DoD Safety & Occupational Health Vision & Progress to the DoD Safety and Health Forum 27 October 2009 Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) Environmental Readiness & Safety Directorate (ER&S) John Seibert, CIH, CSP Asst for Safety, Health & Fire
Overview DoD Vision & Strategy Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) Activities Policy Oversight Resource Advocacy 2
Vision for Continuous Improvement Safety Maturity 3
Safety & Health Strategy Defense Installation Strategic Plan (DISP) http://www.acq.osd.mil/ie/ GOAL 2 - RIGHT QUALITY Furnish workplaces free from recognized hazards GOAL 3 - RIGHT RISK informed risk decisions at the appropriate level of leadership GOAL 5 - RIGHT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ESOH management systems 4
Overview DoD Vision & Strategy Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) Activities Policy Oversight Resource Advocacy 5
SOH Policy - Issued 2008 Minimum Data Requirements for Mishap Reports (May 2008) DoDI 4140.62, Material Potentially Presenting An Explosive Hazard (Nov 2008) DoDI 6055.05, Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) (Nov 2008) DoDI 5000.02, 02 Operation of the Defense Acquisition System (Dec 2008) * On DENIX: https://www.denix.osd.mil/portal/page/portal/denix/shf/references 6
SOH Policy - Issued 2009 DoDI 6055.17, DoD Installation Emergency Management (IEM) Program (Jan 2009) DoDI 6055.04, DoD Traffic Safety Program (April 2009) DoDI 6055.11, Protecting Personnel from Electromagnetic Fields (Aug 2009) DoD D 6055.09-STD, 09 Explosives Safety Standards, d Change 2 (Aug 2009) Revision to Cost Thresholds for Accident Severity Classification (Oct 2009) * On DENIX: https://www.denix.osd.mil/portal/page/portal/denix/shf/references 7
SOH Policy Coming Soon DoDI 6055.08, Occupational Radiation Protection Revision being prepared for signature DoD 6055.aa-M, Standards for Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories Revision being prepared for signature DoDI 6055.07, Accident Investigation, Reporting &R Record dkeeping DoD Component coord comments due: 19 Nov 2009 8
SOH Policy - HOT Ban Text Messaging While Driving Executive Order 13513, 1 Oct 2009 Already banned in DoD policy (DoDI 6055.04, Traffic Safety) Hand held cell phones and other electronic devices Change 1 to DoDI 6055.04 More explicit language for text messaging Prohibit driving PMV/POV while texting on government equipment 9
SOH Policy FY10 Planned DoDI 6055-aviation, Defense Aviation Safety Management System DoDI 6055.12, Hearing Conservation Program DoDI DI 6055.1, DoD D Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) Program 10
Overview DoD Vision & Strategy Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) Activities Policy Oversight Resource Advocacy 11
Oversight DoD IG Assessments Safety Survey (July 2008) (National Safety Council Safety Barometer) http://www.dodig.osd.mil/inspections/ie/reports.htm Injury Reporting Process Improvement (report in development) Annual Report to OSHA Defense Agencies report to OSD: Nov 27, 2009 OSD & MILDEPTs Report to OSHA: 1 Jan 2010 Annual SOH Program Reviews Oversight strategy in development Align OSD with DoD Components program oversight 12
Resource Advocacy DUSD(I&E) reviewed DoD Component FY11 POMs MILDEPTs: VPP implementation OSD Health Affairs: Occupational Health implementation DUSD(I&E) developing FY12 Fiscal Guidance Aviation Safety Technologies Report to DepSecDef (Apr 2009) Rotorcraft Survivability (and safety) Report to Congress 13
Vision for Continuous Improvement Safety Maturity 14
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