Naval Aviation Safety Management System
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
OPNAVINST 3750.6S 13 May 14 NAVAL AVIATION SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS 2000 NAVY PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000 OPNAVINST 3750.6S N09F 13 May 14 OPNAV INSTRUCTION 3750.6S From: Chief of Naval Operations Subj: NAVAL AVIATION SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Ref: (a) DoD Instruction 6055.07 of 6 June 2011 (b) OPNAVINST 5450.180E (c) OPNAVINST 1650.28A (d) OPNAVINST 3710.7U (e) COMNAVAIRFORINST 4790.2B (f) OPNAVINST 5102.1D/MCO P5102.1B (g) OPNAVINST 3500.39C (h) SECNAVINST 5720.42F (i) DoD 5400.7-R, DoD Freedom of Information Act Program, 4 September 1998 1. Purpose. To issue policies and provisions of the Naval Aviation Safety Management System (SMS). The format, scope and content of this revision differ significantly from the superseded instruction. Changes include compliance with reference (a), the establishment of the SMS, removal of message traffic format and the data collection appendices, which were replaced with data collection in the on-line environment, and clarification of mishap exception rules. This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety. 2. Cancellation. OPNAVINST 3750.6R and per appendix N, safety investigation report (SIR) 3750/1 through SIR 3750/16. 3. Action. All naval aviation personnel shall familiarize themselves with this instruction and other safety directives applicable to them and their assigned duties. All naval aviation activities shall establish and maintain an aggressive naval aviation SMS, which includes the detection, investigation, and elimination of hazards in naval aviation. As this SMS is a relatively new development, within the naval aviation community, the evolution of concepts, policy changes and the implementation of lessons learned are inevitable. The SMS requires the accomplishment of a formal review and change process. OPNAVINST 3750.6S 13 May 14 This instruction shall be reviewed on a regular basis by the Naval Safety Center (NAVSAFECEN), controlling custodians, reporting custodians and the Naval School of Aviation Safety. Reviews shall be scheduled as required in the event of major changes or the accumulation of a significant number of minor changes in order to maintain the integrated concept of an SMS. Recommended changes to this instruction are welcome from any source and may be submitted directly to: Commander, Naval Safety Center Attn: Deputy Director, Aviation Safety Programs (Code 10A) 375 A Street Norfolk, Virginia 23511-4399 4. Terms. As used in this directive, the terms below have meanings as follows: a. "Government" means U.S. Federal Government. b. "Naval" means both Navy and Marine Corps. c. "Shall" connotes a mandatory action. d. "Should" connotes standard policy and deviation is discouraged. e. "May" and "need not" connote optional actions. f. "Will" indicates futurity and does not infer required action. 5. Records Management. Records created as a result of this instruction, regardless of media and format, shall be managed per Secretary of the Navy Manual (SECNAV) 5210.1 of January 2012. 6. Forms and Reports Control a. The following forms are available for download from Naval Forms OnLine https://navalforms.documentservices.dla.mil/web/public/home and 2 OPNAVINST 3750.6S 13 May 14 the NAVSAFECEN Web Site http://www.public.navy.mil/navsafecen/Pages/wess/WESSAvnModTrng. aspx: (1) OPNAV 3750/16 Safety Investigation Report Enclosure (Promise of Confidentiality) Advice to Witness (2) OPNAV 3750/59 WAMHRS General Information (3) OPNAV 3750/60 WAMHRS Aircraft Information (4) OPNAV 3750/61 WAMHRS Injury Information (5) OPNAV 3750/62 WAMHRS Involved Person Information Report (6) OPNAV 3750/63 WAMHRS Aeromedical Analysis (7) OPNAV 3750/64 WAMHRS ATC/Runway/Ship Information (8) OPNAV 3750/65 WAMHRS BASH Information (9) OPNAV 3750/66 WAMHRS Factors Recommendation (10) OPNAV 3760/67 WAMHRS Factors/Recommendation/CO’s Comments – Human Factor (11) OPNAV 3750/68 WAMHRS Factors/Recommendation/CO’s Comments – Material Factor (12) OPNAV 3750/69 WAMHRS Factors/Recommendation/CO’s Comments – Special Factor b. AFMES 1323 Armed Forces Medical Examiner/Division of Forensic Toxicology Toxicological Request form is available for download at http://www.afmes.mil/assets/docs/tox_request.pdf. c. The following OPNAV report control symbols (RCS) are assigned to the following data collection per SECNAV Manual 5214.1 of December 2005: (1) OPNAV RCS OPNAV 3750-19 is assigned to the Hazard Report required by paragraph 503. 