A Safety Auditing Instrument for Adventure Education

Abstract

The questions are: If thorough research was done of industrial auditing systems, safety management theory, adventure education review systems and legal principles relating to adventure education, could a generic safety audit be generated? Could this be written so that it could apply to any outdoor center? Could it be written in such a way that it would allow the staff at that center to identify needs in safety management and guide them towards developing a better safety plan? The concept of using the knowledge contained within these other industries makes sense because the safety management industry, the legal profession, and insurance companies have been dealing with the same issues, applied to much larger businesses, for decades.