Air Force Depot Maintenance: Status of Safety Initiatives (Letter Report,
10/28/93, GAO/NSIAD-94-37).

Conditions at the Air Logistics Center in San Antonio, Texas, raise
doubts about whether the safety program there has received enough
emphasis.  Although the Center has taken several steps to overcome
maintenance safety and training shortcomings, problems remain. Data on
accidents and injuries from the Center show that mishap rates there have
been on the rise during the past few years and are greater than Air
Force-wide rates.  Additionally, safety deficiencies that investigators
have spotted recently are similar to major shortcomings linked to past
accidents at the Center. Continued corrective and preventative safety
improvements are warranted.  Because of the way in which lost workday
data are collected at San Antonio, mishap data there do not reflect all
instances when workers are away from their jobs due to accidents or
injuries.  Neither Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
nor Air Force guidance is clear on how such data should be collected.
As a result, reported statistics omit cases in which workers cannot do
their regular jobs and are instead assigned other work, a situation that
not only overstates safety conditions at the centers but also reduces
the likelihood of an OSHA inspection.

--------------------------- Indexing Terms -----------------------------

 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-37
     TITLE:  Air Force Depot Maintenance: Status of Safety Initiatives
      DATE:  10/28/93
   SUBJECT:  Air Force facilities
             Aircraft maintenance
             Safety standards
             Data collection operations
             Safety regulation
             Accident prevention
             Working conditions
             Maintenance standards
             Occupational safety
             Human resources training
IDENTIFIER:  San Antonio (TX)
             B-52 Aircraft
             C-5 Aircraft
             Air Force Safety Process Effectiveness Reviews
             
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