Safetymatters: Organizational and safety culture information, analysis and management

Risky Business   As we illustrated in Part 1 of this post a new aspect of safety management risk is possible criminal liability for acti...

US DOJ logo Nuclear safety management and culture relies on nuclear personnel conducting themselves in accordance with espoused values...

Aztec Calendar Over the four plus years we have been publishing this blog, regular readers will have noticed some recurring themes in ou...

Another domino has fallen in the ongoing determination of culpability at Massey Energy in the Big Branch mine disaster.  The February 28, ...

This is another in our series of posts following up the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster in April 2010. As reported in the Wall Str...

We are all familiar with the old nursery rhyme: “Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock.”  This may be an apt description for ...

It may seem odd to find a source of fresh air in the context of the Massey coal mine disaster of 2010, a topic on which we have posted bef...

A few days ago the Governor’s Independent Investigation Panel issued its report on the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion of April 5, 2010...

A postscript to our prior posts re the Massey coal mine explosion two weeks ago. The fallout of the safety issues at Massey mines is reachi...

“Massey Energy's members are the best trained, most productive and safest miners in the world. They embrace the company's commitment...