 Professor Andrew Hopkins is an internationally-renowned presenter, author and consultant in Professor Hopkins has been involved in various government occupational health and safety (OHS) reviews and completed consultancy work for major companies in the resources sector, as well as speaking regularly to audiences around the world about the causes of major accidents.
He delivers presentations to organizations both within and outside Australia, and the topics include the BP Texas City Refinery Disaster, Mindful Leadership, Lessons from Longford (on the Esso Gas Plant Explosion) and Safe Behaviour Programs. He is a recipient of the 2008 EPSC Process Safety award. Professor Hopkins was an expert witness at the Royal Commission into the causes of the Esso’s gas plant at Longford in Victoria in 1998. More recently he was a consultant to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) during its investigation into the 2005 explosion at BP’s Texas City Refinery and was an expert commentator in the CSB film about the disaster.
He provides Safety Culture Reviews and Assessments to companies so as to identify areas where improvement is possible. His expert advisory services have been commissioned by BHP, Woodside, BP Anglo-American Department of Defence, and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, to mention a few.
In addition, Professor Hopkins has written numerous articles and books on safety-related topics, and conducted numerous presentations at government, union and industry conferences, and for companies such as BP, Holden, BHP Billiton, Hatch and Origin Energy. |