Safety Ramps Up.

A group of aviation safety experts is raising industry awareness to a growing threat to safety, airport ramp operations. The group, the Airport Operations Safety Panel (AOSP), meets next month at the Airports Council International Conference in Houston to better define risks and find ways of raising the bar on ramp safety. Adopt an industry-wide fuel facility design standard as well as a system operator certification program. John H. Armbrust, president of Armbrust Aviation Group aviation consultancy. AOSP's initial report, issued in June, notes the FSF found that nearly 14 of every 100 ramp workers are injured yearly and the Occupational Safety & Health Administration reports 8.8 injuries per 200,000 hr.