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Overview of NAVOSH Programs Flashcards

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Year the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHACT) was established:

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1970

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Purpose of OSHACT of 1970:

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  • Directed the head of each federal department and agency to establish a Occupational Safety and Health program
  • Provide safe and healthful places and conditions of employment
  • Acquire, maintain and require the use of safety equipment necessary to protect employees.
  • Keep records of all occupational accidents and illness
  • consult with the secretary of labor in regard of the adequacy of records kept
  • submit an annual report to the secretary of labor about all occupational accidents and injuries
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Federal agencies implemented by OSHACT:

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  • OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

- NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)

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Date OSHA was established

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April 28th, 1971

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OSHAs Purpose

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Ensure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, outreach , edu and assistance.

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NIOSH jobs:

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  • Engages in research to eliminate on-the-job hazards

- technical assist to OSHA

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SECNAVINST 5100.10 series

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Department of the navy policy for safety, mishap prevention, occupational health and FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAMS

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OPNAVINST 5100.23 series

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Navy occupational safety and health program manual

- covers 30 topics for SHORE facilities

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Covers 30 topics/programs of shore facilities

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OPNAVINST 5100.23

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OPNAVINST 5100.19 series

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Navy occupational safety and health program afloat

- consists of 4 sections

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The 4 sections of OPNAVINST 5100.19:

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A) SOH Program Admin
B) Major Hazard Specific Chapters
C) Surface Ship Safety Hazards
D) Submarines Safety Hazards

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NAVMED P-5010 Ch 3

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Prevention of heat and cold stress injuries

  • ashore
  • afloat
  • ground forces
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COMDINST M5100.47

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Coast guard heat/cold stress monitoring program

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Industrial Hygiene is:

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The science that deals with the recognition, evaluation, and control of potential hazards in the work place

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Occupational health is:

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A multi disciplinary field of general preventative medicine which is concerned with prevention and/or treatment of an illness inducted by factors in the workplace

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Major disciplines of Occ Health:

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  • Environmental Health
  • Occupational Med
  • Occupational health nurse
  • Epidemiology
  • toxicology
  • Industrial Hygiene
  • Health Physics
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Assistant Secretary of the navy is responsible for:

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  • energy instillations and environmental

- Designated occupational safety and health official for the DON

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CNO is responsible for:

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  • implementation and management of the NAVOSH program
  • establishes policy and standards for ALL commanders
  • Establishes planning, programming, staffing and budgeting for NAVOSH programs
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Fleet commanders (TYCOM) are responsible for:

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  • ensuring subordinate commands conduct aggressive NAVOSH program
  • program oversight must be completed on subordinate commands every 3 years
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Immediate superiors in command (ISICs) responsibilities:

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  • assist afloat commands to ensure that afloat SOH discrepancies that are beyond the ships capabilities are ID’d and prioritized
  • Ensure timely and through safety investigations are conducted
  • ensure all IH and safety surveys are conducted (Baseline and Periodic)
  • conduct NAVOSH inspections of subordinate commands (3 Years)
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NAVSEASYSCOM stands for:

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Commander Naval Sea Systems Command

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Responsibilities of NAVSEASYSCOM:

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  • ensure occupational safety and health are considered in design and engineering of all naval facilities and systems.
  • engineering control of all significant occ health problems (noise, Asbestos, HAZMAT)
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BUMED Responsibilities:

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  • provide support to CNO and Commandant of MC in all aspects of occupational health, IH, and EH.
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Commander navy safety center responsibilities:

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  • monitors safety and occupational health stats
  • provide direct support to fleet units on safety matters
  • conducts afloat operational safety assessments (AOSA)
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Navy Medicine Professional Development Center (NMPDC) Responsibilities:

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Ensures all elements of the approved navy training plan for NAVOSH afloat are properly executed

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CO responsibilities:

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  • Conduct an aggressive program
  • designate command safety officer w/ training
  • establish a safety council and enlisted safety committee
  • ensure compliance w/ mishap reporting
  • ensure all annual inspections are done and IH surveys are done once during operational cycles
  • establish a hazard control and deficiency abatement program
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Safety Officer responsibilities:

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  • Manage NAVOSH program based off CO objectives
  • report directly to the CO on Occ safety and health matters
  • reports to the XO for admin of NAVOSH
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Primary duty Safety Officer will be assigned to what types of ships?

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CVN - Carrier
LHA - Landing Helo Assault
LHD - Landing Helo Deck
AS - Sub Tender

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who can be a collateral duty safety officer?

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  • Commissioned officer of department head status and seniority
  • CPO may be appointed on small ships with TYCOM waiver
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Specific responsibilities of the Safety Officer:

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  • advisor to the CO
  • oversee ship-wide planning to implement elements of NAVOSH program
  • prepare and submit requests for outside OSH program
  • Participate in mishap investigations
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what records must the safety officer analyze and maintain?

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  • inspections
  • surveys
  • injury reports
  • mishap statistics
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Medical Department Representative Responsibilities:

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  • direct access to the CO regarding medical side of NAVOSH
  • keep safety officer and department heads informed
  • treat injuries and illnesses
  • provide training on Occ health programs
  • coordinate with Safety O for help with; IH, Rad Health, OCC Med
  • provide injury reports to CO via the COC
  • establish and maintain a QA program for OCC Med
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DH/DivO/Work Center Sups Responsibilities:

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  • ensure safe and healthful wor kspace
  • ensure space in inspected and hazard free
  • ensure personnel are trained and have PPE
  • take prompt action to correct deficiencies
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Division PO responsibilities:

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  • inspect division spaces
  • submit safety hazard reports
  • advise division officer on NAVOSH program status
  • conduct division safety training
  • assist during mishap/injury investigations
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Members of the safety council:

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  • CO (chairperson)
  • Safety O (recorder)
  • Training O
  • Department Heads
  • MDR
  • CMC
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how often does the safety council meet?

