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Marcus Miller, Vice President, System Improvements, and Paul Ramsey, Application Analyst III at Tucson Electric, discuss a black plant incident. Digging into the problem with TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis, they are no longer “looking for an operator who made a mistake on a command,” and the investigation results encouraged more people to get on board to find the […]
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Moving away from blame-oriented methods to focusing on real root causes can be achieved. It takes dedication to changing culture, training, and commitment to improvement. Read how ComEd-Exelon approached this challenge and minimized blame and repeat occurrences. Challenge After attending the Global TapRooT® Summit, ComEd-Exelon wanted to implement the TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis System company-wide to ensure […]
Continue Reading TapRooT® System Minimized Blame and Repeat Occurrences
Root cause tools that lack systematic guidance provide inconsistent results and often depend on the knowledge and experience of the investigator conducting the investigation. Michael Fitzmorris, Senior Director, Regulatory Compliance, Training and Safety shares how TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis helped Air Canada Maintenance overcome this challenge. Challenge Air Canada Maintenance became interested in what the […]
Continue Reading TapRooT® RCA Provides Consistency, Guidance, and Influences Positive Culture Change
While many are familiar with TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis, fewer know about how Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting reduces equipment failures. One manufacturing company faced the challenge of keeping equipment up and running, took action with Equifactor®, and improved equipment reliability. Challenge A manufacturing company experienced a significant number of failures on fans/blowers used as part of […]
Continue Reading Manufacturing Company Reduces Equipment Failures with Equifactor® Troubleshooting & RCA
Example of Money Saved One of the students in a 5-Day TapRooT® Advanced Root Cause Team Leader Course came up to me on the third day of the course and told me that the course had already paid for itself many times over. I asked him what he meant. He said while we were teaching […]
Continue Reading How Much Money Can TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Save Your Company?
Improving Safety Success Story Submitted by Jeff GleasonCorporate Incident and Claims ManagerNine Energy Service Challenge Nine Energy Service, Inc. is committed to conducting business in a manner that protects the health, safety, and security of our employees and is compatible with the environmental and economic needs of the communities in which we operate. Continuous improvement […]
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National Grid Success Story – Improving Root Cause Analysis National Grid decided that they needed to improve their root cause analysis. Here’s a video of their success implementing TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis to help them make sure that their employees go home safe from work… Learn More About Improving Root Cause Analysis Would you like […]
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Our Acrylates Area Oxidation Reactor was experiencing frequent unplanned shutdowns (trips) that...
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Success Stories from the Past At the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit, I told stories of TapRooT® Users’ success. I thought I would pass along the original blog posting again to refresh people on what can be accomplished by applying TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis. Here is the first success story from Skyline Mines… Using TapRooT® to […]
Continue Reading SkyLine Mines Success Story: Using TapRooT® to Improve Investigations, Stop Fault Finding, Reduce Injuries, & Cut Workers’ Compensation Costs
Reporting of ergonomic illnesses increased by up to 40% in...
Continue Reading Using TapRooT® to Reduce the Severity of Ergonomic Illnesses/Injuries & Cut Workers Comp Costs