TBD

Authors

  • Charles Hoes Hoes Engineering

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v57i1.4

Keywords:

accidents, lessons learned, safety through design

Abstract

The September 2, 2021 edition of The New York Times “The Morning” included an interesting article concerning the collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condo in Miami that resulted in the deaths of 98 people. After seeing multiple news accounts, I couldn’t help but wonder what in the world went wrong? Is there an important system safety lesson to be learned? If so, what might it be? The International System Safety Society (ISSS) is supporting a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-sponsored effort to explore ways to better implement “safety through design” for construction projects. The Times article provided a few enticing tidbits that might be worth mulling over regarding improving safety through design.

Author Biography

Charles Hoes, Hoes Engineering

Charles “Charlie” Hoes began his consulting business in 1984, providing system safety engineering services to defense, aerospace, semiconductor and general industry. During that time he has become a P.E. in Safety in the State of California, a Certified Safety Profession (CSP) with a specialty System Safety Practices and earned a Master of Science degree in Safety from University of Southern California. In 1988 Charlie incorporated his business under the name of “Hoes Engineering, Inc.” He has many years of experience volunteering in support of the International System Safety Society, filling many positions including past President of the Sacramento Chapter, the Virtual Chapter, and the System Safety Society. He is a past technical editor of the System Society’s journal Hazard Prevention (re-named to be the Journal of System Safety), as well as authoring an ongoing feature article of the Journal of System Safety called “TBD” where he discusses current concerns with the system safety profession.

In his new role of being semi-retired, Charlie continues to actively work with the System Safety Society as well as participating in a few “for hire” and volunteer projects that are particularly interesting, or important, for a variety of reasons. He is enjoying the ability of being a bit more selective with regard to projects that he accepts.

TBD

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Published

2021-10-01

How to Cite

Hoes, C. (2021). TBD. Journal of System Safety, 57(1), 6–8. https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v57i1.4

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 1 (2021): Embracing the Future of System Safety

Section

Columns and Perspectives
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