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Small Oil Spill Root Cause Analysis Points to Equipment Failure

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

A seal failure led to a small oil spill in the Terra Nova oil field. The immediate cause reported in the article was a seal failure. This seems like a good opportunity to apply Equifactor® to help analyze the root causes of the seal failure.

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Adverse Drug Reactions Lead to Root Cause Analysis

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

The approach discussed in the article (link below) seems similar to Change Analysis. What are the differences in lots of the drug that lead to adverse patient reactions?

To read about this problem see:

http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2008/02/heparin_probe_finds_us_tie_to.html

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Job Opening: West Yorkshire, England - QA Engineer with Root Cause Analysis Skills

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

For more info, see:

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Jobs/99723/QA+Engineers+(x2)+++Workshop+Turbine+Overhauls.htm

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