2024 Annual Safety Report

This folder holds the 2024 Mountaineers Annual Safety Report. Annual safety reports increase awareness of risks associated with Mountaineers activities by providing: • historical incident trends • incident details (with names and second person pronouns removed in support of anonymity) • observations drawn from incident trends and report details • recommendations for improvements in activity training and trip preparation/leadership • with the intention of reducing the probability and severity of incidents Increasing awareness of risks associated with Mountaineers activities and then learning and mastering skills to avoid or minimize exposure to such risks can help reduce incident probability and mitigate incident severity. Maintaining a balance between risk, knowledge, capability, and conditioning increases the likelihood of avoiding serious incidents, injuries, and fatalities. The primary objective for Mountaineers members should always be for everyone to return home from activities alive and well, physically as well as emotionally.