Uncomfortable fact: almost no asset fails unexpectedly. It fails because of decisions that, at the time, seemed safe.
Many of these seem harmless:
🔹 Delaying an intervention because the indicator is still within the range
🔹 Operating with incomplete readings due to dispatch pressure
🔹 Accepting a small degradation to maintain availability
🔹 Adjusting priorities without assessing the accumulated impact on risk
At the moment, the indicators are green. Operations continue "normally." No alarms are triggered.
But, little by little, the safety margin is consumed and the risk of cascading failure silently increases.
When the impact appears, it is no longer linked to a specific point. It is the result of a set of decisions that, at the time, seemed like mere operational adjustments.
At Cotesa, control is in our DNA. We don't just decide based on what the indicator shows today. We assess the real impact on asset integrity, safety margin, and long-term reliability.
This is what prevents seemingly safe decisions from accumulating as risk over time.
The big question to ask is:
▶️ At what point does a decision cease to be a simple operational adjustment and begin to alter the real risk level of the asset?
