SAFETY ASSURANCE Guiding Principles • We identif y risk to stakeholders through direct and indirect obser vation • We monitor stakeholder risk adjudication processes until risks are eliminated, mitigated, or formally accepted at the appropriate level One of the ways NAVSAFECEN serves its customers is through a well-rounded Safety Assurance program. The NAVSAFECEN measures compliance with standards, policies, directives, and procedures through audits, assist visits, human factors surveys, and workshops, command and employee reporting and guides continuous improvement efforts and positive safety cultures. NAVSAFECEN employs a variety of tools and services to include assessments, mishap investigations and Safety Investigation Boards, tracking of mishap recommendations (MISREC), safety analytics working groups and ALSAFE message dissemination.
Assessments Safety assessments allow NAVSAFECEN personnel to evaluate the risk management and safety culture, as well as share and disseminate best practices, instructions, and lessons learned gained across the enterprise. Through continuous collection and trend analysis of multiple data streams, NAVSAFECEN evaluates the level of risk for Navy and Marine Corps units and leverages this information to determine the relative priority for a safety assessment. • Calendar year 2020 marked the first full year conducting Afloat Operations Safety Assessments (AOSA) under the new dynamic (underway) format as a predictable part of the deploying group’s (CSG or ESG) Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP). • Persevering through COVID-19 restrictions, the Afloat team completed 12 assessments, including comprehensive events for Carrier Strike Group ELEVEN (USS Nimitz) and Expeditionary Strike Group THREE (USS Makin Island), providing key insights to commanding officers and Strike Group commanders. • NAVSAFECEN conducted 28 Aviation Squadron Safety Assessments and 11 Air Station and Aviation Facility Safety Assessments, providing a comprehensive look at how the units operated, communicated and used risk management during planning and execution.
Investigations The year proved busy for all warfare areas, as our investigators actively engaged in carrying out several AMBs and SIBs. • Eight Afloat, nine Shore, 18 Aviation and 22 Marine Corps Ground Class A and Explosive SIBs were initiated, and are currently ongoing. • Proactively working with stakeholders throughout the Naval Safety Enterprise, Code 90 investigators facilitated closure of seven Afloat, 13 Aviation, 20 Shore and 31 Marine Corps Ground investigations.
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