The article’s =A0title & #8220;No one to Blame” or should it be no one held accountable?=A0 =A0Look at the wind speeds on Oct 27, 2010, an absence of a program to asse ss the use of equipment in adverse weather is not a “no one to Blame& #8221; situation.=A0 The Athletic Director of Notre Dame was quoted =A0In an Oct . 28 media briefing, University Athletics Director Jack Swarbrick described the weather conditi ons as normal at the time he crossed the field just moments before the inci dent. He said that “practice was normal” and “play s were being conducted with no difficulty.”=A0 Yet when I looked at the wi nd velocity from September to December (Football Season) the winds never we re as high as on Oct 27, 2010 ( sustained or gusts).=A0 This article sugges ts that accidents just happen and =A0thus are not preventable.=A0 While OSH A fined them $77,000, there is =A0no one to blame?=A0 =A0=A0Perhaps, high p rofile accidents at UCLA, Notre Dame, Yale suggests that instead of looking for someone to blame, identifying the root causes during an investigations should lead to EHS accountability in academia.

Oct 27, 2010

Time (EDT)	Temp.	Dew Point	Humidity	Sea Level Pressure	Visibility	Wind Dir	Wind Speed	Gust Speed	Pr ecip	Events	Conditions

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29.60 in

21.9  mph

9:54 AM	55.0 =B0F < /o:p>	35.1 =B0F	47%	29.63 in	10.0 miles	SW	21.9< /b> mph	31.1 mph< /span>	N/A		Clear
10:54 AM	57.0  =B0F	36.0 =B0F	45%	29.64 in	10.0 miles < /td>	SSW	18.4 mph	26. 5 mph	N/A		Partly Cloudy
11:54 AM	57.0 =B0F	35.1 =B0F	44% < /td>	29.65  in	10.0 miles	< p class="MsoNormal">SSW	23.0 mph	34.5 mph < /o:p>	N/A		Partly Cloudy
12:54 PM	61.0 =B0F	35.1 =B0F	38%	29.65 in < /td>	10.0< /span> miles	SW< /p>	2 3.0 mph	28.8 mph	N/A		Clear
1:54 PM	63.0 =B0F	35.1 =B0F	35%	29.62 in	10.0 miles	SSW	23.0 mph	< span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#33333 3'>29.9 mph	N/A		Clear
2:54 PM	64.0 =B0F	33.1< /b> =B0F	31%	10.0 miles< span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#33333 3'>	SW	28.8 mph< span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#33333 3'>	38.0 mph	N/A		Partly Cloudy
3:54 PM	64.9 =B0F	28.9 =B0F	26%	29.60 in	10.0 miles	SW	43.7 m ph	N/A		Partly Cloudy
4:54 PM	64.9 =B0F	25.0 =B0F	22%	29.61 in	10.0 miles	WSW	33.4 mph	< span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#33333 3'>50.6 mph	N/A		Partly Cloudy
5:54 PM	63.0 =B0F	27.0 =B0F	26%	29.6 4 in	10.0 miles	SW	26.5 mph	42.6 mph < /o:p>	N/A		Clear

Weather data from: weatherun derground.com

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nat ional/notre-dame-to-disclose-investigation-into-student-videographers-death /2011/04/18/AF5DW3yD_story.html

 

http://www.washingtonpos t.com/national/notre-dame-to-disclose-investigation-into-student-videograph ers-death/2011/04/18/AF5DW3yD_story.html

Read yest erday’s article regarding the student death at Notre Dame and ask you rself about top administration commitment to safety, academic safety cultur e (or lack thereof), and if this is issue is only present in laboratories.

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