NAVOSH PROGRAMS Flashcards
OPNAVINST 5100.19 Series
Navy Occupational Safety and Health (NAVOSH) Program Manual for Forces Afloat
OPNAVINST 5100.23 Series
Navy Safety and Occupational Health Program Manual
OSHACT of 1970
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act
SECNAVINST 5100.10 Series
Department of the Navy Policy for Safety, Mishap Prevention, Occupational Health and Fire Protection Programs
(NAVY AND MARINES)
NAVMED P-5010
Manual of Naval Preventive Medicine
COMDTINST M5100.47 Series
Safety and Environmental Health Manual
COAST GUARD
DoD 6055.05-M
Occupational Medical Examinations and Surveillance Manual
STATE the purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHACT) of 1970
- Directed each federal department and agency to establish at Occupational Safety and Health program
- Provide safe and healthful places and conditions of employment.
- require and ensure PPE
- keep records of all occupational mishaps
- Consult w/ secretary of labor to form and ensure content of records
- make annual report to sec of labor on occ accidents, injuries and agencies under this section
Federal agencies implimented by OSHACT
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
2. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Who created OSHA
Department of Labor
When was OSHA created
28 April 1971
OSHA’s purpose
Ensure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women
by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach,
education and assistance
NIOSH’s purpose
- Principal Federal Agency engaged in research to eliminate on-the job hazards
- Technical assistance to OSHA
Purpose of SECNAVINST 5100.10
Implements the references to provide policy for the Department of the Navy safety, mishap prevention, and occupational health and
fire protection programs afloat and ashore.
Purpose of OPNAVINST 5100.23
Manual covering 30 topics/programs and applies to shore
facilities.
OPNAVINST 5100.19 consists of how many sections?
4 sections labeled A - D
What are the 4 sections of OPNAVINST 5100.19
1) Section A – SOH Program Administration
2) Section B – Major Hazard Specific Chapters
3) Section C – Surface Ship Safety Standards
4) Section D – Submarines Safety Standards
NAVMED P-5010-3 REV 2, Chapter 3
Prevention of Heat and Cold Stress Injuries/Ashore, Afloat, and Ground Forces
Purpose of COMDTINST M 5100.47
- Provides general guidance and policies designed to prevent thermal stress and degraded personnel and mission performance
2.Coast Guard personnel routinely encounter extreme environments
that can lead to thermal stress injury or illness
Industrial Hygiene
The science that deals with the recognition, evaluation, and control of potential health hazards in the work environment.
Occupational Health
A multi-disciplinary field of general preventive medicine which is concerned with prevention and/or treatment of illness induced by factors in the workplace environment
Major disciplines of Occupational Health (H.O.O.T.I.E.)
- Health Physics
- Occupational Medicine
- Occupational Health Nursing
- Toxicology
- Industrial Hygiene
- Epidemiology
NAVOSH program responsibilities:
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Designated occupational safety and health official for the DON
NAVOSH program responsibilities:
CNO
1) Implementation and management of the NAVOSH program.
(2) Establishes policy and standards for ALL commanders.
(3) Establishes planning, programming, staffing and budgeting for NAVOSH Programs.
NAVOSH program responsibilities:
Fleet Commanders (TYCOMS)
(1) Ensure subordinate commands:
(a) Conduct an aggressive NAVOSH program.
(b) Program oversight must be conducted on subordinate commands at least once every 3 years.
NAVOSH responsibilities:
Immediate Superiors in Command (ISICs)
(1) Assist afloat commands with discrepancies beyond shipboard capability
(2) Ensure timely and thorough safety investigations are conducted.
(3) Ensure afloat commands complete required safety surveys and industrial hygiene surveys (baseline and periodic).
(4) Conduct periodic NAVOSH inspections of subordinate commands.
NAVOSH responsibilities:
Commander Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEASYSCOM)
(1) Ensure Occupational Safety and Health aspects are considered in design and engineering of all ships, aircraft, weapons, weapons systems, facilities and equipment.
(2) Engineering control of significant occupational health problems,
NAVOSH responsibilities:
Chief Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Provide support to CNO and CMC in all aspects of Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Health