Good human factors engineering should make human inattention or negligence result in a safe(r) outcome. Clearly these systems are not designed this way and req

Good human factors engineering should make human inattention or negligence result in a safe(r) outcome. Clearly these systems are not designed this way and require careful attention to a variety of metrics (if the OpEd is to be believed) in order to proceed in a safe manner. Given that this is the industry standard, it is morally reprehensible, if not criminal, that more care was not paid to the red flags indicated in the oped, or the clear signs that something was going horribly horribly wrong in their piping operation. Lives were at stake, both of the workers and of the wildlife and aquaculture in the Gulf.