Dutch Safety Board
The Dutch Safety Board (DSB); (Dutch) Onderzoeksraad Voor Veiligheid (OVV), (literally "Investigation Council for Safety") is based in The Hague, The Netherlands.[1][2] The first chairman was Pieter van Vollenhoven, who served until February 2011. He was succeeded by Tjibbe Joustra, the current chairman.[3][4]
History
The formation of the DSB occurred after the Enschede fireworks disaster and the Volendam café fire.[2]
The DSB was formed in 2005 by a merger between the defence and public transportation safety boards. It replaced the Dutch Transport Safety Board.[citation needed]
As of 2012 the DSB actively investigates accidents and incidents related to aviation, construction and services, crisis management and aid provision, defence, human and animal health care, industry and networks, pipelines, rail transport, shipping, and water. The DSB has the authorization to investigate accidents and incidents in any conceivable field.[5]
Areas of investigations
Operational sectors of investigations include:
- Aviation (commercial, passenger and private aviation)
- Shipping (inland navigation and some segments of recreational navigation)
- Rail transport (railways and increasingly also tram, metro and light rail)
- Road transport (due to the high number of accidents, only thematic investigations)
- Pipelines (pipelines, public utilities included)
- Defence (military aviation, navigation, road transport, underground infrastructure)
- Industry and trade (heavy industry (especially process industry, labour accidents))
- Crisis management and aid provision (performance of aid and control services)
- Healthcare (human and animal)
- Nature and environment (impact of aviation, marine operations, railroad and transportation)
Structure
The board acts as an autonomous organisation. Its code of conduct is established by law.
The organisation consists of a Board and a Bureau. The Board has five permanent members, the Bureau fulfills executive tasks.
See also
- Turkish Airlines Flight 1951
- Sloterdijk train collision
- Netherlands Aviation Safety Board (predecessor agency)
References
- ↑ "Contact Us." Dutch Safety Board. Retrieved on 9 June 2009. "Visiting address Anna van Saksenlaan 50 2593 HT The Hague "
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "History of the Safety Board." Dutch Safety Board. Retrieved on 29 April 2009.
- ↑ (Dutch)"Joustra voorzitter Onderzoeksraad". NOS. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
- ↑ (Dutch) Dutch government (17 September 2010). "Joustra voorzitter Onderzoeksraad voor veiligheid". Dutch ministry of General Affairs. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ↑ "The Dutch Safety Board." Dutch Safety Board. Retrieved on 17 January 2012.
Sources
This article incorporates text from www.safetyboard.nl, a public domain work of the Dutch government.
External links
- Dutch Safety Board
- (Dutch) Dutch Safety Board
- Dutch Safety Board (Archive)
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