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

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16 Orange County Transportation Services Agency Safety Plan The Operations Manager schedules safety risk assessment activities on the Safety Committee agenda. During the meeting,the Operations Manager reviews the hazard and its consequence(s) and reviews available information on severity and likelihood. The Chief Safety Officer and/or Operations Manager may request support from members of the Safety Committee in obtaining additional information to support the safety risk assessment. Once sufficient information has been obtained, the Operations Manager will facilitate completion of relevant sections of the Critical Asset Vulnerability Action Report, using the OCTS Safety Risk Assessment Matrix, with the Safety Committee. The Operations Manager will document the Safety Committee's safety risk assessment, including hazard rating and mitigation options for each assessed safety hazard in the Critical Asset Vulnerability Action Report.The Operations Manager will maintain on file Safety Committee agendas, additional information collected, and the Critical Asset Vulnerability Action Report and Assessment Tool entries for a period of three years from the date of generation. Safety Risk Mitigation OCTS's Operations Manager and the Safety Committee also review current methods of safety risk mitigation and establish methods or procedures to mitigate or eliminate safety risk associated with specific hazards. If the risks are unacceptable, OCTS will take steps to lower the risk to an acceptable or tolerable level, or to remove or avoid the hazard. The level of risk can be lowered by: • Reducing the severity of the potential consequences; • Reducing the likelihood of occurrence and/or; • Reducing the exposure to that risk; or • Some combination of 1, 2 or 3 above. In general, OCTS will take the following safety actions to mitigate risk. These actions can be grouped into three broad categories, including: • Physical Defenses: These include objects and technologies that are engineered to discourage, or warn against, or prevent inappropriate action or mitigate the consequences of events (e.g.traffic control devices, fences, safety restraining systems, etc.). • Administrative Defenses: These include procedures and practices that mitigate the likelihood of accident/incident (e.g. safety regulations, standard operating procedures, personnel proficiency, supervision inspection, training, etc.). • Behavioral Defenses: These include behavioral interventions through education and public awareness campaigns aimed at reducing risky and reckless behavior. OCTS's Operations Manager tracks and updates safety risk mitigation information in the Critical Asset Vulnerability Action Report and makes the Register available to the Safety Committee and to other OCTS staff upon request.