Every issue of Wired for Safety. Stories, frameworks, and tools to help your crew get home safe.
Aviation
+8
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Oct 29, 2026
Ara Zobayan had eight thousand hours and a history of canceling for weather. The pressure that put his helicopter into a hillside didn't come from anyone else. That's the lesson.
Stop-Work Authority
Oct 22, 2026
Whether your crew speaks up at 2 AM in the wind was decided months ago. It was decided the last time one of them spoke up and you answered.
Overtime
+11
Oct 8, 2026
My apprentice coordinator said it on day one. Thirty hours into my first storm, I understood.
Working Alone
+9
Aug 17, 2026
#WhatTheyTaughtUs | SSgt Robert J. Miller, 1983-2008
Field Safety
+6
Aug 6, 2026
The second incident behind ESCAPE. And the card I should have been carrying.
+5
Jul 30, 2026
The crew did nothing wrong. They followed the emergency action plan exactly. The plan was a phone number, and the hill didn't care.
What They Taught Us
Jul 24, 2026
Bob Hoover could pour iced tea while rolling an airplane. He also walked that airplane before every flight, every time, for sixty years. The mastery didn't make him careless. It's the reason he wasn't.
Safety Culture
Jul 20, 2026
A drifting torque wrench clicks like nothing is wrong. The only thing that catches it is a hand, and only if the crew will listen.
Jul 9, 2026
Fitness for duty isn't just rested and sober. A man or woman carrying something heavy from home is a person at risk on the pole. Somebody has to ask, and mean it.
