Evaluation of the DoD Safety Program: DoD Active Duty Safety Survey

Abstract

This report describes the results of the 2007 Department of Defense (DoD) biennial safety perception survey for the Active Duty population group. Since 2003, the Secretary of Defense has issued several memoranda directing senior leaders to reduce preventable accidents. On May 30, 2007, the Secretary of Defense established the goal of zero preventable accidents. This survey is one of many DoD Inspector General (IG) efforts to assist the DoD community at large to prevent accidents and improve the Department s safety program. The offices of the Secretary of Defense, Combatant Commanders, and Services should review these results to measure safety climate and cultural changes, identify trends, and target safety prevention opportunities. To establish a sustainable safety survey process, in 2004 the DoD IG partnered with the National Safety Council (NSC) and the Defense Manpower Data Center to develop and administer a DoD safety perception survey for three population groups Active Duty, DoD Civilians, and Guard and Reserves. The first series of surveys were completed in 2005. Subsequently, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness requested that the surveys be repeated every two years, using the 2005 results as a baseline for measuring changes and progress. The DoD IG team adapted the 50-question NSC Safety Barometer Survey and modified it to fit the DoD environment. This methodology allows the survey results to be compared against the Safety Barometer Survey database of over 230 organizations. The 2007 survey was sent to 65,965 active duty personnel 20,175 responded for a 31 percent response rate. The survey questions are grouped into six main categories: 1-Leadership Participation, 2- Supervisor Participation, 3-Personnel Participation, 4-Safety Support Activities, 5-Safety Support Climate, and 6-Organizational Climate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 12, 2008
Accession Number
ADA596285

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Emergencies
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Hazardous Materials
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Personnel Management
  • Protective Equipment
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Uss Nimitz

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Organizational Psychology.