Reducing Preventable Mishaps: Safety Culture in Marine Corps Aviation

Abstract

Considering Marine Corps aviation safety as a way of life instead of a requirement produces a safety culture. In turn, a safety culture places the organization at a lower risk of experiencing preventable mishaps. Marine Corps aviation established a mandate of acceptance in safety, but whether quality understanding exists, is questionable considering the number of preventable mishaps that occur. Issues such as lack of bottom-up refinement, "check-in-the-box" mentalities, and shortfalls in key programs, as well as billets, severely limit the potential for establishing or maintaining an effective safety culture.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 2016
Accession Number
AD1176120

Entities

People

  • Tyler E. Burnham

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Aircraft Wings
  • Aircrafts
  • Aviation Safety
  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Civil Aviation
  • Classification
  • Combat Readiness
  • Directives
  • Guidance
  • Hierarchies
  • Instructions
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Aviation
  • Naval Aviation
  • Organizational Structure
  • Risk
  • Risk Management
  • Students
  • Training
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.