03/05/21
National Safety Council
Itasca, IL Safety leaders shouldn t focus in on the holes in their “Swiss cheese” (safety systems) but rather the whole cheese before the holes begin to form.
That was one of the messages from Corrie Pitzer during the Occupational Keynote on March 4 at the virtual National Safety Council Safety Congress & Expo.
The CEO of global consulting firm Safemap International shared an example of a mine that had zero fatalities in 40 years. Above the 120 workers in that mine, however, was a potentially catastrophic hazard: The air intake was located near the diesel fuel tanks for the power generation plant.