Safety Alert
Radiograph duplication and falsification
Radiograph duplication and falsification
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- CEMHD01-2023
- Human FactorsInspection and MaintenanceStructural and Asset Integrity
- Human factorsRegulation and legislationStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenance
- Competence and trainingNon-destructive testingOperating and work procedures
Summary
This safety alert examines falsified weld radiographs, including duplicated boiler weld images and cropped tank negatives concealing defects. It explains how post-exposure identification and film double loading can enable substitution, and addresses competence, ethical obligations and procedural controls needed to assure non-destructive testing and structural integrity.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Non-destructive testing; NDT; non-destructive examination; NDE.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Summary
The alert addresses inaccurate or falsified radiographic inspection records.
CEMHD01-2023. Themes: human factors, inspection and maintenance, structural and asset integrity.