Your involvement in mishap prevention mayonly have been that of a safety-conscious persontrying to do your job as effectively and safely aspossible. However, you may gain greater respon-sibilities by being appointed as division safetypetty officer. In that position, you must becomemore aware of unsafe working conditions and beprepared to take immediate action to correctthem. Without your help, a near mishap todaycould be a fatal mishap tomorrow.The Navy has gone to great expense to trainpeople like you to run its ships safely. Withoutyou and your shipmates, we would not have aNavy. Personnel safety is not automatic; it mustbe practiced constantly. The Navy still has in-juries, but they are less frequent than they werein the past because crew members now practicegood safety habits.You are responsible for the functions of thesafety organization within your ship or unit. Youmust promote safety, safety publications, andsafety instructions.The tag-out system is an important part of thesafety organization. Without it, we would havea great increase in injuries and deaths. It is a work-ing system that, if correctly used, will save manylives.Every ship follows safety procedures forhazardous waste and material control. If you areassigned as the hazardous waste/material controlpetty officer, your will be responsible for thoseprocedures.The Navy is safety-conscious. Always prac-tice safety, whether on or off ship. The Navy andyour loved ones value you and want you to be assafe as possible.At some time you and your shipmates mayfind yourselves in a survival situation; you couldbe the person in charge. If that happens, you willhave the responsibility of keeping yourself andyour people alive until you are rescued. Therefore,you must know the basic elements of evasion, sur-vival at sea, survival ashore, and group survival.If you find yourself in a survival situation,remember to NEVER GIVE UP HOPE.REFERENCESNaval Safety Supervisor, NAVEDTRA 10808-2,Naval Education and Training ProgramManagement Support Activity, Pensacola,Fla., 1988.Naval Ships’ Technical Manual, S9086-AA-STM-010, Chapter 001, General—NSTMPublications Index and User Guide,Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington,D,C., 1987.NAVOSH Manual for Forces Afloat, OP-NAVINST 5100.19B, Office of the Chiefof Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.,1985.Navy Occupational Safety and Health (NAV-OSH) Program Manual, OPNAVINST5100.23B, Office of the Chief of NavalOperations, Washington, D.C., 1983.Seabee Combat Handbook, NAVEDTRA10479-C3, Naval Education and TrainingProgram Management Support Activity,Pensacola, Fla., 1989.Shipboard Hazardous Materials/HazardousWaste Management Plan, NAVSEA 59593-A7-PLN-010, Naval Sea Systems Command,Washington, D.C., 1983.Shipboard Heat Stress Control and PersonnelProtection, OPNAVINST 5100.20C, Office ofthe Chief of Naval Operations, Washington,D.C., 1985.Standard Organization and Regulations of theU.S. Navy, OPNAVINST 3120.32B, Office ofthe Chief of Naval Operations, Washington,D.C., 1986.6-22
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