Naval Ships' Technical Manual, chapter
and your personal example, you pass this safety
074--Provides general welding safety pre-
consciousness on to other personnel.
cautions.
ENFORCING SAFETY
Personnel are also advised and informed on mishap
Safety precautions, as all rules, laws, or regulations,
must be enforced. It is your duty to take appropriate
action any time you see someone disregarding a safety
Fathom magazine, the afloat safety review, is
precaution. You should ensure that all jobs are done
published bimonthly for the professional benefit of all
according to applicable safety precautions.
hands by the Navy Safety Center. Fathom presents the
most accurate information currently available on the
Doing a job the safe way in some cases may take
subject of shipboard mishap prevention.
a little longer or be a little more inconvenient, however,
there is no doubt as to the importance of doing it this
Ships' Safety Bulletin is published monthly by the
way.
Navy Safety Center. This bulletin contains articles on
shipboard safety problems, trends, mishap briefs, and
statistics.
SOURCES OF SAFETY
INFORMATION
Deckplate magazine is published bimonthly by the
Naval Sea Systems Command. This magazine contains
To be an effective petty officer and supervisor, you
information on the design, construction, conversion,
should become familiar with the types of safety
operation, maintenance, and repair of naval vessels and
programs implemented throughout the Navy. You
their equipment. It also contains articles on safety
should also be familiar with all safety directives and
hazards and their prevention.
precautions concerning your division. Safety
instructions vary from command to command. This
Flash, a monthly mishap prevention bulletin,
makes it impossible to give you a complete listing of
manuals and instructions with which you should be
provides a summary of research from selected reports
familiar. Besides studying the information on safety
of submarine hazards to assist in the prevention
described in this chapter and throughout this training
program. It is intended to give advance coverage of
manual, you should read and have knowledge of the
safety-related information while reducing individual
safety information in the following references:
reading time.
Standard Organization and Regulations of the
These publications, as well as notices and
U. S. Navy, OPNAVINST 3120.32B, chapter
instructions distributed by the cognizant bureaus, make
7--Outlines the safety program and the safety
excellent reference materials. When these publications
organization.
are available, you should read them and incorporate
them into your training program.
Navy Occupational Safety and Health
(NAVOSH) Program Manual for Forces Afloat,
Other sources of safety information that you will be
OPNAVINST 500.19C--Provides general
dealing with on a day-to-day basis in your work as a
shipboard safety precautions and specific
Hull Technician are manufacturers' technical manuals
occupational health program guidance.
and PMS maintenance requirement cards (MRCs).
Navy Occupational Safety and Health
These are not all of the safety resources that are
(NAVOSH) Program Manual, OPNAVINST
available to you. However, these sources give you a
5100.23C--Encompasses all safety disciplines,
good starting point from which you can expand your
such as systems safety, aviation safety,
knowledge of safety procedures. The Naval Safety
Supervisor, NAVEDTRA 12971, is also a very good
( r e c r e a t i o n , public, and traffic), and
resource for strengthening your awareness of safety
occupational safety and occupational health.
procedures.
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