Safety Flashcards
What is the acronym ORM?
Operational Risk Management
What are the 5 steps of ORM?
Identify Hazards
Assess Hazards
Make Risk Decisions
Implement Controls
Supervise
What is the purpose of ORM?
A decision-making tool used by personnel at all levels to help identify, assess, and managing risks, it minimizes risk to acceptable levels.
What are the 4 principals of ORM?
A ccept risk only when the benefit outweighs the cost
A ccept no unnecessary risk
A nticipate and manage risk by planning
M ake risk decisions at the right level
What is RAC?
Risk Assignment Code
What are the 2 parts to RAC?
Severity codes and Probability codes.
How is severity labeled?
Severity is measured in roman numerals (I,II,III,IV)
How is probability labeled?
A,B,C,D
What are the 4 severity categories?
I.) loss of the ability to accomplish the mission, Death or permanent disability
II.) Significantly degraded mission, extensive damage
III.) Degraded mission capability, minor damage
IV.) Little or no adverse impact
What are the 4 probability categories?
A.) Likely to occur
B.) Probably will occur
C.) May occur
D.) Unlikely
How do you determine Risk Assessment using RAC?
Combine severity and probability
What are the 3 basic functions of safety councils and committees?
Create, Serve and Provide
What is the purpose of a mishap investigation?
To prevent the same mishap from happening in the future
Who conducts a mishap investigation?
The safety office
Who’s responsible for safety?
YOU
What is the responsibility of unit personnel in regard to safety?
Full participation and cooperation of all employees. Report observed hazards, report to his/her supervisor, proper maintenance and use of PPE
What is the purpose of PPE?
PPE establishes a last line of defense, to minimize hazards.
What is the purpose of safety stand downs?
To minimize mishaps both in and out of the workplace, also to give all unit personnel a good understanding of do’s and don’ts in regard to safety
What is Ergonomics?
Essentially fitting the workplace to the worker(s)
