ET A School SAFETY – Flashcards
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What establishes safety standards for military systems and equipment?
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OPNAVINST 5100.19 Series
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What is the primary goal of the afloat safety program?
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To attain the highest degree of operational readiness and mission accomplishment.
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Who is directly responsible for the safety of all personnel under their command?
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The Commanding Officer (CO)
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List the safety chain of command in order:
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CO, Command Safety Officer, Department Safety Officer, Division Safety Officer, Division Safety Petty Officer, Sailors
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What 3 things are used to reduce risks?
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Engineering Controls, Admin Controls, PPEs
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What is any unplanned or unintentional event, no matter how serious, that stops or interrupts work and results in personnel injury and property damage?
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Mishap
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What is the property damage and injury level associated with Class A Mishap?
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Property Damage: $1,000,000 or more Injury: Death or total disability
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What is the property damage and injury level associated with Class B Mishap?
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Property Damage: Between $200,000-$1,000,000 Injury: Permanent or partial disability OR a mishap resulting in the hospitalization of five or more people
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What is the property damage and injury level associated with Class C Mishap?
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Property Damage: Between $10,000-$200,000 Injury: Any nonfatal injury/illness that causes lost time from work
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List the Special Case Mishaps:
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Electrical Shock, Toxic/Chemical/Hazmat Exposure, Oxygen Deficiency, Back Injury, Explosions
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Where can you wear sunglasses?
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Topside Only
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Who must you have authorization from to operate equipment with defective safety devices?
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The Commanding Officer (CO)
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What are the 5 mishap risk factor areas?
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Sailor, Coworkers, Supervisor, Task, and Environment
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What is the greatest hazard you face when working with electricity?
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Electric Shock
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What must pass through the body for Electrical Shock to occur?
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Electrical Current
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Does voltage cause Electric Shock?
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No, Current does.
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What is the most susceptible organ to life-threatening Electric Shock?
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The Heart <3
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What is the most dangerous path current can take through the body?
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Left hand to either foot
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What is the average value in ohms for the body's resistance?
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1500
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Does the longer the body is being shocked increase or decrease the chance the heart will begin fibrillation?
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Increase
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What should you stand on when working with electricity?
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Insulating Surface (Rubber Mat)
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What are the 3 basic measure used to avoid electric shock?
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Isolation, Insulation, Ground
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What should you do with all equipment covers, doors, and enclosures when not working on the equipment?
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Keep in place or closed.
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What does Insulation provide?
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Nonconductive barrier between electrical current and the user
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How does grounding equipment protect your body?
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Directs stray current to the Earth
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What can RF radiation result in?
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RF Burns
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What permissible exposure limits should you always be aware of?
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RF and Optical Radiation
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What 4 types of tags/labels does the tag-out system use?
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Caution, Danger, Out-of-Calibration, Out-of Commission
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Who maintains tag-out logs?
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Authorizing Officer
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Who assigns Authorizing Officers to sign, issue, and clear tags and labels?
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The Commanding Officer (CO)
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Who can be an Authorizing Officer?
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Commissioned Officers, Chief Petty Officers, or Petty Officers
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Which tag is only used as a precautionary measure to give temporary special instructions?
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Caution
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Whose permission must you get to tag-out a piece of equipment prior to the Authorizing Officer?
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Supervisor's
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Who can authorize an interlock to be bypassed?
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The Commanding Officer (CO)
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What is any mast, kingpost, or other structure where the potential for a fall exists?
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Aloft
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What is the greatest hazard associated with working aloft or over the side of the ship?
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Falling
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Who must you first obtain written permission from to go aloft?
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The Officer on Deck (OOD)
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When is an aloft verbal warning passed over the 1MC?
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Before beginning work aloft and every 15 minutes thereafter
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What is the main job of the safety observer?
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Keeps the area below clear of unnecessary personnel
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What should be worn when working near stacks of exhausts?
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Air Respirators
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What type of shoes do not have any exposed metal parts?
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Electrical Safety Shoes
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How many classes of rubber insulating gloves are there?
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4
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By instruction, when do you wear eye protection?
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When performing eye hazardous operations
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At what decibel level must you wear hearing protection?
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84 Decibels or higher
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What are some examples of hazardous vapors that would require wearing a respirator?
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Paints, solvents, cleaning materials
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What are the 3 primary tasks of first aid?
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Maintain breathing, stop bleeding/maintain circulation, prevent or treat shock
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What is the first thing to be done if someone appears to be chocking?
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Ask if help is needed
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What are the signs that someone is choking?
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Exaggerated breathing, unable to speak, grasps/points at throat, skin turns blue
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What must you do prior to performing CPR on an unconscious choking victim?
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Clear the mouth of food particles, foreign objects, or loose dentures
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What forms a connecting network of smaller vessels between arteries and veins?
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Capillaries
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What is a hemorrhage?
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The excessive and rapid escape of blood, occurs when there is a break in the wall of one or more blood vessels
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How many pints of blood does the average adult body have?
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10 pints
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How many pints of blood can usually be lost with no harmful effects?
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1 pint
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How many pints of blood will be lost to usually cause shock?
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2 pints
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What are the 3 types of pressure used to stop bleeding and in what order of use?
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1st. Direct/Finger Pressure 2nd. Pressure Points 3rd. Constricting Band
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How many total pressure points does the body have?
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10 Principal Pressure Points
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What occurs in a person's body when the amount of oxygen sharply decreases and the amount of carbon dioxide greatly increases?
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Asphyxia
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What is caused by blood circulation disturbances such as a charge or irregularity in blood flow?
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Symptoms of Shock
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What are the 3 types of burns?
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Thermal, Chemical, and Electrical
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Which degree of burn is most severe?
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3rd Degree
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What should you NOT do to blisters on a burn victim?
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Do NOT attempt to break blisters
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What is a substance that poses a threat to human health or to the environment?
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Hazardous Materials
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What does OSHA require manufacturers to prepare and distribute?
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MSDS's
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What specific information is required on OSHA labeling?
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Name of the material, Name and address of manufacturer, Nature of hazard
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What is the DOD label "DD Form 2522" also known as?
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Standard DOD label for making hazardous materials dispensed or produced by the DOD
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Red DOD label/sign indicates:
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Dangerous flammable liquids, or combustible materials
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Orange DOD label/sign indicates:
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Explosive materials
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Yellow DOD label/sign indicates:
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Oxidizing agents, organic peroxide or oxygen
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Half yellow/Half White DOD label/sign indicates:
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Radioactive materials
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White DOD label/sign indicates:
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Toxins, poisons, or infectious materials
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Half black/half white DOD label/sign indicates:
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Corrosive materials
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Blue DOD label/sign indicates:
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Materials that react violently with water and produce poisonous gases
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Green DOD label/sign indicates:
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Highly pressurized materials and gasses such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, or other non-flammable gasses which could explode in the heat of a fire
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What water-based solvent is banned from use?
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Carbon Tetrachloride
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What do you do with a spilled solvent?
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Wipe it up immediately, Place rages in solvent waste container
