Aviation Safety Management

     Fire Prevention plan is important part of safety management. It require proper planning in written procedure.                Because of the substantial risks and costs associated with work place fires, it requires to have a fire prevention plan that incorporates: 1. A list of the major workplace fire hazards,  2. Proper handling and storage procedures for hazardous materials ,  3. potential ignition sources and their control,  4. type of fire protection equipment  needed to control each major hazard    5. Names and job titles of employees responsible for maintaining equipment     installed to prevent or control sources of ignition and fires  6.Names and job titles of employees responsible for controlling fuel source     hazards 7. Procedures for controlling accumulations of flammable and combustible       waste materials 8. Procedures for r...

                   Performing a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) is an effective tool to minimize or eliminate hazards and reduce accidents. Make sure your employees don’t look at just the obvious dangers; train them to look for simple, everyday things that can go wrong, too. Each job in the workplace should be examined in detail so that risks can be found in the job process step-by-step.             Instruct your workers to ask specific questions about the jobs they do. For example: 1. Are any hazardous materials involved, and do I know the proper precautions for protecting myself and co-workers? 2. Do I always wear the proper personal protective equipment (PPE)? 3. Is machinery adequately guarded to protect me from injury? 4. Are the guards in place and in good working order? 5. Are there factors that could cause ergonomic injuries, such as heavy lifting, excessive reaching and twisting, or awkward post...

Documentation  -  maintenance organisation shall develop and maintain documentation,    in paper or electronic form, to describe the following: (a) Safety policy; (b) Safety objectives; (c) requirements, procedures and processes; (d) Responsibilities and authorities for procedures and processes; and (e) SMS outputs.       A maintenance organisation shall, as part of the SMS documentation, develop and maintain a Safety Management System Manual (SMSM), to communicate the organization’s approach to safety throughout the organization

                               Safety management is commonly understood as applying a set of principles, framework , processes and measures to prevent accidents, injuries and other adverse consequences that may be caused by using a service or a product.                                Safety management is an organizational function, which ensures that all safety risks have been identified, assessed and satisfactorily mitigated.                                Safety Management System (SMS) is the formal, top-down business approach to managing safety risk, which includes a systemic approach to managing safety, including the necessary organizational structures, accountabilities, policies and procedures.            ...

                              CAR Section 1 Series C Part I  requires Air operators, Aerodrome operator, ATS/AANS Service provider to develop, establish, maintain and  adhere to a Safety Management System. Effective safety reporting of  hazard s by operational personnel, their analysis and documentation is a corners stone for management of safety.                               The formal documentation of hazards is an essential requirement for hazard identification as well as a trait of mature safety management. Safety information (i.e. analysed raw data)) and safety intelligence (i.e. safety information that has been corroborated and further analysed by  adding context)) combine to generate safety knowledge that must  formally reside in the organization and not with the individual members  of the or...

  Error: An action or inaction by an operational person that leads to deviations from organizational or the operational persones intentions or expectations.                    In the context of an SMS, both the State and the product or service provider must understand and expect that humans will commit errors regardless of the level of technology used, the level of training, or the existence of regulations, processes and procedures. An important goal then is to set and maintain defences to reduce the likelihood of errors and, just as importantly, reduce the consequences of errors when they do occur. To effectively accomplish this task errors must be identified and reported and analyzed so that appropriate remedial action can be taken. Errors can be divided into the two following categories:             a) Slips and lapses are failures in the execution of the intended action. Slips are actions ...

Violation : a deliberate act of willful misconduct or omission resulting in a deviation from established regulations, procedures, norms or practices. Nonetheless, non-compliance is not necessarily the result of a violation as deviations from regulatory requirements or operating procedures may be a result of an error. To further complicate the issue, while violations are intentional acts, they are not always acts of malicious intent. Individuals may knowingly deviate from norms, in the belief that the violation facilitates mission achievement without creating adverse consequences. Violations of this nature are errors in judgement and may not automatically result in disciplinary measures depending on the policies in place. Violations of this type can be categorized as follows:        Situational violations are committed in response to factors experienced in a specific context, such as time pressure or high workload.        Routine ...

                          Culture is characterized by the beliefs, values, biases and their resultant behaviour that are shared among members of a society, group or organization. An understanding of these cultural components, and the interactions among them, is important to safety management. Among the most influential cultural components are organizational, professional, and national. A reporting culture is key component of these different cultures. The mix of cultural components may vary greatly among organizations and can negatively influence effective hazard reporting, collaborative root cause analysis, and acceptable risk mitigation. Continous improvement in safety performance is possible when safety becomes a value within an organization as well as a priority at the national or professional level .                         Safety Culture encompasses th...

SAFETY FIRST ALWAYS New people or OJT is considered safety hazard. new people  includes those leaving school and starting work for the first time (encompassing apprenticeships and  traineeships); those employed on a casual basis ; work experience, vocational and  training students. When assessing risks to new people, special factors to consider are: • the size of the person and their level of physical maturity; • their general behaviour and psychological maturity; • their work experience and training; • their ability to make mature judgement about their own safety and the safety of others; and • their ability to cope with unexpected, stressful situations. With the high rates in lost time injury for new workers,  focus on  their safety in the workplace. Safety risk can be reduced by  identifying the hazards, assessing the risks, and dealing with them before new  workers are exposed. In respect to information, inst...