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Compliance vs. Intelligence

The lesson of the Titanic

  • The ship WAS in compliance with regulations!

  • 1890s British Maritime Safety Law

  • One life boat per 715 tons

  • Maximum tonnage addressed: 10,000 (14 life boats)

  • Regulations never updated as ships got heavier

  • Titanic "in compliance" (exceeded by 3%) with 17 life boats

  • Titanic weighed in excess of 45,000 tons (needed 64 life boats)

Keywords:
regulation, compliance guideline, employer, hsse standard, us government, cfr 1910, proper record-keeping, requirement, environmental legislation, american society
Subjects:
HSSE & Social Responsibility Management, Safety, Environment, HSSE standards, regulations and codes
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2011. American Society of Safety Engineers
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