Alarm Management... just like Baseball

Craig Biggio, Houston Astros baseball player, recently achieved his 3000 hit.  His hustle and determination to win is obvious when you watch him play.  But those traits  are not what led to his milestone… 

Exercise, training, diet, and focus over many years put Biggio in a position to reach his goal.

And that required commitment to his goal and years of perseverance to the regimen needed to achieve that goal.

The same is true for the health and safety goals at a operating plant. 

A commitment to these goals requires perseverance in the areas of operator effectiveness, equipment health, work processes, and more.

An effective alarm management is one important part of that regimen.

But like Craig’s dedication to training and diet, effective alarm management is a process, not an event. 

In fact, alarm management is one of the most important components to help the improve operator effectiveness, and helps prevent the tragic loss of life such as we have seen in the industry – even in recent years.

So is alarm management software like baseball? 

Not exactly.  But for every lesson in life, there is an analogy in baseball. 

And in this case, commitment and perseverance that make a difference.

Just as Craig would not have achieved his record without focus on all the key aspects of his training regimen, no plant will achieve their best health and safety goals without some focus on alarm management.

And like baseball, its all about the statistics – beginning with the number of alarms per hour per operator.

What are the statistics for your plant? 

You can’t afford not to know.

Especially when finding out can take less than 2 hours of your time.

Want to know more?  Contact us and we’ll run the numbers for you.

Commitment, dedication and statistics.

Just like baseball.

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