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NAVEDTRA 12971 Naval Education and June 1993 Training Manual Training Command 0502-LP-477-0400 (TRAMAN) Naval Safety Supervisor DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Nonfederal government personnel wanting a copy of this document must use the purchasing instructions on the inside cover. 0502LP4770400 Although the words “he, “ “him,” and “his”’ are used sparingly in this manual to enhance communication, they are not intended to be gender driven nor to affront or discriminate against anyone reading this text. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Nonfederal government personnel wanting a copy of this document must write to Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 OR Commanding Officer, Naval Publications and Forms Directorate, Navy Aviation Supply Office, 5801 Tabor Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19120-5099, Attention: Cash Sales for price and availability. NAVAL SAFETY SUPERVISOR NAVEDTRA 12971 1993 Edition Prepared by LCDR Charlene D. Brassington CWO Denise A. Dentin DSC Efrain C. Espiritu PREFACE This training manual (TRAMAN) and the accompanying nonresident training course (NRTC) are designed to give basic guidance to personnel stationed ashore and afloat who are assigned to safety billets. The accompanying NRTC is designed for individual study and not formal classroom instruction. This TRAMAN provides information that relates to the duties of the safety officer, safety supervisor, and safety petty officer. The set of assignments in the NRTC provides supporting questions developed to emphasize the key points covered in the manual. Chapters 1 through 9 discuss duties related to safety, and chapters 10 and 11 discuss off-duty mishap prevention. This TRAMAN and NRTC were prepared by the Naval Education and Training Program Management Support Activity, Pensacola, Florida, for the Chief of Naval Education and Training. Technical assistance was provided by the Naval Safety Center, Norfolk, Virginia. This manual replaces NAVEDTRA 10808-2. 1993 Edition Stock Ordering No. 0502-LP-477-0400 Published by NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ACTIVITY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C.: 1993 i THE UNITED STATES NAVY GUARDIAN OF OUR COUNTRY The United States Navy is responsible for maintaining control of the sea and is a ready force on watch at home and overseas, capable of strong action to preserve the peace or of instant offensive action to win in war. It is upon the maintenance of this control that our country’s glorious future depends; the United States Navy exists to make it so. WE SERVE WITH HONOR Tradition, valor, and victory are the Navy’s heritage from the past. To these may be added dedication, discipline, and vigilance as the watchwords of the present and the future. At home or on distant stations as we serve with pride, confident in the respect of our country, our shipmates, and our families. Our responsibilities sober us; our adversities strengthen us. Service to God and Country is our special privilege. We serve with honor. THE FUTURE OF THE NAVY The Navy will always employ new weapons, new techniques, and greater power to protect and defend the United States on the sea, under the sea, and in the air. Now and in the future, control of the sea gives the United States her greatest advantage for the maintenance of peace and for victory in war. Mobility, surprise, dispersal, and offensive power are the keynotes of the new Navy. The roots of the Navy lie in a strong belief in the future, in continued dedication to our tasks, and in reflection on our heritage from the past. Never have our opportunities and our responsibilities been greater. ii CONTENTS Chapter Page 1. Development of the Navy Safety Program . 1-1 2. Safety Program Promotion and Attitudes . 2-1 3. Mishap Causes, Prevention, and Hazard Abatemen . 3-1 4. Mishap Investigation Fundamentals . 4-1 5. Navy Occupational Safety and Health Program Fundamentals . 5-1 6. Shore Safety . ..... 6-1 7. Afloat Safety . .. 7-1 8. Naval Aviation Safety . 8-1 9. Explosives Safety . .. .. 9-1 10. Traffic Safety . 10-1 11. Recreation, Athletics, and Home Safety . 