Awareness, Operations, Training
Setting Up A FOD Program
by TOM BROTHERS and DON SIMMONS Managers often assume that establishing a “corporate safety culture” will impel workers to a greater safety focus with an overall reduction in FOD event generation. In practice, management and line staff doesn’t always respond… Read the rest
Aviation, Awareness, Operations, Training
Wildlife: Airport Management’s Responsibility
by BRUCE MACKINNON Generally the airport operator bears the greatest responsibility for the management of wildlife FOD. Over 80% of bird strikes, and certainly most — if not all — mammal strikes, occur within the airport environment. Since airport operators… Read the rest
Awareness
FOD Awareness Week
by PHILIP J. MESSENGER FOD Awareness Week is a week long schedule of events targeted to get the workforce involved and increase their knowledge of the FOD Program. Activities should be planned and advertised well in advance to assure success.… Read the rest
Aviation, Awareness, Manufacturing
Annual FOD Walk
by PHILIP J. MESSENGER U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Emerson Nuñez The Annual FOD Walk is a large-scale planned activity designed to get as many people as possible at the site to meet at a predetermined time and location, then… Read the rest
Awareness
Getting The Word Out
by OUR STAFF In order to keep FOD prevention in the forefront of everyone’s mind, you will need to make it a physical part of the workplace. Foreign object damage (FOD) presents a very real threat to your equipment, your… Read the rest
Aviation, Awareness, Manufacturing, Military, Operations
The importance of FOD Signs
by OUR STAFF Work as a team with safety first! It is essential to any FOD program that the working environment be properly segmented and clearly marked according to FOD sensitivity. When in place, FOD signs enable workers and visitors… Read the rest
Awareness, Training