Safety road show coming to NASM

NORFOLK, Va. - Naval Safety Center subject matter experts kicked off a series of Safety Road Shows in June to roll out significant changes to selected chapters in the Navy’s updated Safety and Occupational Health Manual. During the road show, SMEs are taking safety professionals on a deep dive of the manual’s changes, answering questions and presenting expectations for compliance. A 2018 mishap involving non-compliance with an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirement at a facility that was receiving Base Operating Support and tenant commands “was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” said Jonathan Wilson, NSC’s shore safety programs director. It drove necessary changes to the manual that comes on line Aug. 1. “We were not doing a good enough job for identifying, recording and correcting hazards,” Wilson said. To address this, Navy senior leadership recommended establishing a common standard to evaluate shore safety effectiveness and establishing a single owner of the end-to-end process for identifying, recording and correcting shore safety deficiencies. Here is a list of upcoming road shows across the Gulf Coast region: July 17 NAS Pensacola, Fla. July 23 NAS Meridian, Miss.; July 25 NAS Whiting Field, Fla.; and Sept. 3 Naval Support Activity Memphis. (Source: The Sentinel 07/05/19)