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25 <br /> Orange County Transportation Services Agency Safety Plan <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 /> 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 /> 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 /> • Federal Transit Administration (FTA) - Assault Awareness and Prevention for Transit Operators <br />