May 7, 2024 ORPHANED 2: A drunk driver killed Nathaniel Britt's mom and dad 15 years ago. … See what he has to say about his parents’ killer While 4-year-old Nathaniel Britt slept peacefully at his grandparents’ house in San Antonio, Texas, a nightmare unfolded a couple hours down the road in Austin. A drunk driver sped 65 mph down East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard headed in the wrong direction. He smashed his Chevy pickup truck into
April 25, 2024 AETC Occupational Safety team earns top Air Force honor Air Education and Training Command’s Occupational Safety Division won the 2023 Colonel Will L. Tubbs Memorial Award for Occupational Safety, which recognizes the best ground safety program in the Air Force, the Air Force Safety Center announced April 23.
April 22, 2024 LACK OF AWARENESS | The Dirty Dozen: Common human error factors in aircraft maintenance mishaps Working in isolation and only considering one’s own responsibilities can lead to tunnel vision, a partial view, and a lack of awareness of how our actions can affect others and the wider task. Such lack of awareness may also result from other human factors, such as stress, fatigue, pressure and
April 4, 2024 Solar Eclipse: Apocalyptic, but not in ways you might expect A total solar eclipse is nearly upon us, and it comes with some serious safety threats beyond the obvious risk of damage to your eyes.
March 1, 2024 LACK OF KNOWLEDGE | The Dirty Dozen: Common human error factors in aircraft maintenance mishaps The regulatory requirements for training and qualification can be comprehensive, and organizations must enforce these requirements. Otherwise, lack of on-the-job experience and specific knowledge can lead workers into misjudging situations and making unsafe decisions. Aircraft systems are so complex
Feb. 28, 2024 Ground-breaking risk management initiative seeks to reduce aircraft maintenance mishaps Since September 2018, aircraft maintenance-related mishaps cost Air Education and Training Command more than $50 million. These mishaps happened during high-risk maintenance tasks, to include engine operational checks and aircraft towing. Fiscal Year 2023 saw an alarming spike in these preventable
Jan. 3, 2024 LACK OF COMMUNICATION | The Dirty Dozen: Common human error factors in aircraft maintenance mishaps Poor communication often appears at the top of contributing and causal factors in accident reports and is, therefore, one of the most critical human factor elements.
Sept. 1, 2023 LACK OF TEAMWORK | The Dirty Dozen: Common human error factors in aircraft maintenance mishaps In aviation many tasks and operations are team affairs. No single person (or organization) can be responsible for the safe outcomes of all tasks. However, if someone is not contributing to the team effort, this can lead to unsafe outcomes. This means that workers must rely on colleagues and other
Dec. 20, 2022 AAFB Inclement Weather Safety Tips 97th Air Mobility Wing's inclement weather safety tips. For more information on actions to take during extreme winter weather, visit www.altus.af.mil/About-us-inclement-weather-safety/ (U.S. Air Force illustration by Airman 1st Class Kari Degraffenreed)
Oct. 17, 2022 Altus AFB Fire Prevention Week: “Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape.” Firefighters from the 97th Civil Engineer Squadron help increase fire safety awareness by training during Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 11-14, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.