Non-Punitive Close call safety Employees who Employees who Employees who submit Employees who submit reporting systems submit qualifying submit qualifying qualifying reports are qualifying reports are provide protection from reports receive a reports are protected protected from protected from disciplinary disciplinary action for corrective action from disciplinary disciplinary action. The action. The carrier is employees that submit a letter in lieu of action. carrier is protected from protected from FRA qualifying report, which civil penalty FRA enforcement action enforcement action as well. encourages individuals action. as well. to voluntarily report safety close calls. In some cases, the carrier is protected from regulatory discipline as well. Third-Party To ensure An independent NASA is the NASA is the BTS is the third-party Data confidentiality, most but third-party party agency for agency. NASA receives agency. BTS receives the Collection not all, call safety agency is not ASRS. NASA receives the reports directly and reports directly and and reporting systems employed. and processes the conducts a thorough conducts in-depth follow-up identification employ a third-party Reports are reports and follows analysis that includes an interviews with employees agency to receive, analyzed by the up with phone calls in depth callback using who submit reports using process, and, in some ERC. Currently when necessary to industry experts. NASA industry experts. BTS cases, investigate the 166 of these clarify details. compiles event reports compiles composite reports reports. programs send Reports are coded that are forwarded to on close call events that are duplicate data to and entered into the the corresponding PRT forwarded to a Peer Review the NASA ASRS system for later after de-identification. Team (PRT) at the FRA pilot system. analysis. NASA retains site for further analysis. BTS aggregated de-identified retains all information, coded data. including PII.
Non-Punitive Close call safety reporting systems provide protection from disciplinary action for employees that submit a qualifying report, which encourages individuals to voluntarily report safety close calls. In some cases, the carrier is protected from regulatory discipline as well. Employees who submit qualifying reports receive a corrective action letter in lieu of civil penalty action. Employees who submit qualifying reports are protected from disciplinary action. Employees who submit qualifying reports are protected from disciplinary action. The carrier is protected from FRA enforcement action as well. Employees who submit qualifying reports are protected from disciplinary action. The carrier is protected from FRA enforcement action as well. Third-Party Data Collection and To ensure confidentiality, most but not all, call safety reporting systems employ a third-party agency to receive, process, and, in some cases, investigate the reports. An independent third-party agency is not employed. Reports are analyzed by the ERC. Currently 166 of these programs send duplicate data to the NASA ASRS system. NASA is the agency for ASRS. NASA receives and processes the reports and follows up with phone calls when necessary to clarify details. Reports are coded and entered into the system for later analysis. NASA is the agency. NASA receives the reports directly and conducts a thorough analysis that includes an in depth callback using industry experts. NASA compiles event reports that are forwarded to the corresponding PRT after de-identification. NASA retains aggregated de-identified coded data. BTS is the third-party agency. BTS receives the reports directly and conducts in-depth follow-up interviews with employees who submit reports using industry experts. BTS compiles composite reports on close call events that are forwarded to a Peer Review Team (PRT) at the FRA pilot site for further analysis. BTS retains all information, including PII. identification party
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