of containment of hazardous materials. This is..