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Incredible Journey

Injuries, costs persuade a Boeing team to develop a safety plan

IN RESPONSE TO employee safety concerns and rising workers' compensation costs, a team at Boeing's C-17 site developed a solution to prevent injury and save money.

The journey of the C-17 World-Class Safety Team from Boeing-an aerospace and defense corporation-ended with the implementation of the Integrated Safety Management System, which has 12 essential elements, including open communication processes and challenging goals and objectives.

Throughout the journey, the team repeatedly used many quality tools and methods, including benchmarking, brainstorming and value stream mapping. Comparative metrics, force field analysis and ...

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