Published Aug 22, 2025 | Last updated Aug 25, 2025 | Cyber security, Industry, OpenRisk
With virtually all industries having undergone some form of digitalisation, cybersecurity has become more pertinent than ever. The relevance of cybersecurity is also reflected in Google searches. The search term ‘Risk management’ remained steady over the...
Published Jul 4, 2025 | Last updated Aug 4, 2025 | Industry, OpenRisk
In the energy sector, the presence of hazardous substances such as toxic gas releases is a reality. Among these, toxic gases such as hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), ammonia (NH₃), or chlorine (Cl₂) pose invisible yet deadly risks to workers, the environment, and surrounding...
Published Jul 4, 2025 | Last updated Aug 21, 2025 | Industry, Oil and Gas
Loss of Containment (LoC) occurs when a hazardous substance escapes from the system designed to hold it. This may involve gases like ammonia, as well as liquids or solids leaking from tanks, pipelines, valves, or vessels. In many industries this is dangerous, but in...
Published Jul 4, 2025 | Last updated Jul 7, 2025 | Industry, Manufacturing
In 2018, a devastating explosion tore through the Didion Milling Inc. corn milling facility in Cambria, Wisconsin, USA. Didion Milling Inc. is an agricultural processing and co-located bioscience facility specialising in dry corn mill, industrial alcohol and ethanol...
Published Jul 4, 2025 | Last updated Jul 7, 2025 | Industry, OpenRisk
This article explores the risks involved in ammonia release and shows how the bowtie method can be used to identify potential causes, strengthen barriers, and reduce the impact of an ammonia release. The industrial use of ammonia (NH₃) is widespread, including...
Published Jul 2, 2025 | Last updated Jul 7, 2025 | Industry, OpenRisk
Bowtie diagrams are a graphic tool that are shaped like a bow-tie. Bowtie’s are centered around an unwanted event (top event) with preventative barriers to the left and mitigating barriers to the right of the top event. In this way, the bowtie visualises how...
