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Figure 1-2.—Naval Safety Center building.
developing
procedural
guides
and
preparing
directives to support and achieve program goals and
policies.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE NAVAL
SAFETY CENTER
The Naval Safety Center (fig. 1-2), located in
Norfolk, Virginia, provides staff support to the CNO
in executing the Navy safety program. The Safety
Center also provides staff support to the Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), N4. The staff
support helps N4 carry out its overall Navy safety
and occupational health coordination responsibilities.
The Safety Center supports the Naval Inspector
General and the President of the Board of Inspection
and Survey.
As directed, the Naval Safety Center assists N4 in
preparing and maintaining basic safety program
manuals. The Safety Center does not issue Navywide
safety directives. However, when requested, the staff
helps the appropriate offices, commands, or agencies
prepare general or specific safety-related operating
instructions. It also conducts safety surveys of the
naval operating forces and shore commands as
requested by the CNO.
1. Other functions performed by the Naval Safety
Center include:
2. Maintaining liaison with naval command
bureaus, and offices to ensure knowledge of
factors adversely affecting safety and to
recommend remedial action
3. Maintaining liaison with other government
agencies and private organizations engaged in
hazard awareness
4. Maintaining a library of research, technical
development, and survival information
5. Maintaining and evaluating mishap, occupa-
tional illness, and hazard reports; and publishing
statistical data on mishaps
6. Providing mishap statistical research services
and conducting special analytical studies on naval
mishap data
7. Identifying
human
factors,
inadequate
maintenance techniques, deficiencies in design,
insufficiency of technical publications, and
shortage of repair parts and equipage
8. Developing and reviewing procedures and
standards for conducting mishap investigations;
assisting in investigations of significant mishaps
involving naval aircraft, ships, and submarines;
taking part, as requested, in
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