Keep your eyes on the ball

Keeping your eyes on the ball is a well-known sports term. It explains the essence of focus on the task at hand.

The same is valid for the petrochemical industry, although here we are talking about hundreds of balls and the potential risk of human lives.

The development in sports such as the “eagle eye” system in tennis and the “Video Assistant Referee” in rugby and football are unavoidable and necessary. One can expect that the tournaments and games with the highest stakes will be the first to start with adopting the newly available technologies. Later on, when costs will drop, it will also enter the lower stakes games and perhaps eventually the games on amateur level.

Exactly the same happens in industry. And the petrochemical industry is the so called “Champions League” where it concerns safety and security. This is the place where industrial safety standards are created and developed. Not so long ago “PPE” where not even mandatory and now it is regulated by law.
Having the complete list of all people on site at the gate house is a useful and mandatory tool, as in the case of an evacuation this will assist and support emergency services doing their jobs.

We also know the presence boards where you slide your name to the location where you will be present. The development of the digital presence board is exactly the same as the “Video Assistant Referee” in football: Technology can and will make it better. It is just a matter of time before it will be adopted.

The time it will take depends on how conservative or innovative the responsible people are. This goes both for sports as well as the industry. When the tipping point is reached, there will be a new and improved standard.
 

  • 21-04-2017

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