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Quarterly

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what is reviewed in a safety council meeting?

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  • inspections
  • reports
  • injuries and other related reports (medical)
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other safety council meeting matters:

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  • Direct corrective action for unsafe conditions
  • evaluates ship NAVOSH program
  • Reviews issues/recommendations submitted by the enlisted safety committee
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Enlisted safety committee members:

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  • Safety Officer (senior member)
  • Divisional Safety PO
  • chief Master-at-Arms
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how often does the enlisted safety committee meet?

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quarterly

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Enlisted safety committee discussion topics:

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  • identify NAVOSH problems
  • enhance communication of mishap prevention
  • submit issues/recommendations in writing to safety council
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Individual Crew Members (All Hands) Responsibilities:

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  • accomplish assigned tasks and follow applicable directives
  • know and comply with safety standards / PPE
  • report suspected unsafe work conditions
  • report all; injuries, occupational illness, property damage from mishap.
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what is the principal way to discover health and safety hazards

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inspections

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Types of workplace inspections

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  • safety
  • industrial hygiene
  • jobsite observation
  • afloat operational safety assessment (AOSA)
  • board of inspection and survey (INSURV) and command occ safety and health management evaluations
  • civilian inspections
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Safety inspections include:

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  • ensure all workplaces are inspected annually

- safety officer retains reports for 2 years

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IH survey

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  • all ships must have a baseline survey conducted

- required; baseline, once each yard period, new construction

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Baseline IH survey contains:

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  • Executive summary of findings
  • admin evaluation of occ health and IH programs
  • list of eye hazardous processes
  • list areas requiring resp protection
  • sound level survey with list of hazardous areas
  • air sampling results
  • hazard evaluations
  • ventilation eval
  • medical surveillance
  • recommendations
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job site observation contains:

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  • detects and corrects hazards resulting from worker non compliance
  • Random walk through
  • perform during work day or evolutions
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who may conduct a job site walkthrough inspection?

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  • CO
  • XO
  • Department Head
  • Div O
  • Work Center Sup
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Afloat operation assessment survey (AOSA) contains:

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  • conducted by commander, naval safety center
  • 1-2 day duration
  • provides CO with evaluation of ship
  • promotes hazard awareness
  • report stays at the ship level and does not require a follow up
  • conducted every 6 years or at command request
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INSURV Contains:

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  • evaluates ship compliance with NAVOSH
  • SOH and environmental protection inspections are conducted during final contract trials
  • copies must be routed to Safety O to ensure all ID’d hazards are tracked and corrected
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Civilian inspections:

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OSHA may conduct inspections but must meet all classification and military unique requirements
-State officials may NOT inspect navy vessels.

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medical surveillance purpose:

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  • monitor health of individuals exposed to hazards in the fleet by exams
  • determine individuals fitness to begin or continue to perform a job safely and effectively
  • monitors the health of those exposed to hazards
  • detects early indicators of excessive exposure
  • helps prevent actual disease/injury
  • allows timely corrective actions
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Safety Hazard report requirements:

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  • tracked until verified as corrected / eliminatied
  • some may be corrected by ships force while others require availabilities of maintenance periods
  • tracked and forwarded to safety officer
  • all crew is encouraged to report potential hazards
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when are safety hazard reports submitted?

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when safety deficiencies are not corrected on the spot

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what is filled out when a supervisor fails to correct a safety hazard?

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OPNAV 3120/5

  • typed or hand written
  • forwarded to Safety O
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Hazard Abatement description

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  • process where ID’d hazards are tracked until corrected
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Risk Assessment Code (RAC)

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  • provides a priority for corrections

- derived by using hazard severity and mishap probability

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Hazard Severity Categories:

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I - catastrophic: may cause death or loss of facility / grave damage to national interest
II - critical: may cause severe injury/illness/property damage/damage to national interest
III - marginal: may cause minor injury/illness/property damage
IV - negligible: presents minimal threat to personnel or property

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Mishap probability categories

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A - Likely to occur immediately or very soon
B - probably will occur in time
C - May occur in time
D - unlikely to occur

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All the Different OCC safety and health programs:

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  • Asbestos control
  • Heat stress
  • HAZMAT
  • Hearing conservation
  • Sight Conservation
  • Resp Protection
  • Electrical safety
  • Gas free engineering
  • Radiation protection
  • Lead
  • Tag-out program
  • PPE
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procedures used to prevent, control and report workplace hazards:

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  • prevent hazard at the design phase
  • ID and eliminate existing hazard
  • reduce likelihood and severity when they cant be eliminated
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Principals of hazard control (in order of preference)

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  • Substitution
  • Engineering Controls
  • Admin Controls
  • PPE
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Substitution

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  • replacement of a process, material or equipment having a lower hazard potential
  • ensure new substitute does not create a new hazard
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Engineering Controls:

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  • primarily accomplished through design and advance planning

- should be approved through safety and IH before implementing

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Types of engineering controls:

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  • isolation

- ventilation

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Administrative controls:

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  • employs special operating procedures

- limiting access to high hazard areas

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PPE

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  • personnel wear special equipment to prevent/ reduce exposure to a hazard
  • least preferred because PPE can fail
  • PPE reduces the workers productivity

NAVOSH (3 decks)

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