Risk Management Magazine

With spring just around the corner, I recently began thinking about what outside work projects I need to get done around my house. I then thought back to a mishap I had several years ago when I fell from a ladder.

Not all on-duty mishaps occur in tactical vehicles or aircraft. The things Soldiers do during downtime can just as easily affect mission readiness.

During one deployment, I was part of an aircrew that, upon landing, discovered an open and damaged engine nacelle. My first reaction was how the nacelle latch could fail in flight because I always check them during my walk-around. I asked myself, “I did check them this time, right?”