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28 <br /> Orange County Transportation Services Agency Safety Plan <br /> A transit agency's documented commitment to safety, which defines <br /> Safety Management the transit agency's safety objectives and the accountabilities and <br /> Policy responsibilities of its employees in regard to safety. <br /> The formal,top-down, organization-wide approach to managing safety <br /> Safety Management risk and assuring the effectiveness of a transit agency's safety risk <br /> mitigation. SMS includes systematic procedures, practices, and policies <br /> System for managing risks and hazards. <br /> An event without any personal injury in which any damage to facilities, <br /> Safety Occurrence equipment, rolling stock, or infrastructure does not disrupt transit <br /> operations. <br /> Safety Performance <br /> A performance target related to safety management activities. <br /> Target <br /> A combination of training and communication of safety information to <br /> Safety Promotion support SMS as applied to the transit agency's public transportation <br /> system. <br /> Safety Risk The formal activity whereby a transit agency determines Safety Risk <br /> Assessment <br /> Management priorities by establishing the significance or value of its <br /> safety risks. <br /> Safety Risk A process within a transit agency's Agency Safety Plan for identifying <br /> Management hazards and analyzing, assessing, and mitigating safety risk. <br /> Any injury which: (1) requires hospitalization for more than 48 hours, <br /> commencing within 7 days from the date the injury was received; (2) <br /> results in a fracture of any bone (except simple fractures of fingers, <br /> toes, or noses); (3) causes severe hemorrhages, nerve, muscle, or <br /> Serious Injury <br /> tendon damage; (4) involves any internal organ; or(5) involves second- <br /> or third-degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5 percent of <br /> the body surface. <br />