A fatality-free year:Marine safety training saves lives in an industry still fraught with peril

摘要

A recent headline read, "No fatalities in a year in Alaska." Wow!When I started working for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in 1992 to improve safety in the fishing industry in Alaska, we actually weren't sure if zero fatalities was possible (there were 37 fatalities in Alaska that year). Could we ever really have a year where there were no fatalities in the fishing industry?