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significant, nonaircraft mishap investigations
occurring ashore
Representing or sponsoring conferences,
symposia, seminars, and work and study
groups to further the Department of the Navy
mishap prevention programs
Promoting interest in mishap prevention
through hazard awareness
Taking part in all aspects of Navy safety
education and training
Providing, when directed, membership on
review boards and advisory councils such as
the Naval Aviation Training and Operations
(NATOPS) Advisory Council and the CNO
Ammunition and Hazardous Materials Review
Board (AMHAZ)
Developing and providing a Motor Vehicle
Mishap Prevention Program directed to Navy
personnel on and off duty and all on-duty
civilian personnel who use government or
privately owned vehicles; developing traffic
safety training courses
Managing the Individual Flight Activity
Reporting System (IFARS) and maintaining
flight time data for all aeronautically
designated naval officers
Developing and administering safety award
programs and recommending final selection of
winning units
Reviewing and evaluating selected system
safety engineering requirements on new
systems or major systems changes
Maintaining a recognized data repository
covering each dive made by U.S. Navy divers
and providing information based upon analysis
of this data; conducting divers’ safety surveys
and inspections, and publishing information
concerning diving safety to forces afloat
Making appropriate and timely recom-
mendations to the Chief of Naval Operations,
Commandant of the Marine Corps, or other
subordinate commands on remedial actions
required in the interest of readiness through
safety
Unless otherwise directed, the Safety Center’s
responsibilities do not include safety related to nuclear
propulsion and nuclear weapons.
The Naval Safety Center receives and analyzes
all mishap and injury reports submitted by aviation,
ship, submarine, and shore commands. The staff
indexes this information by phase of operation,
material failure, personnel action, or cause factors.
It then incorporates the information into the
mechanized data bank, through which it can
retrieve the mishap and injury records of any
specific incident. In that way, the Naval Safety
Center can monitor mishap trends and pinpoint
areas requiring corrective action. Additionally, the
Naval Safety Center maintains operational or
exposure data such as the Individual Flight Activity
Report and the Diving Log. It uses data from those
documents with mishap data to determine the
significance of factors involved in mishaps.
The Naval Safety Center conducts safety surveys
upon the request of a unit’s commanding officer. The
purpose of each survey is to identify and analyze
hazards and potential mishap situations to determine
preventive action. The Naval Safety Center provides
a team of officers and chief petty officers to conduct
surveys. These personnel are experts in their fields,
and most have been associated with mishap
prevention for several years. The survey is informal.
Only the commanding officer of the unit involved, and
not superiors in the unit’s chain of command, receives
the survey results. The Naval Safety Center enters the
results into its data base to help analyze and predict
potential mishap areas. It also conducts safety surveys
of high risk courses at training commands.
The Naval Safety Center also guides the
incorporation of mishap prevention “lessons learned”
with new construction and conversion for shipboard
improvement and system safety. The center uses the
safety recommendation (SAFEREC) system, ship
safety information data base, and mishap and injury
reports. In addition, it uses casualty reports
(CASREPs) and maintenance data system (MDS)
reports submitted according to the 3-M system. The
center uses these data to recommend improvements in
shipboard and system safety.
SAFETY PERIODICALS PUBLISHED BY
THE NAVAL SAFETY CENTER
The Naval Safety Center advises and informs the
operating forces, shore commands, and other
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