a hazard don’t just work around it, do what it takes to mitigate the hazard to ALARP. (As Low As Reasonably Practical) through a risk analysis. For Safety to be taken seriously it must function in a Safety Culture. A true Safety Culture should be part of any Safety Management System and should encourage you to report hazards and near misses that have the potential to cause grief.
Simply adhering to Safety
rules can save you and your fellow workers from ever becoming a statistic. Let’s not learn the hard way.
Gordon Dupont worked as a special programs coordinator for Transport Canada from March 1993 to
August 1999. He was responsible for coordinating with the aviation industry in the development of programs that would serve to reduce maintenance error. He assisted in the development of Human Performance in Maintenance (HPIM) Parts 1 and 2. The “Dirty Dozen” maintenance Safety posters were an outcome of HPIM Part 1.
Prior to working for Transport, Dupont worked for seven years as a technical investigator for the Canadian Aviation Safety Board (later to become the Canadian Transportation Safety Board). He saw fi rsthand the tragic results of maintenance and human error.
Dupont has been an aircraft maintenance engineer and commercial pilot in Canada, the United States and Australia. He is the founding member and past president of the Pacifi c Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Association. He is a founding member and a board member of the Maintenance and Ramp Safety Society (MARSS).
Dupont, who is often called “The Father of the Dirty Dozen,” has provided human factors training around the world. He retired from Transport Canada in 1999 and is now a private consultant. He is interested in any work that will serve to make the industry safer. Visit
www.system-safety.com for more information.
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