Everyone is responsible for their own safety, as well as the safety of others. Speak up if you have questions, concerns, or see something that is unsafe. Stop the work, resolve the problem, and continue safely. Don’t exceed your personal physical or skill limitations. There is no single inch of the trail that merits even one drop of blood from anyone. Safety Training for Volunteers Operational Leadership Concepts Of the 133+ Federal Agencies, the National Park Service consistently has one of the highest injury rates and fatality rates among its employees and volunteers, experiencing Line-of-Duty and On-Duty loss of 86 employees and volunteers in the last 25 years. This does not include suicides. From 2005 to 2010, over 3,800 employees and volunteers were hurt in such manner they were not able to return to work the next day, and for some, many more days. NPS Operational Leadership introduces a new tool within our National Park Service Occupational Safety and Health Program—a tool designed to prevent or mitigate risk associated with human errors when we are faced with threats. Very often it rarely matters what we tell (policies, procedures, rules, regulations, safety program guidelines, etc.) an adult to do, it only matters what that person perceives the situation to be at that final moment when they make a decision, and their personal assessment of risk, the probability of success, and the consequences of failure. NPS Operational Leadership is not a replacement for a safety program. It is a special human factors tool that is part of the National Park Service Safety Management System. NPS Operational Leadership is
Everyone is responsible for their own safety, as well as the safety of others. Speak up if you have questions, concerns, or see something that is unsafe. Stop the work, resolve the problem, and continue safely. Don’t exceed your personal physical or skill limitations. There is no single inch of the trail that merits even one drop of blood from anyone. Safety Training for Volunteers Operational Leadership Concepts Of the 133+ Federal Agencies, the National Park Service consistently has one of the highest injury rates and fatality rates among its employees and volunteers, experiencing Line-of-Duty and On-Duty loss of 86 employees and volunteers in the last 25 years. This does not include suicides. From 2005 to 2010, over 3,800 employees and volunteers were hurt in such manner they were not able to return to work the next day, and for some, many more days. NPS Operational Leadership introduces a new tool within our National Park Service Occupational Safety and Health Program—a tool designed to prevent or mitigate risk associated with human errors when we are faced with threats. Very often it rarely matters what we tell (policies, procedures, rules, regulations, safety program guidelines, etc.) an adult to do, it only matters what that person perceives the situation to be at that final moment when they make a decision, and their personal assessment of risk, the probability of success, and the consequences of failure. NPS Operational Leadership is not a replacement for a safety program. It is a special human factors tool that is part of the National Park Service Safety Management System. NPS Operational Leadership is
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