Aviation Safety Management

     Objective of  Chap.10 is to d escribe how accidents /incidents/ occurrences are investigated and processed within  the organization, including their correlation with the organization’s SMS hazard  identification and risk management system.         Seven criteria has been established for compliance of this objective:- Procedures to ensure that reported accidents and incidents are investigated internally. Dissemination of completed investigation reports internally as well as to DGCA  . Process for ensuring that corrective actions taken or recommended are carried  out and for evaluating their outcomes/effectiveness.   Procedure on disciplinary inquiry and actions associated with investigation report  outcomes. Clearly defined conditions under which punitive disciplinary action would be considered (e.g. illegal activity, recklessness, gross negligence or willful misconduct). Process to ensure that inve...

           Objective of Hazard identification and risk assessment is to  d escribe the hazard identification system and how such data are collated.       What is the process for the categorization of hazards/risks and their subsequent prioritization for a documented safety assessment.         How the safety assessment process is  conducted and how preventive action plans are implemented. Identified hazards are evaluated, prioritized and processed for risk assessment . Structured process for risk assessment involving the evaluation of  severity, likelihood, tolerability and preventive controls. Hazard identification and riskassessment procedures focus on aviation safety as  their fundamental context. Risk assessment process utilizes worksheets, forms or software appropriate  complexity of the organization and operations involved.  Having identified the hazards,...

How are you going to track hazards? First- What is hazard ?                        Hazard – any existing or potential condition that can lead to injury, illness, or death to people; damage to or loss of a system, equipment, or property; or damage to the environment. A hazard is a condition that is a prerequisite to an accident or incident.                    AMC 145A. 50(a) 1.3 “seriously the flight safety” means any instances where safe operation could not be assured or which could lead to an unsafe condition. It typically includes, but is not limited to, significant cracking, deformation, corrosion or failure of primary structure, any evidence of burning, electrical arcing, significant hydraulic fluid or fuel leakage and any emergency system or total system failure. An airworthiness directive overdue for compliance is also considered a hazard to flight safety. ...

          The first step of the analysis should be to form the Occupational Risk Management Group (ORMG) that would conduct the effort.                                                                                      This group  should consist of appropriate representatives from various disciplines including support contractors. For  example, group members should be experienced safety professionals who are recognized as experts in fire  protection, system safety, environmental and industrial engineering as well as industrial hygiene and  hazardous materials management. SSWG and ORMG will share data from the working group efforts.  ORMG Process  The ORMG process consists of nine major elements,  Develop ...

     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...

                              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...

       Performance Objective . The organization will identify and document the hazards in its operations that are likely to cause death, serious physical harm, or damage to equipment or  property in sufficient detail to determine associated level of risk and risk acceptability.       While it is recognized that identification of every conceivable hazard is impractical, organizations are expected to  exercise due diligence in identifying and controlling significant and reasonably foreseeable hazards related to their  operations.         Risk likelihood and severity may be expressed in quantitative or qualitative terms.           Design Expectations. (1) Hazards will be:       (a) Identified for the entire scope of the system, as defined in the system  description       (b) Documented. (2) Hazard information will be:       (a) Tracked, and...

Performance Objective . The organization will develop and maintain a process that  ensures that hazards in operations are identified. Hazards will be identified from the analysis of  critical design and performance factors, processes, and activities in sufficient detail to determine  associated level of risk and risk acceptability. Design Expectations. The organization will implement processes to accomplish the  objectives and expectations for Processes 2.1.1 System description and task analysis and  process  2.1.2. Identify hazard  PROCESS 2.1.1 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION AND TASK ANALYSIS. Performance Objective . The organization will analyze its systems, operations, and  operational environment to gain an understanding of critical design and performance factors, processes, and activities to identify hazards. Design Expectations.  System descriptions and task analysis will be developed to the level of detail  necessary to:   ...