“We’ve taken important steps to foster a safety culture that empowers and encourages all employees to share their voice. But there is more work to do,” Boeing said Monday.

A new report by federal safety experts found major issues with Boeing’s safety culture — including a “disconnect” between senior management and other employees, and a fear of retaliation when reporting safety concerns.

The report released Monday had been requested by Congress and was completed by a panel of experts that convened in March 2023.

The report found “gaps in Boeing’s safety journey” and described the safety culture as “inadequate” and "confusing.”

  • @[email protected]
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    fedilink
    189 months ago

    This is actually a defined and very common term in the industry when talking about management of development processes for safety critical systems

    • Flying Squid
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      -29 months ago

      Sounds like a better term is necessary, at least when communicating with the public.

      • @SirSamuel
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        39 months ago

        It’s a cross-industry term. Construction, factory production, food services, just about any manual labor industry uses “safety culture” to describe a dominant attitude of life safety above all other priorities. Just because you haven’t heard it before doesn’t mean it’s not common. In fact, if you do manual labor and you haven’t heard it, be very concerned about the environment you work in

        • @captainlezbian
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          29 months ago

          Yeah it’s a basic tenet of ergonomics for instance. It’s part of company culture.