Category: Articles, Engineering, Maritime / Boating Accidents, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety Whack the Whac-A-Mole Safety Approach TASA ID: 273 Capt. Terry Ogg published a thoughtful article on safety culture and training on LinkedIn. The title is “Why it's time to deep-six our current safety culture,” but within the article he provides an even better meme: The Whac-A-Mole Safety Game. Read more
Category: Articles, Crime Investigation, Education, Law Enforcement & Corrections, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety, School Safety/Violence 5 Reasons Why Parkland Florida School Officials and Nikolas Cruz’s Family Are Liable TASA ID: 2774 The Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by Nikolas Cruz was initially blamed on the poor response from the Broward County Sheriff’s Department and school security.However, an investigation by the SERAPH School Safety team has found a much darker series of failures by adults in Cruz’s personal life and school life. Read more
Category: Articles, Accident Analysis / Reconstruction, Aviation, Product Liability, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety, Transportation Airmanship in the Age of Automation TASA ID: 9740 On a cloudy morning, at a major US airport, a regional jet is cleared for the ILS approach. The ceiling is reported at 600 feet, with visibility around five statute miles. As the plane turns final, a 30-knot tailwind pushes it faster than expected to the final approach segment, with the crew racing to descend. Realizing the plane is still above glideslope, the first officer turns off the auto-pilot and dives to catch it. The rate of descent increases as the plane passes 2,000 feet. It's not an everyday approach, but the beginning of an accident report - one that will never be written. To read more, download the article below. Read more
Category: Articles, Premises Liability, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety Negligence vs Gross Negligence TASA ID: 4009 Joining a health/exercise center these days often includes signing some form of hold harmless agreement which absolves the center from acts of negligence. If a member is injured and sues, then plaintiff has to show that the club had committed gross negligence. I recently worked as a plaintiff’s expert on such a case. A health club member was injured when he attempted to mount an elliptical exercise machine which had been located too close to another. He was struck and injured by the moving part of the adjoining machine. Read more
Category: Articles, Resources for Attorneys, Safety, Security The Security Survey An Investigative Tool TASA ID: 12689 The ABCs of Organizing The Security Survey: A great way to understand how a security survey is structured is to frame the discussion using medical terminology: Physicians examine patientsPhysicians diagnose ailmentsPhysicians write prescriptions Read more
