The Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board, Explosives Safety Management Program Evaluation Process

Abstract

This paper describes, explains, and updates the status of the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board's (DDESB's) Explosives Safety Management Program (ESMP) evaluation process. The DDESB Staff completed the first ESMP evaluation year in FY2009 and began their second evaluation year. As part of the evaluation process, the DDESB Staff collected lessons learned and comments from the field on the Staff's implementation of the process. Using this information, the Staff continuously assessed and improved the process. Additionally, DDESB Staff observed that many explosives safety personnel and their leadership do not fully understand the new methodology, which emphasizes identification of systemic problems and emerging issues for improving the Service's and DoD's ESMP. To increase understanding of the ESMP process, this paper presents and discusses DDESB Staff's improvements and evaluation process mythology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 2010
Accession Number
ADA531897

Entities

People

  • Eric Alchowiak

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Air Force
  • Ammunition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directives
  • Explosives
  • Identification
  • Instructions
  • Leadership
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Munitions
  • Personnel Management
  • Program Management
  • Risk
  • Test Methods

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