I am extremely worried about how Enbridge’s deteriorating culture, and the secrecy that prevails, are impacting the company’s need to stay focused on safety and integrity.
The Marshall spill was largely the result of compounded cultural issues, beginning with the fact that certain control room supervisors wouldn’t take seriously the concerns of a certain operator who saw a problem. When the operator (a female in a male dominated work environment) alerted the supervisors to the problem, her make bosses dismissed her concerns, and, instead increased the pressure in the pipe.
After two years of brutal attacks, Enbridge’s culture has been weakened to an all-time low (lots of infighting, no loyalty, no one shares information anymore), and arrogance runs high among the company’s leaders.
Such a cultural both creates the perfect environment for a major incident, and weakens employees’ ability to respond to a crisis.
And we’re leaving the fate of the Great Lakes to this?
It really scares me.
Made into a thread from @Q1Tmm9l-1xqy. Completely on point.