Safetymatters: Organizational and safety culture information, analysis and management

In an earlier post , we discussed how “mental models” of safety culture affect perceptions about how safety culture interacts with other org...

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...

Yes, it’s BP in the news again. In case you hadn’t noticed, the fire, explosion and loss of life last week was at an offshore drilling rig ...

The opening of much of the European airspace in the last several days has provided a rare opportunity to observe in real time some dynamics ...

A brief follow-up to the prior post re situational factors that could be in play in reaching a decision about resuming airline flights in Eu...

The last few days news has been dominated by the ongoing eruption of the volcano in Iceland and its impact on air travel across Europe.  The...

As we have mentioned before , we are perplexed that people are still spending time working on safety culture definitions. After all, it’s n...

It appears that the safety culture at Vermont Yankee continues to interest the NRC, given the discussion during the recent public meeting re...