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16 <br /> Definitions of Special Terms Used in the Safety Plan <br /> Term Definition <br /> A single, identifiable person who has ultimate responsibility for carrying out the <br /> Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan of a public transportation agency; <br /> responsibility for carrying out the agency's Transit Asset Management Plan; and <br /> Accountable Executive control or direction over the human and capital resources needed to develop and <br /> maintain both the agency's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan, in <br /> accordance with 49 U.S.C. 5329(d),and the agency's Transit Asset Management <br /> Plan, in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 5326. <br /> An event that involves any of the following: a loss of life; a report of a serious injury <br /> Accident to a person; a collision of public transportation vehicles; or an evacuation for life <br /> safety reasons, at any location, at any time,whatever the cause. <br /> Any real or potential condition that can cause injury, illness,or death; damage to or <br /> Hazard loss of the facilities, equipment, rolling stock, or infrastructure belonging to OCPT; <br /> or damage to the environment. <br /> Risk Composite of predicted severity and likelihood of the potential effect of a hazard. <br /> Risk Mitigation Method(s)to eliminate or reduce the effects of hazards. <br /> Processes within a transit agency's Safety Management System that function to <br /> Safety Assurance ensure the implementation and effectiveness of safety risk mitigation, and to ensure <br /> that the transit agency meets or exceeds its safety objectives through the <br /> collection, analysis, and assessment of information. <br /> Safety Event Is any accident, safety incident or safety occurrence(defined below). <br /> An event that involves any of the following: a personal injury that is not a serious <br /> Safety Incident injury; one or more injuries requiring medical transport; or damage to facilities, <br /> equipment, rolling stock, or infrastructure that disrupts transit operations. <br /> Safety Management A transit agency's documented commitment to safety, which defines the transit <br /> Policy agency's safety objectives and the accountabilities and responsibilities of its <br /> employees in regard to safety. <br /> Safety Management The formal, top-down, organization-wide approach to managing safety risk and <br /> System assuring the effectiveness of a transit agency's safety risk mitigation. SMS includes <br /> systematic procedures, practices, and policies for managing risks and hazards. <br /> Safety Occurrence An event without any personal injury in which any damage to facilities, equipment, <br /> rolling stock, or infrastructure does not disrupt transit operations. <br /> Safety Performance A performance target related to safety management activities. <br /> Target <br /> Safety Promotion A combination of training and communication of safety information to support SMS <br /> as applied to the transit agency's public transportation system. <br /> Safety Risk The formal activity whereby a transit agency determines Safety Risk Management <br /> Assessment priorities by establishing the significance or value of its safety risks. <br /> Safety Risk A process within a transit agency's Agency Safety Plan for identifying hazards and <br /> Management analyzing, assessing, and mitigating safety risk. <br /> Any injury which: (1)requires hospitalization for more than 48 hours, commencing <br /> within 7 days from the date the injury was received; (2) results in a fracture of any <br /> Serious Injury bone(except simple fractures of fingers,toes, or noses); (3)causes severe <br /> hemorrhages, nerve, muscle, or tendon damage; (4)involves any internal organ; or <br /> (5)involves second-or third-degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5 <br /> percent of the body surface. <br /> 14 <br />