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Orange County Transportation Services Agency Safety Plan <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Accident Prevention Program <br />The Accident Prevention Program (APP) is the agency’s written plan describing its total health and <br />safety program to prevent accidents, illnesses, and injuries on the job. The program is tailored to the <br />needs of OPTS Transit’s workplace/operation and to the types of hazards involved. <br /> <br />This program covers the Employee Health and Safety group’s responsibilities, and describes agency <br />policy and general procedures concerning employee health and safety. Included programs, <br />procedures, and processes: <br /> Job hazard analysis <br /> Safety inspections <br /> Safety reporting <br /> Accident investigation (employee injury/accident) <br /> Hazard control process <br /> Accident and incident recordkeeping <br /> Safety orientation <br /> Safety communication <br /> Hazard specific programs and plans <br /> SOPs to support the above programs and procedures <br /> <br />The APP is available to all employees and initially introduced to new employees during their initial <br />Core Safety Training. <br />Preventing Assault on Transit Workers <br />The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law instituted recent changes to the Public Transportation Agency <br />Safety Plan (PTASP) requirements at 49 U.S.C. § 5329(d) and establishes compliance deadlines for <br />implementing these new provisions. One of these changes requires all public transit agencies update <br />their ASP to include de-escalation or assault prevention training. OCTS provides its staff the following <br />resource to obtain the necessary training: <br /> <br /> Federal Transit Administration (FTA) - Assault Awareness and Prevention for Transit Operators <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />80