The Why Matters - Safety Wars

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Jim discusses "The Why" and how it is important to safety management. He shares two stories. The first is from a project he worked on where the safety professional could not answer the why. Jim to the rescue and making a new friend. The second why is from his adopted community from over 50 years ago with a school bus and a freight train. A School bus from Nyack High School crossed a set of railroad tracks and was struck by a train. 5 people were killed along with 40 people injured. It caused a whole change to the school bus industry. The names of the victims are Thomas Grosse, Richard Macaylo, James McGjuinness, Robert Mauterer, and Stephen Ward.

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This episode is 13 minutes long.

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This episode was published on March 15, 2022.

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Jim discusses "The Why" and how it is important to safety management. He shares two stories. The first is from a project he worked on where the safety professional could not answer the why. Jim to the rescue and making a new friend. The second...

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