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Orange County Transportation Services Agency Safety Plan <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />VI. Safety Risk Management <br /> <br />Safety Risk Management Process <br />OCTS uses the SRM process as a primary method to ensure the safety of our operations, passengers, <br />employees, vehicles, and facilities. It is a process whereby hazards and their consequences are <br />identified, assessed for potential safety risk, and resolved in a manner acceptable to OCTS’s <br />leadership. OCTS’s SRM process allows us to carefully examine what could cause harm and determine <br />whether we have taken sufficient precautions to minimize the harm, or if further mitigations are <br />necessary. <br /> <br />OCTS’s Operations Manager leads OCTS’s SRM process, working with OCTS’s Safety Committee to <br />identify hazards and consequences, assess safety risk of potential consequences, and mitigate safety <br />risk. The results of OCTS’s SRM process are documented in our Critical Asset Vulnerability Action <br />Report and Assessment Log and referenced materials. <br /> <br />Safety Hazard Identification <br />Establishing effective hazard identification programs is fundamental to safety management at OCTS. <br />Hazard identification can be reactive or proactive in nature. Occurrence reporting, incident <br />investigation and trend analysis are essentially reactive. Other hazard identification methods actively <br />seek feedback by observing and analyzing day-to-day operations. Common hazard identification <br />activities include: <br /> <br /> Safety audits and inspections of vehicles and facilities;; <br /> Safety event and incident investigation and reporting; <br /> Review of vehicle camera footage; <br /> Results of training assessments; <br /> Review of performance data and safety performance targets; <br /> Observations from supervisors; <br /> Maintenance reports; <br /> OCTS ESRP <br /> Safety Committee, Drivers’ and other staff meetings <br /> Evaluating safety related comments from customers and passengers; <br /> Federal Transit Administration (FTA) oversight <br /> <br />The practice of reporting and learning from accident precursors (drive-cam) is a valuable <br />complement to other hazard identification practices. To be successful, hazard identification must <br />take place within a just safety culture. Accident precursors are not only an opportunity to identify <br />potential hazards, but also for supervisors to coach operators through various safety situations. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />69