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April 3, 2024
Solar Eclipse: Keep your eyes on safety April 8

On April 8, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States (including Texas) and Canada. A total solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, completely blocking the sun’s face. The sky will darken as if it were dawn or dusk. Much of
April 2, 2024
Safety enterprise announces new mission, vision, goals in 2024 strategic plan

The Air Force Safety Center released a new strategic plan outlining new goals and focus areas to align with Department of the Air Force priorities.
April 1, 2024
FATIGUE | The Dirty Dozen: Common human error factors in aircraft maintenance mishaps

Fatigue is a natural physiological reaction to prolonged physical and/or mental stress. We can become fatigued following long periods of work and following periods of hard work. When fatigue becomes a chronic condition, it may require medical attention; but workers should never self-medicate! As we
March 14, 2024
Spring time? Here come the motorcycles!

The time is coming! Days will be longer and warmer soon which means more outdoor activities and motorcycles on the road. Understanding motorcycle safety is essential for all motorcycle riders. Awareness of hazards, personal protective equipment, and safety precautions all contribute to mitigating
March 8, 2024
Should Daylight Saving Time go the way of the Dodo bird?

Daylight Saving Time, the dreaded “spring forward” version, is upon us. At 2 a.m. March 10 most of us push our clocks ahead 60 minutes and promptly lose a precious hour of sleep. This has many people wishing Daylight Saving Time would go the way of the Dodo bird … extinct. And with the accompanying
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
Feb. 27, 2024
Motorcycle training range reconstructed to ensure safe learning environment

The 56th Fighter Wing Occupational Safety team worked alongside the 56th Mission Support Group and the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron to reconstruct a motorcycle training range, Feb. 23, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base.
Feb. 1, 2024
COMPLACENCY | The Dirty Dozen: Common human error factors in aircraft maintenance mishaps

Complacency can be described as a feeling of familiarity with a task accompanied by a loss of awareness of potential dangers. Such a feeling often arises when conducting routine activities that have become habitual and which may be considered by an individual (sometimes by the whole organization) as
Jan. 22, 2024
Beneath smoke of Laughlin’s controlled burn

A firefighter with the U.S. Air Force Wildland Fire Branch, uses a drip torch to light dry vegetation on fire during a controlled burn at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 13, 2024. The drip torch fuel mixture ignites via a lit wick at the end of the torch and drips onto the ground. The

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