Stickers (concerning foreign object damage,tower signals, and so forth)Safety inspection checklistsLetters, memoranda, and messagesUnits of the operating forces receive mishapprevention information directly from fleet and typecommanders. These advisories can take the followingforms:Standard organizational manualsFleet and force commanders’ regulationsFleet and force commanders’ technical notesForce commanders “lessons learned”Advisory messages calling attention to recurringmishaps and to new procedures that will reduceor better control hazardous conditionsConventional and nuclear weaponsnotes/manuals“Engineering notes” containing policy andtechnical informationNuclear propulsion notesNaval reactors technical bulletinsAdditionally, higher authority distributesinformation to the operating forces through otherpublications and periodicals.The Naval Safety Center receives and analyzes allmishap and injury reports submitted by aviation, ship,submarine, and shore units. It indexes the informationfrom these reports under headings such as phase ofoperation, material failure, personnel action, or causefactors. It also incorporates the information into acomputerized data bank from which it can retrievemishap and injury records involving any specified set ofcircumstances. In that way the Naval Safety Center canmonitor mishap trends and pinpoint areas requiringcorrective action. The Naval Safety Center alsomaintains operational or exposure data, such as theIndividual Flight Activity Report and the Diving Log. Itcombines information from these documents withmishap data to determine the significance of factorsinvolved in mishaps.The Naval Safety Center conducts safety surveysupon the request of a unit commanding officer. It thenuses the survey information to identify and analyzehazards and mishap potential situations to determinepreventive action. Most mishaps result from actionsincorrectly performed by people who lack training,knowledge, or motivation or who fail to recognize thehazards and the risks involved. To reduce mishaps,personnel must eliminate existing hazards and learn torecognize possible hazards.The Naval Safety Center provides a team of officersand chief petty officers to conduct the safety surveys.Most of these personnel have been associated withmishap prevention for a number of years and are expertsin their fields. They are an invaluable source ofinformation and guidance in the field of mishapprevention. The team conducts informal surveys andprovides the results only to the commanding officer ofthe unit involved and to the databank at the Naval SafetyCenter.The Accident Prevention Education Project wasestablished at the Naval Safety Center in March 1974.This project is designed to increase the awareness of allnaval personnel in mishap prevention. The specific tasksof the project are as follows:Review existing course material to determinewhat mishap prevention training is availableHelp to develop mishap prevention trainingpackages tailored to each course reviewedHelp CNET carry out mishap prevention trainingon a Navywide basisDevelop a procedure that allows the Naval SafetyCenter to take part in technical audits of trainingcourses for the purpose of evaluating mishapprevention contentThe Naval Safety Center provides guidance forincorporating mishap prevention “lessons learned” intothe construction of new ships and for improving andconverting safety systems aboard ships. The center usesthe safety recommendation (SAFEREC) system, shipsafety information bank, mishap and injury reports,casualty reports (CASREPs), and the maintenance datasystem (MDS) reports to gather data. It recommendsshipboard and system safety improvements based onthat data.SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTHMANAGEMENT PRINCIPLESWithout question, safety and occupational health(SOH) and good management go hand in hand. Whenone is pursued to the disadvantage of the other, the totaloutcome becomes less effective and less efficient. A5-4
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