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5 Characteristics of a World-Class Safety Management System (SMS)
The Campbell Institute, the National Safety Council center of excellence for environmental, health, and safety management is the leading authority on safety best practices. Members of the Campbell Institute Research & Knowledge subcommittee conducted a comparative analysis of ten award-winning organizations to identify best practices that are common within recognized world-class safety processes. One...
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The FAA's approach to managing safety with an SMS
In the FAA NPRM posting on 1/11/23, we get a glimpse into the agency’s simplified approach to airlines managing safety with a Safety Management System (SMS).  The FAA’s Safety Management System (SMS) is composed of four (4) major components: safety policy, safety risk management, safety assurance, and safety promotion The FAA offers some excellent explanations of these elements and...
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Safety is like wearing "idiot mittens"
There is one trait that we will all see and feel when were are in a facility that has figured out world-class safety; that is, they have figured out that a well-managed safety management system will not produce the desired results if the facility’s culture does not support it.  As I have said, world-class safety has two sides:  Performance and Culture.  And the approach to mastering...
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Human Factors is Humans making decisions (meme)
I am a big believer in Root Cause Analyzes, and Corrective Action Plans to address our findings from an incident investigation – It just does not get more fundamental than this in industrial safety. Early in my career, I worked for a great man who was ALL ABOUT his employees. He was undoubtedly the most empathetic leader I worked for, and he was a big believer in the RCCA process. But he went...
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Fires in Structures under Construction (NFPA)
We were debating this in the SAFTENG social media groups… are these fires happening more frequently or is social media making it easier to learn about these events?  Well the NFPA has studied the fires involving structures under construction from 2016-2020 to answer a lot of questions.  The one piece of data that got my attention was the Hot Work Fires and how they impacted the number...
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The NTSB wants airlines to Require and Verify the Effectiveness of Safety Management Systems in all Revenue Passenger-Carrying Aviation Operations
In 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) required commercial airliners to develop a comprehensive SMS to improve safety for the flying public. Although the FAA has not required other revenue passenger-carrying operators to have one.  These  “other revenue passenger-carrying operators” include the cubs in AK that move hunters and fishermen around AK, the helicopter tours...
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Portable Fuel Container Voluntary Standards Under the Portable Fuel Container Safety Act
The Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2020 (PFCSA) provides that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission) must promulgate a rule to require flame mitigation devices in portable fuel containers that impede the propagation of flame into the container unless the Commission determines that there is a voluntary standard for flame mitigation devices that impedes the propagation of flame into...
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OSHA's Ergo Letter to Amazon (2023)
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A detailed look at OSHA's 2022 LOTO citations
In OSHA’s fiscal year 2022, the agency issued over 3,800 LOTO citations. Here is a breakdown of those citations… Top 10 by # of Citations Top 10 by Citations $ Full listing of Citations with Number of Citations and $ … HomeRead More »
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OSHA PSM Management of Change Citations in 2022
In OSHA’s fiscal year 2022, Management of Change was the #6 most cited element of the PSM standard. Here is a breakdown of those citations… … HomeRead More »
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OSHA PSM Contractors Citations in 2022
In OSHA’s fiscal year 2022, Contractors was the #5 most cited element of the PSM standard. Here is a breakdown of those citations… … HomeRead More »
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OSHA PSM Process Hazard Analysis Citations in 2022
In OSHA’s fiscal year 2022, Process Hazard Analysis was the #4 most cited element of the PSM standard. Here is a breakdown of those citations… … HomeRead More »
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