While most turnaround work happens during execution, the shutdown, cleanup, and startup (SCS) phases can make or break overall safety and performance. These phases are often underestimated, yet they hold significant potential to reduce duration, control costs, and improve operational outcomes.
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How measuring the right behaviors unlocked extraordinary results without new equipment or processes
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Audits tell us whether employees are following safety procedures, right? Not necessarily.
Audits don’t always tell the whole story. I’ve seen cases where well-trained employees looked good on the audit yet had a troubling number of incidents on the job.
I’ve seen situations where companies have an admirable history of safety practice yet still experience fatalities—and in one case, two-thirds of the deaths occurred in high-risk areas.
How is this happening when their audits looked so good?
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