Root Cause / Cause Analysis
WD Associates provides highly experienced industry personnel to perform Root Cause / Cause Analysis services for significant events that have occurred at your facility. In addition, WD performs independent reviews and provides oversight and mentoring of the development and implementation of effective actions at your facility to aid in ensuring performance problems and gaps are identified before they result in a loss of production, regulatory compliance issues or personnel injuries.
Root Cause / Cause Analysis services include:
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Corrective Action Program (CAP) development and Implementation
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Root Cause Analysis Team support
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Independent Reviews of Cause Analysis
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Major equipment failures investigations
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Severe personnel injury/fatality investigations
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Training and Mentoring leaders in Performance Improvement and CAP
Assessments / Inspection Support
WD Associates provides highly experienced industry personnel to assist clients in performing assessments/inspections at your facility; we also perform independent reviews of assessments/inspections as requested. In addition, WD develop assessment programs to enable clients in identifying performance gaps and operational vulnerabilities at your facility.
Assessments / Inspection Support services include:
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CAP Program Effectiveness Assessments
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Training Program Assessments
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Safety Program Assessments
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NRC IP 95001/95002/95003 Support
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NERC Assessment support
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NERC Cold Weather Assessments
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Vegetation management safety event analysis
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Plant Operational Performance & Material Condition Assessments
Performance Improvement Mentoring and Support
WD Associates provides highly experienced personnel to help clients become more effective in solving problems ranging from targeting fixes for specific problems to overall integrated organizational improvements.
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Performance Improvement / Mentoring and Support services include:
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Development and implementation of continuous improvement activities
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Support for analysis and resolution of performance gaps
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Performance Assessment Mentoring and Support
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Analysis of Safety Culture issues
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Organizational Effectiveness Assessments
MARK RYBERG
Experience:
US Navy Veteran Commercial Nuclear Industry experience from 1986 to present:
Operations experience:
• Chemistry Technician
• Equipment Operator
Performance Improvement/ Human Performance experience:
• Corrective Action Program Coordinator / Department Performance Improvement Coordinator
• Cause Analyst – ACE and Root Cause Qualified
WD Associates Inc. from 2013 to present:
• Root Cause Evaluation Qualified
• Station Recovery experience - NRC 95001 and 95003 inspections
WD Associates is a continuous improvement company that helps our clients improve performance through Training and Cause Analysis.
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Contact through WD office:
Jeanine Foster, Corporate Contracts Manager
WD Associates, Inc.
410-452-0055 Ext. 12