The NASA Safety Center’s Audits and Assessments Office hosted the first Federal Agencies Alliance for Institutional Safety and Quality Assurance Audits meeting July 15-16 in Washington, D.C.

Did you miss the seminar “Safety Cases: Concepts, Experience and Prospects?” You haven’t missed out — a video of the presentation is now available.

Metrology and calibration representatives from across the agency gathered at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, May 5-10 for the 2014 annual NASA Metrology and Calibration Working Group meeting.

Every year, falls are the leading cause of death for construction workers in the United States. In 2012, 269 of 775 total construction fatalities were the result of falls. All of those deaths were preventable and each of us can help prevent fatalities from falls.

Expert Roland Verreet's detailed presentation showed participants what to look for and where to look in order to avoid wire rope failures.

The Lifting Device and Equipment Committee (LDE) met in February to work on streamlining the next revision of the NASA Standard for LDE.

NASA Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) representatives showcased NASA R&M advances at the annual R&M Symposium in January.

NASA’s Range Safety (NRS) Program released its annual report earlier this year. The report, funded by NASA Headquarters, provides an NRS overview for current and potential range users.

Goddard Space Flight Center’s annual Safety Awareness Campaign presentations will be shared with the agency via webcast. Employees from all centers are invited to tune in to learn about fire safety as well as personal and workplace safety.

NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance held benchmarking visits last fall with two of its prime contractors, The Boeing Company and Aerojet Rocketdyne, to learn about techniques and practices that have proven successful for assuring quality.