Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com (a) When possible, provide swimming instruction and water survival training for persons who engage in water recreational activities. (b) Ensure that Red Cross certified or equivalent lifeguards will be on duty at Army water recreational areas at all times during hours of operation. 2–3. Prevention program procedures a. Inspections and surveys. Inspections and surveys of operations and facilities will be conducted annually or more often (chap 4).
Inspection procedures will emphasize use of interviews, operational reviews, performance testing, and similar techniques designed to detect high risks of both a behavior and environmental character at the earliest possible time. Standard Army Safety and Occupational Health Inspection (SASOHI) procedures outlined in chapter 4 implement 29 CFR 1960.26 provisions and will be used in inspections/surveys. Installations will have the appropriate diagnostic equipment consistent with their mission to collect the essential information for analysis. b. Reports of unsafe or unhealthful conditions.
All Army personnel will be advised of their right and responsibility to report unsafe or unhealthful conditions. Reports to their supervisors will normally expedite corrective actions. Such reports may be submitted directly to unit safety personnel, installation safety offices, or other appropriate points of contact such as inspectors general. To provide an additional channel for such reports when employees find routine channels ineffective, commanders will conform to Army Employee Hazard Reporting System procedures outlined in chapter 4. c. Department of Labor (DOL) inspections and investigations of Army working conditions.
In accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 12196 and DODI 6055.1, and within the scope of the Public Law 91–596, OSHA, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) officials, acting as representatives of the Secretary of Labor, are authorized to conduct announced or unannounced inspections of all Army civilian workplaces except those identified as military- unique workplaces. Procedures for these inspections are in chapter 4. d. Risk management. Risk Management is the Army’s principal risk reduction process to assist leaders in identifying and controlling hazards and making informed decisions.
(1) Every commander, leader and manager is responsible for protecting the force and persons affected by Army operations. The five-step process is the commander’s principal risk reduction process to identify and control hazards and make informed decisions. (a) Identify hazards. (b) Assess hazards. (c) Develop controls and make risk decisions. (d) Implement controls. (e) Supervise and evaluate. (2) The standard for risk management is leadership at the appropriate level of authority making informed decisions to control hazards or accept risks.
(3) In those circumstances where local resources are not available to control residual risks, leaders will make conscious decisions to either accept the risk or elevate the risk decision to the next higher level of leadership. (4) The risk management process supplements, but does not supersede, the compliance requirements of federally mandated standards, this regulation or any other regulation. 2–4. Department of the Army personnel All DA personnel, military and civilian, will— a. Comply with safety and occupational health rules, regulations, and standards. b. Use and maintain PCE provided for their protection. c.
Report any unsafe and unhealthful working conditions and accidents to their immediate supervisor. Chapter 3 Safety Standards Application 3–1. Standards a. All standards established by DOL pursuant to sections 6 and 19 of Public Law 91–596 are adopted as Army safety standards and will be complied with in applicable Army workplaces. Army workplaces are generally comparable to private sector workplaces. b. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer safety and health requirements publication (EM 385–1–1) applies to all Army construction operations incorporating part 1926, title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR 1926). c.
Commanders will apply OSHA and other non-DA regulatory or consensus safety and health standards to military- unique equipment, systems, operations, or workplaces, in whole or in part, insofar as practicable. When military design, specifications, or requirements render compliance infeasible, or when no regulatory or consensus standard exists for 8 AR 385–10 • 29 February 2000