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Nigel Packham, Associate Director, Safety and Mission Assurance at Nasa Johnson Space Centre delivered a compelling presentation at the 12th Annual Focus Network - OHS Leaders Australia Summit 2024 about the "Management of Risk, Land, Sea and Air".   Assessing safety in human spaceflight poses a unique challenge, it's certainly not safe. Instead, organizations like NASA adopt a pragmatic approach, focusing on whether an action is "safe enough" rather than entirely risk-free. This entails identifying and mitigating potential risks to a level deemed acceptable, often quantifying them in terms of likelihood. For instance, while the risk of losing a crew in spaceflight typically ranges from 1:200 to 1:250, early missions like STS-1 in 1981 carried a higher estimated risk, between 1:1,000 and 1:10,000. This presentation explored risk management strategies across diverse industries, drawing parallels and distinctions with those employed in human spaceflight.   #ohsleaders #OHSLeaders #ohsdirectors #safety #workplacehealthandsafety #leadership  #safetyatwork #focusnetwork #forums #ohsleadership #innovation #sponsors #sponsorship  #focusnetworkevents #speakers #keynotepresentations

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