October Technical Meeting – Virtual Lunch Meeting

Date & Time: Wednesday, October 21, 2026, from 12:00pm – 1:00pm, lunchtime meeting

Location: virtual meeting

Speaker: Matthew P. Koss MEng, CSP, ARM

Topic: Rethinking Traditional Safety Through HOP

Description: Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) challenges traditional safety beliefs and offers a practical lens for rethinking how organizations define risk, respond to failure, and measure success. This interactive session will examine the role of traditional safety methods within modern safety management systems and explore how HOP principles can strengthen existing processes and organizational learning. Through shared discussion and participant experience, attendees will identify practical opportunities, successes, challenges, and barriers to implementing HOP in their own organizations.

Learning Objectives:
1.  Question traditional safety management beliefs through the lens of HOP principles
2.  Evaluate the role and purpose of traditional safety methods within modern safety management systems
3.  Apply HOP principles to strengthen existing safety processes and support more effective organizational learning.
4.  Develop the next practical steps through participant engagement and sharing HOP implementation ideas and challenges.

Speaker Bio.

Originally from Western PA, Matthew P. Koss has worked in Safety Management for over 15 years. Mr. Koss is the owner of Capitol Safety Professionals LLC., a safety consulting company focused on improving safety through HOP. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Safety Management from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Engineering in Advanced Safety Engineering and Management from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the President of the ASSP Chesapeake Chapter and a published author. He holds the CSP, CHST, and SMP certifications from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals and the Associate in Risk Management designation from The Institutes.

Cost: free

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