Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com b. Instill in Soldiers and Army civilian employees the need to prevent human errors and omissions affecting safety, readiness, and mission success by applying the principles of CRM. c. Encourage employees to report workplace hazards and to ensure that no employee is subject to restraint, interference, coercion, discrimination, or reprisal for exercising his/her rights to report unsafe or unhealthful conditions. d. Achieve a high degree of safety and mission effectiveness through systematic management of inherent mission risks.
Employ the CRM process to identify and manage risks to personnel, missions, operations, training, procedures, equipment, and the environment to avoid loss of life, personal injury or illness, property loss or damage, or environ- mental harm in the course of duty during peacetime, wartime, and contingency operations. (1) Ensure that safety is a principal element in all operations and apply CRM procedures in each phase of the training management cycle to identify hazardous conditions and correct shortcomings responsible for these conditions. (2) Integrate CRM procedures into all Army decisionmaking processes.
(3) Integrate the requirement for protecting the force with the demand for realistic training and mission readiness. e. Ensure the safety and health of Soldiers, Army civilian employees, and the general public is a primary concern in the acquisition, use, and disposal of equipment, facilities, and materials. f. Apply the system safety and CRM process during acquisition of materials, equipment, facilities, and systems to identify and manage hazards during the complete life cycle and employ engineering principles to the utmost extent possible to eliminate risks and control residual risks. g. Take appropriate action to expeditiously correct discrepancies with statutory requirements. h.
Ensure that the Army Risk Reduction Program and Army Safety Program operate as mutually reinforcing programs. Note. Safety board members may not serve as collateral/legal board members to the same accident. Officers or enlisted members currently performing safety duties may not serve as collateral members. Note. Organizations will develop, coordinate, and exercise aviation and ground preaccident or preemergency plans (see DA Pam 385–10, DA Pam 385–1, and DA Pam 385–40). 1–7. Safety advancement The requirements contained in this regulation represent the minimum safety requirements.
Therefore, safety profes- sionals, Soldiers, Army civilians, and Army leadership at all levels are encouraged to constantly advance safety practices and CRM by applying new technology, innovative best practices, and improved risk management tools. 1–8. Supporting Department of the Army pamphlets To support the Army Safety Program and execution of this regulation, two types of DA pamphlets have been developed in accordance with DA Pam 25–40. They are the standard DA pamphlet and the informational DA pamphlet. a.
The standard DA pamphlets contain the mandatory information needed to carry out the policies and procedures prescribed by this Army regulation to execute specific areas of the Army Safety Program (for example, explosives safety, and chemical agent safety). b. The information pamphlets share “best practices.” These collections of best practices from across the Army provide Soldiers and Army civilian employees with innovative models, examples, and tools to enrich their Army Safety Program. Before publishing, each best practice is reviewed and approved by a group of subject matter experts (SMEs).
They are provided purely for information and are not required to execute the Army Safety Program or meet requirements of this regulation. 1–9. Conflict resolution The Army shall comply with the standards promulgated by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under Section 651, Title 29, United States Code (29 USC 651) or HN requirements in all nonmilitary unique DOD operations and workplaces, regardless of whether work is performed by military, Army civilian, or contract personnel.
When an Army Headquarters commander determines that an OSHA standard should be modified for application to particular non-military-unique working conditions, a proposed alternate standard will be developed and submitted to the Commander, U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center/Safety Center (CSSC–PR), Bldg 4905, 5th Ave, Fort Rucker, AL 36362–5363 (with a copy sent to HQDA (DACS–SF), Washington, DC 20310–0300) following guidelines established in 29 CFR 1960.17. The ODASAF will review the proposed standard and, if appropriate, forward it through the chain of command to the Secretary of Labor for approval.
Upon approval of an alternate standard, the originating Army Headquarters may proceed with implementation. If adjudged to have Armywide applications, ODASAF will advise HQDA. National consensus standards may be used provided they are equal to or more stringent than Federal legal standards. a. When requirements in this regulation conflict with a legal standard (such as the OSH Act) or provide a lower degree of protection, the more stringent legal standard will apply. When requirements in this regulation are equal to or exceed such requirements in providing workplace safety, the Army requirements will apply. b.
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