The scope of deadly hazards such as texting and drug use by drivers may be underestimated and not adequately addressed because police aren’t collecting enough information at crash scenes, according to a new report.
A pilot’s decision to continue flying under visual flight rules in weather conditions warranting instrument flight rules, coupled with a company’s culture and lack of a formal safety program, caused a 2015, Ketchikan, Alaska, plane crash, according to a determination made Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Strong safety programs are critical for the economic success of the chemical and petrochemical industries, according to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), which has released a “Business Case for Safety” that underlines that theme.
Effective asset management and operations are the life blood of any business. The old adage of “grow or die” applies universally, so all work must be executed to deliver business success, or the business will not be competitive and eventually will cease to exist.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Vice Chairman Bella Dinh-Zarr is the Acting Chairman of the agency, now that Christopher A. Hart’s term as Chairman concluded on schedule last week.
The federal agency whose mission it is to improve safety in the chemical industry would vanish if the budget proposal unveiled by President Trump this week takes effect.
The National Transportation Safety Board TSB) has launched a 15-member Go Team to investigate today’s derailment of a Union Pacific freight train near Graettinger, Iowa.
Initial reports received by the NTSB’s Response Operations Center indicate there were no injuries or fatalities associated with the derailment of 27 rail tank cars near Jack Creek in Iowa. Those reports further indicated the train consist included three locomotives and 101 cars, 100 of which were reported to be carrying ethanol.
Imagine…
A light knock on your office door as a piece of paper appears underneath. The person vanishes. The form is a self-confession to a mistake, omission, or other safety incident. Without leaving your desk, you are getting a truer picture of the plant’s safety culture. Imagine these “under the door” voluntary confessions arriving every day. Wouldn’t life be great? Keep that thought...
Running and gunning are exciting, catching Pokémon’s is fun. But sometimes we just want to take fragrant tobacco pipe, and play a detective game. Solving mysteries might not make adrenalin start flowing the same way as while being drawing enemy’s torpedo bombers online, but it can provide an intriguing mystery and prove to be a real brain teaser.
Bradley Corp., designer and manufacturer of industrial safety and commercial washroom products, introduces its new Customized Emergency Signaling Systems, which help to quickly alert and mobilize emergency response teams to affected personnel using emergency safety showers and eye and eye/face wash fixtures, while discouraging vandalism that impairs the performance of emergency fixtures.