Companies with a mature view of EHS operate under the principle that it's not acceptable to subject employees to any kind of avoidable danger and risk, and that it's not acceptable for the operation ...

The system approach principle places individual system elements in their environments and observes the relationships between them. Instead of studying a specific phenomenon first – an automobile ...

The U.S. NTSB first recommended that Safety Management Systems (SMS) be implemented by Part 121 airlines—something the FAA now requires—in 2007, then called for the same requirement for public ...

The goal: An 80% reduction in accidents by 2016 The use of helicopters has grown tremendously in the past 20 years. In particular, there has been substantial growth in the law enforcement and ...

Think of an SMS program as active safety management. Credit: designer491/Alamy Stock Photo In November 2015, a chartered Hawker 700 stalled and crashed while on a non-precision approach to Akron, Ohio ...

The role of construction safety professionals has significantly expanded over the past decade. The industry employs thousands of safety professionals, most of whom work for contractors (general or ...

U.S. Transportation Command just completed a successful proof of principle effort that fused a leading-edge, commercial-off-the-shelf, Transportation Management System capability with ...

All agencies that receive Urbanized Area Formula Grants from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have certified that their safety plans were in place by June 20, 2021, the deadline for FTA’s 2018 ...

New Year's resolutions are a perfect example of our desire to change bad habits. How many times have you pledged to lose weight, exercise more or just eat healthier? We have great intentions and we ...

Of all the ACLU’s advocacy efforts, few have as ironic a sounding mission as our fight to keep students safe from certain school safety measures. While the document sets forth some valuable standards, ...