After every major process safety incident, one question that invariably surfaces is “Why do we keep having incidents?” In this article and presentation, nine “I” factors will be presented as potential answers to this question. These factors, (which include inexperience, intentionality, and impermanence, among others) will also be analyzed for potential answers to the related question, “What can we do to break the incident cycle?”

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“我的”拥有它——一致！

每发生一次重大的过程安全事故后，总会出现一个问题：“为什么我们总是发生事故？” 在本文和演示文稿中，将提出九个“I”因素作为该问题的潜在答案。这些因素（包括缺乏经验、故意和无常等）也将被分析以寻找相关问题的潜在答案，“我们可以做些什么来打破事件循环？”