Safety Culture in the News

Safety Culture in the News

Getting to know the garrison: Safety Office

https://www.army.mil/article/248031/getting_to_know_the_garrison_safety_office

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — The Fort Leonard Wood Safety Office serves as principal advisor for the garrison safety and occupational health-related matters of mission execution pertaining to Army regulations and other regulatory and statutory requirements.

According to Director Don Busbice, the Safety Office incorporates and communicates best practices and shared lessons learned to safeguard and preserve government resources against accidental loss.

“We have initiated a safety culture mindset,” he said. “It is the result of our ability to create relationships, answer questions with a solution and always incorporate a conversation to identify a remedy for any hazard along with the correct mitigation efforts.”

Busbice said the Fort Leonard Wood Safety Office serves all military and civilian units regardless of command; all activities involving government property and personnel occurring on or off post; organizations organic to Fort Leonard Wood; tenant units; and other Department of Defense services, units, activities and organizations on the installation.