Regardless of the business that you are in, mistakes can happen. Mistakes are a part of human nature and the type of business will depend on how serious the mistake?s outcome is. For example, mistakes in the refining and petrochemical fields can cause serious problems at the result of a mistake. This has happened in the past. Gallons and gallons of oil were spilled into the oceans, contaminating the waters and causing problems to the ocean and sea life. The spill may even affect the clean water sources of the neighboring cities and states. This can cause many problems, but is there anyone to blame? Maybe. Petrochemical and oil facilities should be regularly checked for their risk of something like this occurring. Even with risk based inspection, accidents can still happen, but it can and usually does lower the chances of something dire like this occurring. An API 571 inspector is a trained professional in the areas of risk management and is a great asset to the petrochemical and oil fields.
Risk management is a good idea in any business. Sometimes the employees are too close to the business on a daily basis, and may miss small risk factors. They may also not be trained to look for specific things in the field that API 571 or API 580 training might show. The API 571 may notice small risks throughout the petrochemical facility that the other employees may not see any risk with. However, this is the purpose of the RCM asset management and API 571 services.
API training is an extensive training that teaches students how to look for the risks of accidents that can occur in petrochemical facilities. Because of the nature of oil and how dangerous it can be in our oceans and on our land, it is important to have some type of risk management inspection when operating a petrochemical facility. It is obviously better to prevent any large incidents from occurring, rather than figuring out how to clean up and correct something as dangerous as an oil spill. Oil spills are all too common, and the with risk inspections with API 571 or API 580, they can be reduced.
Those petrochemical facilities that have large accidents are also responsible for the correction of the problem. This will cost them a lot of money and time in attempting to clean up the petrochemical spills. It can also affect their name and their reliability as a petrochemical carrier. Oftentimes, the cost of an API 571 risk inspection will be worth it after associating all of the costs that are common with such a mistake.
Mistakes happen every day in large businesses that affect all of the residents of our world. Petrochemical accidents often involve large amounts of oil being spilled into the oceans, harming the sea life and the clean drinking water for many. API 571 and API 580 risk based inspections allow facility managers to assess their risks for such an accident prior to it occurring. This gives them the opportunity to make any changes and to increase their safety levels, hopefully preventing such a mistake from occurring.