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• Commander positions filled by individuals having extensive technical background in area of responsibility (AOR).
• Commanders are strong in leadership and management abilities.
• Commanders have specific safety goals, objectives and priorities.
• Commander's safety intent is effectively communicated down the chain of command to the individual soldier.

Leader

• Leaders are technically competent in their AOR.
• Leaders do not tolerate below-standard performance. They make on-the-spot corrections and are not reluctant to take disciplinary action.
• NCOs "own" the safety program. They have been given the responsibility and the authority to make it work.
• Leaders know the common causes of accidents and which of their soldiers is most likely to have the next accident.

Operations

• FTX and garrison activities are conducted by the book.
• Safety Officer is involved in mission planning (identifies hazards and recommends controls).
• Senior personnel assist in training/coaching inexperienced individuals.
• OPTEMPO is reasonable and meets mission requirements. Soldiers are not driven to exhaustion and have quality time with families.

Maintenance

• Required maintenance manuals are supplied, updated, and present where the work is being done.
• Maintenance is done by the book.
• QC is considered essential. Sacrificing quality for quantity is not tolerated.

Training

• Highly selective process is used to assign personnel to leader and training positions, e.g., certification program.
• Standards are established, and training is conducted to those standards (individual and collective).
• Sufficient time is blocked for individual training. It is conducted by leaders and monitored by commanders.

Discipline

• Senior personnel accept the responsibility of "policing" their own.
• Immediate actions by leaders and commanders have made personnel clearly aware of intolerable behaviors/deviations from safe operating procedures and the consequences.

Appendix F

Appendix H