Oct 09 Safety Meeting

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Oct 09 Safety Meeting

• Larry Brockshus

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Overview

• Oct Sentinel
• Wind of Change
• Making Safety Work
• Sep 2009 Body and Aircraft Incidents
• New Safety Officer Specialty Track Guide
• Oct Safety Day
• Annual Safety Survey

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Sentinel Wind of Change

• The new National Safety Officer, Colonel Robert
  Diduch
• Implement Safety Management System (SMS)
• Heavy reliance on data to guide senior leader
  decisions
• Expect more emphasis on data collection and
  relevant analysis
• If you have an idea that might benefit CAP
  nation-wide, you can tell the CAP NHQ Safety team
  by going to CAP Safety Suggestions link

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Sentinel Making Safety Work

• Safety can no longer be an afterthought or a
  separate program.
• Concentrate on analyzing tasks and performing
  them properly.
• ORM is supposed to fill gaps in existing
  regulations
• ORM is not a substitute for the regs it is an
  extra tool to assist in evaluating situations
• Bottom line
• We integrate safety into our operations by
  shifting focus to proper training and pride in
  doing the job right
• We obey the law and CAP regulations without fail.
• Finally, we use ORM to address those situations
  that are

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New Injuries for Sep

• WHILE MARCHING, CADET STEPPED IN A SMALL HOLE IN
  THE GROUND AND OVER-EXTENDED HIS RIGHT FOOT,
  AGGRAVATING AN OLD INJURY.
• CADET RE-AGGRAVATED A BACK INJURY WHILE DOING A
  TEAM BUILDING EXERCISE. EMT PROVIDED A CHEMICAL
  COLD PACK. CADET ADJUSTED THE PACK AND GOT SOME
  CHEMICAL ON HER HAND THEN IN HER EYES AFTER SHE
  RUBBED THEM. SHE FLUSHED HER OWN EYES WITH
  WATER, APPEARS TO BE FINE.

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Aircraft

• SEP 09
• ACCOUNT OF MISHAP
• DURING A PREFLIGHT, A SMALL CREASE WAS FOUND
  ON THE TOP OF RIGHT ELEVATOR SKIN.
• UNDER INVESTIGATION

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Aircraft

• SEP 09
• ACCOUNT OF MISHAP
• APPARENT HANGER RASH WAS FOUND ON THE TOP
  LEADING EDGE OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WHEN IT
  CAME TO KSGS FOR PERIODIC MAINTENCE. THE AIRCRAFT
  WAS DROPPED OFF ON MONDAY. THE MAINTENANCE
  CONTRACTOR FOUND THE DAMAGE ON WEDNESDAY WHEN HE
  MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE HANGER.
• UNDER INVESTIGATION

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Annual Safety Day

• CAPR 62-1 4 JUNE 2008 Para 3.h An annual Safety
  Day will be held in all units sometime during the
  month of October to focus on improving safety
  knowledge and attitudes during the new fiscal
  year.
• All units will select a day to review Incident
  Summary Jan-Oct 2009
• Select MNCAP website, Intranet, Safety, Incident
  Summary
• Complete discussion focusing on improving safety
• Report completion to through Group CC to Wg/SE by
  1 Nov 09

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Safety Survey

• CAPR 62-2 para 3.c Each safety officer shall
  complete the on-line Safety Survey not later than
  31 January of each year. Items to be addressed in
  this survey shall include, but are not limited
  to, those listed in the on-line Safety Survey
  found in e-Services. Once completed, this report
  will be sent automatically to the safety officer
  and the commander at the next higher echelon.
• MN Wing requirement, complete by 10 Jan 2010
• Must be competed on line
• Select eServices, Safety Form 78, then Safety
  Survey

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New Safety Officer Specialty Track Study Guide
Available

• CAPP 217, 29 Sep 09, Safety Officer Specialty
  Track Study Guide 29 Sep 2009

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Be Safe (even if you ride a broom)