11-1 APPENDIX I. References . AI-1 INDEX . INDEX-1 iii CHAPTER 1 DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAVY SAFETY PROGRAM We designed this training manual to help acquaint Navy safety program managed by Navy line functions. you with the Navy’s safety and occupational health The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) programs, their setup, management, and supervision. In conducts the occupational health program element. addition to the Navy Occupational Safety and Health The following is a brief listing of the milestones in (NAVOSH) Program, we will discuss the Shore Safety the Navy’s safety program: Program, the Afloat Safety Program, the Aviation Safety Program, and your duties as a naval safety supervisor. We have provided the appropriate 1917 Safety engineers were assigned to each references for specific safety standards throughout this naval shipyard. manual and various safety terms and acronyms. You will also find information on the following program 1922 Safety programs for civilian employees elements: were introduced at all naval activities. Safety program promotion and attitudes 1929 Enlisted personnel on shore duty were Mishap causes and prevention included in safety programs. Mishap investigation and reporting 1947 The Navy Department Safety Council was Safety program evaluation organized under the Director of Safety of the Office of Industrial Relations (OIR). NAVOSH Program elements Its original mission was to coordinate safety procedures and to provide Traffic safety communications between the bureau Explosives safety safety engineers and the technical staff of the OIR safety branch. In 1967, the Athletic, recreation, and home safety programs council’s mission was expanded to include the development and maintenance In this chapter, we cover the history and develop- of the U.S. Navy Safety Precautions ment of the Navy Occupational Safety and Health Manual, OPNAV 34P1. Program and its current organization. We also describe the role of safety supervisors, their responsibilities, and 1951 The transition from propeller to jet air- the criteria for their selection as safety supervisors. craft helped the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) to establish the Naval HISTORY OF NAVY SAFETY PROGRAM Aviation Safety Council. In 1955 the name was changed to the Naval Aviation As your employer, the Navy is obligated by law to Safety Center. provide you with a safe and healthy work environment. Shipboard life, shipyard industrial activities, and 1963 The Navy was shaken by the sudden loss aviation maintenance areas, especially, are inherently of the USS Thresher (SSN-593), in which dangerous. We must keep our crewmembers, as well as 129 sailors were lost. The Navy convened civilian workers, healthy and ready to perform their a court of inquiry to examine the missions. circumstances leading up to and The Navy has conducted safety and occupational surrounding the incident. The court’s health programs for many years. Historically, general findings resulted in the creation of the and off-duty safety has been an element of the overall Submarine Safety Program (SUBSAFE). 1-1 1963-Cont. Its purpose was to impose high standards Over the next 3 years, federal agencies made only of quality control on submarine moderate progress. Congress received considerable construction and operations. In 1964 the criticism for a perceived double standard in Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) occupational safety and health requirements between established the Submarine Safety Center the private sector and federal agencies. As a result, EO at the submarine base in New London, 11807 replaced EO 11612 in 1974. Connecticut, to examine and coordinate all matters of submarine safety. This new order more clearly defined the scope, requirements, and responsibilities of federal agency 1966-1967 SECNAV tasked CNO with reviewing the programs. In addition, EO 11807 tasked the Secretary entire Navy Safety Program after a series of Labor to issue guidelines designed to help federal of fires, collisions, and other mishaps agencies in establishing their programs. These involving surface ships resulted in more “guidelines” were issued on 9 October 1974 as Title 29, than 200 deaths and $100 million in Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1960 (29 CFR 1960), damages. On 3 May 1968, as a result of Safety and Health Provisions for Federal Employees. the CNO’s findings, SECNAV established the Naval Safety Center. Some critics were still not satisfied by the actions described above. Several federal agencies questioned 1970 The Occupational Safety and Health Act the regulatory authority of the Department of the Labor (OSHA) of 1970 became law. guidelines (29 CFR 1960). On 26 February 1980, EO 12196, Occupational Safety and Health programs for 1973 The Commander, Naval Safety Center, Federal Employees, superseded EO 11807. In addition, was designated as the CNO’s Safety the Department of Labor guidelines (29 CFR 1960) Coordinator (N09F), reporting directly to were revised on 21 October 1980. They were reissued the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. This as Basic Program Elements for Federal Employee designation made the Naval Safety Occupational Safety and Health Programs. Center’s mission more specific and all-encompassing. During the past 10 years, the Department of Defense (DOD) has issued many directives and instructions to 1983 The first Navy