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COPYRIGHT 2005 U.S. Navy Safety Center
A proactive, vice reactive, approach to all aspects of safety, both on and off-duty, is keeping the Sailors on board USS Simpson (FFG-56) safe and ready to support the ship's mission. They have not had a reportable mishap in FY04 or FY05.
However, life aboard USS Simpson hasn't always been this way. The turnaround came when leadership learned that safety discrepancies were being tracked poorly, with little to no follow-up. To correct this problem, they established a duty safety-officer program.
A qualified safety petty officer is placed in each duty section. One of his duties is to conduct a daily safety walk-through and submit...
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