Considering Human Needs in Challenging Environments

Continuing our celebration of National Safety Month, Dr. I. David Daniels speaks to Michael Coplen, the founder and President of TrueSafety Evaluation, in this episode. He previously served as Division Chief of Safety Policy and Promotion at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), senior Human Factors Program Manager at the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Research, Development and Technology (RD&T) Department, and past Chair of the U.S. DOT interagency Human Factors Coordinating Committee. One of the essential predictors of an organization's physical and psychosocial hazard and risk environment is the organization's safety culture. Mr. Coplen will share his experience in the rail industry and, ultimately, in the federal government, focused on researching, developing, implementing, and evaluating safety culture and safety management systems from a behavioral safety and human factors perspective.