3 OPNAVINST 3750.6S 13 May 14 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 GENERAL INFORMATION Page 101 Purpose 1-1 102 Program Policy 1-1 103 Objective of the Program 1-1 104 Scope of the Program 1-1 105 SMS 1-2 106 Safety Policy Pillar 1-3 107 Safety Policy Pillar Program Responsibilities 1-10 108 Safety Policy for Accountability for Aviation Mishaps 1-23 109 Safety Policy for Retention of Records 1-25 110 SRM Pillar 1-26 111 Safety Assurance Pillar 1-27 112 Safety Promotion Pillar 1-27 113 Concept of Safety Privilege 1-28 114 NATO STANAGs 1-35 Chapter 2 COMMAND AVIATION SMS 201 Purpose 2-1 202 Requirements for a Command Aviation SMS 2-1 203 Safety Policy Requirements 2-1 204 SRM Requirements 2-3 205 Safety Assurance Requirements 2-5 206 Safety Promotion Requirements 2-6 207 Command Aviation SMS Functions 2-7 208 AMBs 2-7 209 Pre-Mishap Plans 2-11 Appendix 2A Sample Command Aviation SMS 2A-1 Appendix 2B Sample AMB Appointment 2B-1 Appendix 2C Sample Nondisclosure Agreement 2C-1 Appendix 2D Sample Pre-mishap Plan Check List 2D-1 Chapter 3 MISHAP AND INJURY CLASSIFICATION 301 Purpose 3-1 302 Naval Aircraft and UAV Defined 3-2 303 Exceptions to the Naval Aircraft or UAV Definition 3-3 304 Damage and Injury Explained 3-3 305 Naval Aviation Mishap Defined 3-5 306 Exceptions to the Naval Aviation Mishap Definition 3-5 i OPNAVINST 3750.6S 13 May 14 307 Intent for Flight Defined 3-9 308 Injury Defined 3-9 309 DoD Personnel and Non-DoD Personnel Defined 3-10 310 Duty Status Defined 3-11 311 Days Away From Work and Restricted Work 3-12 312 Injury Classification 3-13 313 Naval Aviation Mishap Severity Classes 3-14 314 Naval Aviation Mishap Subcategories 3-15 315 Naval Aviation Mishap Types 3-16 316 Determining Aircraft or UAV Mishap Costs 3-22 317 COI Use 3-25 Appendix 3A Mishap Classification Decision Tree 3A-1 Appendix 3B Mishap Subcategory Decision Tree 3B-1 Chapter 4 WEB-ENABLED SAFETY SYSTEM AVIATION MISHAP AND HAZARD REPORTING SYSTEM 401 Purpose 4-1 402 General 4-1 403 Electronic Reporting 4-1 404 IN via WAMHRS 4-5 405 Reports and Endorsements 4-5 406 WAMHRS Access and Users’ Guide 4-5 Chapter 5 HAZARD REPORTS 501 Purpose 5-1 502 General 5-1 503 Submission Criteria 5-5 504 Originator 5-13 505 Risk Assessment 5-14 506 Deadlines 5-14 507 Method of Submission 5-14 508 Distribution 5-14 509 Non-privileged Status 5-14 510 FOUO 5-14 511 Security Classification 5-15 512 HAZREP Serialization 5-15 513 HAZREP Format 5-15 514 CO HAZREP Endorsement 5-15 515 OIC HAZREP Endorsement 5-16 ii OPNAVINST 3750.6S 13 May 14 Chapter 6 PHONE REPORTS, INs AND MDRs 601 Purpose 6-1 602 General 6-1 603 Submission Criteria 6-1 604 Originator 6-1 605 Deadlines 6-2 606 Telephone Reports 6-2 607 Distribution 6-3 608 Non-privileged Status 6-3 609 FOUO 6-3 610 Security Classification 6-3 611 Report Serialization 6-3 612 Combat Zone Reporting 6-5 613 DEA Reporting 6-6 Appendix 6A DEA and Combat Zone Reporting Decision Tree 6A-1 Chapter 7 MISHAP INVESTIGATIONS 701 Purpose 7-1 702 General 7-1 703 Types of Investigations 7-1 704 Mishap Investigation Responsibilities 7-8 705 Transfer of Mishap Investigation Responsibilities 7-8 706 Privileged Information in Mishap Investigations 7-11 707 AMB Investigations 7-15 708 Technical and Medical Assistance to AMBs 7-33 709 Wreckage 7-38 710 Mishap Investigations in Foreign Countries 7-41 Chapter 8 SIRs 801 Purpose 8-1 802 General 8-1 803 Privilege in the SIR 8-1 804 Originator 8-2 805 Risk Assessment 8-2 806 Deadlines 8-2 807 Methods of Submission 8-2 808 Determining and Submitting Privileged Information 8-4 809 Special Handling 8-5 810 Independence of SIRs 8-5 811 FOUO 8-6 iii OPNAVINST 3750.6S 13 May 14 812 Security Classification 8-6 813 SIRS 8-6 814 AMB Review of SIRs 8-21 815 Appointing Authority Review of SIRs 8-21 Chapter 9 REPORT ENDORSEMENTS 901 Purpose 9-1 902 General 9-1 903 Methods of Submission 9-1 904 Review of Reports and Enclosures 9-1 905 Submission Criteria 9-1 906 Requirements 9-3 907 RACs 9-4 908 Deadlines 9-4 909 Distribution 9-5 910 Non-privileged and Privileged Status 9-5 911 Special Handling 9-6 912 Independence of Endorsements 9-6 913 FOUO 9-7 914 Security Classification 9-7 915 Endorsement Formats 9-7 916 HAZREP Endorsement Guide 9-7 917 SIR Endorsement Guide 9-8 918 Aviation Mishap Accountability Absolution 9-9 Chapter 10 MISTRAC PROGRAM 1001 Purpose 10-1 1002 General 10-1 1003 Program Definitions 10-2 1004 Responsibilities and Procedures 10-2 Appendices Appendix A General Reporting Requirements A-1 Appendix B Risk Assessment B-1 Appendix C DoD HFACS C-1 Appendix D DoD HFACS Nanocodes D-1 iv OPNAVINST 3750.6S 13 May 14 CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 101. Purpose. This instruction issues the Naval Aviation SMS. The Commander, Naval Safety Center (COMNAVSAFECEN), who is also Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) for Safety Matters (OPNAV N09F), manages the Naval Aviation SMS under the auspices of this instruction.