Dutch Safety Board

The Dutch Safety Board; (Dutch) Onderzoeksraad Voor Veiligheid (OVV), (literally "The Research Council for Safety") is based in The Hague, The Netherlands.^[1][2] The first chairman was Pieter van Vollenhoven, who served until February of 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. The field of maritime investigation will be added in the future.^{[citation needed]}

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.

References

1. ^ "Contact Us." Dutch Safety Board. Retrieved on 9 June 2009. "Visiting address Anna van Saksenlaan 50 2593 HT The Hague "
2. ^ ^{a b} "History of the Safety Board." Dutch Safety Board. Retrieved on 29 April 2009.
3. ^ (Dutch)"Joustra voorzitter Onderzoeksraad". NOS. 15 September 2010. http://nos.nl/artikel/185272-joustra-voorzitter-onderzoeksraad.html. Retrieved 16 September 2010. 
4. ^ (Dutch) Dutch government (17 September, 2010). "Joustra voorzitter Onderzoeksraad voor veiligheid". Dutch ministry of General Affairs. http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/nieuws/2010/09/17/joustra-voorzitter-onderzoeksraad-voor-veiligheid.html. Retrieved 19 September 2010. 

Sources

This article incorporates text from www.safetyboard.nl, a public domain work of the Dutch government.

External links

	Netherlands portal
	Aviation portal

• Dutch Safety Board
• Dutch Safety Board (Dutch)