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November 2008 Safety Briefing

November 2008 Safety Briefing. Lt Col Larry Brockshus MN Wg/SE. Overview. St Paul FAA Safety seminar October Sentinel Aircraft Ground Handling The Mission Safety (Lessons learned from Emergency Medical Helicopter accidents) Don’t Take Your Hearing For Granted

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November 2008 Safety Briefing

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  1. November 2008 Safety Briefing Lt Col Larry Brockshus MN Wg/SE

  2. Overview • St Paul FAA Safety seminar • October Sentinel • Aircraft Ground Handling • The Mission Safety • (Lessons learned from Emergency Medical Helicopter accidents) • Don’t Take Your Hearing For Granted • Have a Nice Trip – See You Next Fall

  3. St Paul FAA Safety seminar • Contact Lt Col Paul Adams for details • paul91103@comcast.net

  4. Aircraft Ground Handling

  5. Aircraft Ground Handling • Are you to willing pay for any damage incurred to an aircraft you are moving aircraft? • Would this affect the care you give? • Use correct aircraft ground handling for our Civil Air Patrol (CAP) aircraft. • Before the operation begins conduct an Operational Risk Management (ORM) process

  6. Extracting the aircraft from the hangar • If you are a solo pilot, get help • or leave the aircraft in the hangar • Always assure the hangar doors are fully open. • Have someone monitor each wingtip and another the vertical stabilizer • Have monitors call out any danger so the team can immediately stop the aircraft.

  7. Returning the aircraft to the hangar • Again, if you are a solo pilot get help • Or tie the aircraft down on the flight line. • Do not attempt to hangar the aircraft alone. • Perform ORM • Ascertain that the doors are fully open • Use monitors for each wingtip & vert. stab.

  8. T-Hangers • Paint a line inside the hangar above which nothing will be placed • Provides clear space for the tail surfaces and wings. • On the outside, paint three lines on the pavement that extend into the hangar to assure location and direction of each tire

  9. The bottom line • Take great care of this precious national resource, this largest fleet of Cessna aircraft in the world, entrusted to our safe-keeping. • No matter your rank or position you are responsible for the safe ground handling of the CAP aircraft.

  10. The Mission Safety(Making good decisions)

  11. The Mission Safety • Industry is looking to answers for the recent rash of Emergency Medical Helicopter (HEMS) accidents.

  12. HEMS mission profiles / sense of urgency similar to CAP mission • Organization is highly trained for a community service • Must stay on top of managing the risk and expect the unexpected. • Trained to complete that obligation in a safe and successful manner • Have a responsibility to our crew members as well as the equipment we are entrusted

  13. Pilot Responsibilities • Maintain focus on mission objectives to fly the airplane according to all regulations, procedures. • Provide safe operations that is to the level of your experience and proficiency, no more. • Be prepared and in the right physical/mental condition.

  14. Target Fixation • The desire to complete the mission at all cost. • The HEMS pilots were concerned for the patient they were flying to the hospital • They felt they HAD to get the patient to medical care and save the patient’s life. • Do you feel the same way on an operational search mission?

  15. The Cost • Pilots have let down their guard and disregarded their safety training to complete the mission • The results were tragic accidents.

  16. The Fix • Many HEMS operators have gone as far as to keep the pilot removed from knowing who or what is the patient profile • Keeps the pilot’s decision making process objective to the safe carriage of all onboard. • Should be no difference in safety practices.

  17. Keep desires in check • If we fail to keep the desire to complete a mission in check and disregard the risk management factors, we can easily end up as a tragic accident • The challenge of every pilot flying our mission profile is to fly it safely so that others may live or be rescued without becoming a statistic ourselves.

  18. Hearing Protection

  19. Don’t Take Your Hearing For Granted • Hearing loss cannot be restored for most people. • Anyone whose work or hobby involves loud noise is susceptible to hearing loss - it can be prevented. • Exposure to normal noise levels doesn't cause hearing loss.

  20. Hearing loss occurs due to overexposure to high noise levels • Noise is measured in units called "decibels." (abbreviated as dBA) • It is a way to measure noise pressure • The higher the decibel, the louder the noise.

  21. Examples of various noise levels: • • 20 dBA - soft whisper • • 40 dBA - quiet office or library • • 60 dBA - normal conversation • • 85 dBA - noisy restaurant • • 90 dBA - tractor or garbage • •100 dBA - motorcycle or snowmobile • • 115 dBA - loud music or leaf blower • • 125 dBA - chainsaw • • 140 dBA - aircraft taking off • • 170 dBA - shotgun blast

  22. Damage Thresholds • Hearing protection must be used to reduce noise exposure > 90 decibels or more. Sounds above • Above 120 decibels can cause hearing damage after only a brief exposure • above 140 decibels can cause damage to hearing after just one exposure.

  23. Hearing can last a lifetime. • Don't let unnecessary exposure to noise take it away. • You can do something to help protect your hearing. • Take the time to know when protection is required and use it faithfully

  24. Have a nice Trip… See you next Fall

  25. Have a Nice Trip – See You Next Fall • Slips, Trips, and Falls only second to auto accidents in causing personal injury • In CAP, they are typically the most common bodily injury cause • Stairways alone cause two million disabling injuries yearly. • Industrial falls cause over 1000 deaths each year.

  26. The Slip • Too little friction between a person's feet and the walking surface. • Many factors; • ice, oil, water, cleaning fluids, wet floor • flooring may be inappropriate - perhaps it is a slick material • Wear proper shoes.

  27. Prevention • Avoid slipping hazards if at all possible. • Remove ice if possible • Clean up spills of slippery substances. • Prevent the spills in the first place. • If a chronic problem, re-route foot traffic • If flooring a problem, replace it or coat it with a non-slip surfacing material.

  28. The Trip • Foot contacts an object, and throws you off balance. • Something is in a walkway or projects into the walkway • Poor lighting and uneven walking surfaces

  29. Prevention of trips is simple • Keep tripping objects out of the way • Repair uneven flooring • Install proper lighting if required. • Identify and mark hazards that can not be removed.

  30. Falls • Slips and trips can result in a fall. • Improper use of ladders and scaffolding • Climbing objects without using fall protection equipment. • Serious injury comes from by taking shortcuts. • Know ladder and scaffolding safety requirements (read the safety information).

  31. Slips, Trips and Falls are among the easiest hazards to correct. • Look around your activity site for these hazards and work to prevent them. • Don't let a slip, trip, or fall keep you from enjoying all that life has to offer. • Identify during your annual safety survey • Apply ORM

  32. Be Safe and use ORMso you spend time with a friend and not waste it recovering from an injury

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