Promoting Safety

ENFORCING SAFETY

responsibility to yourself and to your shipmates to do

your part in preventing mishaps. As a petty officer,

Safety precautions must be enforced. It is your

you have the responsibility of setting a good example;

duty to take appropriate action any time you see

you cannot ignore safety regulations and expect

someone disregarding a safety precaution. You should

others to follow them.

ensure that all jobs are done according to applicable

Personnel should always observe the following

safety precautions.

safety practices:

Doing a job the safe way in some cases may take

Observe all posted operating instructions and

a little longer or be a little more inconvenient;

safety precautions.

however, there is no doubt as to the importance of

Report any unsafe condition or any equipment

doing it this way.

or material deficiency you think might be un-

safe.

SOURCES OF SAFETY

Warn others of hazards and the consequences

INFORMATION

of their failing to observe safety precautions.

Wear or use approved protective clothing or

To be an effective petty officer and supervisor,

protective equipment.

you should become familiar with the types of safety

programs implemented throughout the Navy. You

Report any injury or evidence of impaired

should also be familiar with all safety directives and

health that occurs during your work or duty to

precautions concerning your division. Safety in-

your supervisor.

structions vary from command to command. This

Exercise reasonable caution as appropriate to

makes it impossible to give you a complete listing

the situation in the event of an emergency or

of manuals and instructions with which you should

other unforseen hazardous condition.

be familiar. Besides studying the information on

safety described in this chapter and throughout this

Inspect equipment and associated attachments

training manual, you should read and have

for damage before using the equipment. Be sure

knowledge of the safety information in the

the equipment is suited for the job.

following references:

Safety must always be practiced by people

working around electrical circuits and equipment to

Standard Organization and Regulations of the

prevent injury from electrical shock and from short

U. S. Navy, OPNAVINST 3120.32B, chapter

circuits caused by accidentally placing or dropping a

7--Outlines the safety program and the safety

conductor of electricity across an energized line. The

organization.

arc and fire started by these short circuits, even where

the voltage is relatively low, may cause extensive

Navy Occupational Safety and Health (NAV-

damage to equipment and serious injury to personnel.

OSH) Program Manual for Forces Afloat, OP-

NAVINST

5100.19B--Provides

general

No work will be done on electrical circuits or

shipboard safety precautions and specific occu-

equipment without permission from the proper

pational health program guidance.

authority and until all safety precautions are taken.

Navy Occupational Safety and Health (NAV-

OSH) Program Manual, O P N A V I N S T

5100.23C--Encompasses all safety disci-

PROMOTING SAFETY

plines, such as systems safety, aviation safety,

weapons/explosives safety, off-duty safety

Promoting safety will require you to become

(recreation, public, and traffic), and occupa-

safety conscious to the point that you automatically

tional safety and occupational health.

consider safety in every job or operation. Providing

Naval Ships' Technical Manual (NSTM), chap-

safety reminders and setting the example allows you

ter 074, volume 1--Provides general welding

to pass this safety consciousness on to other per-

safety precautions.

sonnel.

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