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27 <br /> Orange County Transportation Services Agency Safety Plan <br /> XI. Definitions in ASP <br /> Term Definition <br /> A single, identifiable person who has ultimate responsibility for <br /> carrying out the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan of a public <br /> transportation agency; responsibility for carrying out the agency's <br /> Transit Asset Management Plan; and control or direction over the <br /> human and capital resources needed to develop and maintain both <br /> Accountable Executive the agency's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan, in accordance <br /> with 49 U.S.C. 5329(d), and the agency's Transit Asset Management <br /> Plan, in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 5326. <br /> An event that involves any of the following: a loss of life; a report of a <br /> serious injury to a person; a collision of public transportation vehicles; <br /> Accident or an evacuation for life safety reasons, at any location, at any time, <br /> whatever the cause. <br /> Any real or potential condition that can cause injury, illness, or death; <br /> Hazard damage to or loss of the facilities, equipment, rolling stock, or <br /> infrastructure belonging to OCTS; or damage to the environment. <br /> Composite of predicted severity and likelihood of the potential effect <br /> Risk of a hazard. <br /> Risk Mitigation <br /> Method(s) to eliminate or reduce the effects of hazards. <br /> Processes within a transit agency's Safety Management System that <br /> function to ensure the implementation and effectiveness of safety risk <br /> mitigation, and to ensure that the transit agency meets or exceeds its <br /> Safety Assurance safety objectives through the collection, analysis, and assessment of <br /> information. <br /> Safety Event Is any accident, safety incident or safety occurrence (defined below). <br /> An event that involves any of the following: a personal injury that is <br /> not a serious injury; one or more injuries requiring medical transport; <br /> Safety Incident or damage to facilities, equipment, rolling stock, or infrastructure that <br /> disrupts transit operations. <br />