October 2008 CAP
National Safety Down
Day
Lt Col Larry Brockshus
MN Wing/ SE
Why a Safety Day?
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Pause for introspection
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Focus on problem areas (trends)
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Both from a National and a local perspective
Learn how to manage risks
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Look at unit culture – how the unit trains,
talks, acts and listens
Look at your self – your attitude toward risk
Formally and informally
This is a pre-emptive strike on future mishaps
Commanders will choose the day in
October
What is our Culture?
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Do you have a trained, motivated Safety
Officer?
Do you have quality safety meetings?
Is ORM a part of your unit’s culture?
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Identify Hazards
Assess Risks: probability/severity
Mitigate Risks: analyze/decide/implement
Safety is a Command Issue and Everyone's
Job!
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Can you do better?
How are we doing?
National
Safety
Update
September 2008
Col Lyle Letteer
National Safety Officer
[email protected]
678-859-6298
Aircraft Acc & Inc FY07 –
FY08
66
70
52
60
50
40
FY07
30
FY08
20
10
Vehicle Acc & Inc FY07 –
FY08
25
20
20
16
15
FY07
FY08
10
5
0
Vehicle Mishaps
Bodily Acc & Inc FY07 –
FY08
70
60
60
50
40
30
FY07
31
FY08
20
10
0
Bodily Injuries
FY05 – 08 Losses
Flight
Ground
05 $293,000
$47,162
06 $214,000
$54,915
07 $239,832
$84,847
08 $660,400
$105,819
FY 2008 Aircraft Mishaps
 Aircraft
Takeoff through Landing
Taxi
Hangar
Tie Down
Unknown
Weather
Precautionary Landings
Maintenance
29
18
18
1
5
4
14
9
FY 2008 Bodily Injuries
 Member
Mishaps
Encampments
Previous Med Problems
PT
SAR/EX’s
National Events
96
20
58
34
10
Operation CAPSafe
HQ IS VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT CAP SAFETY:
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National Commander, Brig Gen Amy
Courter, CAP-USAF/CC, Col Russ
Hodgkins and Col Lyle Letteer, the CAP
National Safety Officer are all looking
for safety to be in the forefront of
everyone’s mind, whether volunteering
for CAP or in their everyday lives.
How is MN Wing doing?
14 Reportable Mishaps
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Allergic reaction
Struck rudder while parking
aircraft
Struck tail ring while
landing
Reaction to fumes in the
cockpit
Hit / broke aircraft tail ring
Scald foot while cooking
Scratched by safety wire
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Dent in horizontal stabilizer
Bitten by dog
Sprained ankle
Burn from a pan
Cut crawling under fence
Fainted
Broke wing-tip strobe light
while taxing
Six Mishaps are Aircraft Related
Over $4,000 Damage
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Allergic reaction
Struck rudder while
parking aircraft
Struck tail ring while
landing
Fumes in the cockpit
Hit / broke aircraft tail
ring
Scald foot while cooking
Scratched by safety wire
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Dent in horizontal
stabilizer
Bitten by dog
Sprained ankle
Burn from a pan
Cut crawling under fence
Fainted
Broke wing-tip strobe
light while taxing
Aircraft Mishaps
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Two are
takeoff/landing
related:
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Struck tail ring
while landing
Hit and broke
aircraft tail ring
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Three are ground
related:
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Dent in horizontal
stabilizer
Broke wing-tip
strobe light while
taxing
Struck rudder while
parking aircraft
Two Mishap Pilots not
Identified
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Allergic reaction
Struck rudder while parking
aircraft
Struck tail ring while
landing
Fumes in the cockpit
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Hit aircraft tail ring
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Scald foot while cooking
Scratched by safety wire
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Dent in horizontal
stabilizer
Bitten by dog
Sprained ankle
Burn from a pan
Cut crawling under fence
Fainted
Broke wing-tip strobe light
while taxing
Eight Body Injuries
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Allergic reaction
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Dent in horizontal stabilizer
Struck rudder while parking
aircraft
Struck tail ring while
landing
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Bitten by dog
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Sprained ankle
Reaction to fumes in
the cockpit
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Hit aircraft tail ring
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Scald foot while
cooking
Scratched by safety
wire
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Burn from a pan
Cut crawling under
fence
Fainted
Broke wing-tip strobe light
while taxing
Two Cooking Mishaps
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Allergic reaction
Struck rudder while parking
aircraft
Struck tail ring while
landing
Fumes in the cockpit
Hit aircraft tail ring
Scald foot while
cooking
Scratched by safety wire
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Dent in horizontal stabilizer
Bitten by dog
Sprained ankle
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Burn from a pan
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Cut crawling under fence
Fainted
Broke wing-tip strobe light
while taxing
14 Mishaps
How many were preventable?
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Allergic reaction
Struck rudder while parking
aircraft
Struck tail ring while
landing
Fumes in the cockpit
Hit aircraft tail ring
Scald foot while cooking
Scratched by safety wire
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Dent in horizontal stabilizer
Bitten by dog
Sprained ankle
Burn from a pan
Cut crawling under fence
Fainted
Broke wing-tip strobe light
while taxing
Ideas to Improve Safety
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Live the CAP Core Values
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Integrity
Volunteer Service
Excellence
Respect
Core Values do matter
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Sept 12, 2008,
a Los Angeles
commuter train
collides head-on
with a freight
train
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25 dead
135 injured
Core Values do matter
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Integrity, Excellence by the Engineer????
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Los Angeles Metrolink had a policy forbidding train
engineers from “texting” while operating trains
The engineer sent and received dozens of text
messages while on duty that day
He sent a message 22 seconds before the crash and
received one about the time he ran through the red
warning light
How often are we guilty cutting corners or
compromising our core values?
Ideas to Improve Safety
 Use
ORM
 (Avoid
Stupid)
Be Safe during this next year