Agenda - 09-06-2022; 8-l - Orange County Transportation Services - Agency Safety Plan Update

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11 Orange County Transportation Services Agency Safety Plan Employee Safety Reporting Program (ESRP) OCTS is committed to the safest transit operating standards possible. To achieve this, it is imperative that OCTS have uninhibited reporting of all incidents and occurrences which may compromise the safe conduct of our operations.To this end, every employee is responsible for the communication of any information that may affect the integrity of transit safety. OCTS encourages employees who identify safety concerns in their day-to-day duties and to report them to senior management in good faith without fear of retribution. OCTS encourages participation in the ESRP by protecting employees that report safety conditions in good faith. However, OCTS may take disciplinary action if the safety report received by OCTS is from a source other than the employee,or involves an illegal act,gross negligence, or a deliberate or willful disregard of promulgated regulations or procedures. Authorities,Accountabilities,and Responsibilities Accountable Executive The Transportation Services Director serves as OCTS's Accountable Executive with the following authorities, accountabilities, and responsibilities under this plan: • Responsible for ensuring an SMS culture for OCTS operations employees • Controls and directs human and capital resources needed to develop and maintain the ASP and SMS and has ultimate responsibility for carrying out the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan of a public transportation agency; • Responsibility for carrying out the agency's Transit Asset Management Plan; and • control or direction over the human and capital resources needed to develop and maintain both the agency's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan, in accordance with 49 U.S.C. §5329(d), and the agency's Transit Asset Management Plan in accordance with 49 U.S.C. § 5326 • Designates a Chief Safety Officer who reports directly to the Accountable Executive Chief Safety Officer or SMS Executive The Accountable Executive designates the Director of Commuter Operations as OCTS's Chief Safety Officer. The Chief Safety Officer has the following authorities, accountabilities, and responsibilities under this plan: • Promotes safety awareness throughout the organization ensuring that safety management has a high priority; • Ensures that ASP documentation is current and accessible to all employees, communicating changes to all personnel; • Monitors the effectiveness of safety mitigations; • Provides Safety Risk Management advice and supports the Executive Director and personnel who conduct and oversee Safety Assurance activities.