ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
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R 191712Z OCT 01 ZYB MIN PSN 467423J26
 
FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC//SN//
 
TO ALNAV
 
UNCLAS
ALNAV 105/01
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/SN//
 
SUBJ/FY 01 REPORT ON SAFETY//
 
RMKS/1.  AS CHIEF OF SAFETY  FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, I AM
PLEASED TO REPORT THE MANY POSITIVE INDICATORS WHICH DEMONSTRATE
THE DEPARTMENTS' SAFETY RECORD IS STEADILY IMPROVING.  YOUR
ATTENTION TO SAFETY ISSUES AROUND THE FLEET AND THE CORPS HAS MADE
FY01 THE BEST YEAR EVER IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
-  TOTAL CLASS A OPERATIONAL MISHAPS:  BEST YEAR EVER FOR NAVY
-  AVIATION CLASS A FLIGHT MISHAPS:  BEST YEAR EVER FOR COMBINED
NAVY/MARINE AND MARINE (DEPARTMENT OF NAVY LED THE WAY FOR DOD WITH
A 35REDUCTION FROM FY 00.)
-  CLASS A OPERATIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE MISHAPS:  BEST YEAR EVER FOR
NAVY
-  PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES:  BEST YEAR EVER FOR COMBINED
NAVY/MARINE, AND MARINE (USMC CUT THEIR FY00 RATE ALMOST IN HALF.)
-  OFF-DUTY SHORE AND RECREATIONAL FATALITIES:  BEST YEAR EVER FOR
COMBINED NAVY/MARINE, AND MARINE.
 
2. THESE ARE TRULY REMARKABLE AND IMPRESSIVE EFFORTS AND I APPLAUD
YOUR EFFORTS.  THERE ARE OTHER AREAS WHICH WILL REQUIRE "EXTRA"
VIGILANCE TO ENSURE THE SAME POSITIVE RESULTS.  OPERATIONAL MISHAPS
ASHORE RESULTED IN 46 USN AND USMC FATALITIES - OUR WORST YEAR IN
THE DEPARTMENT SINCE 1991.
 
3. WHILE I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENTS IN  MANY AREAS,
THE FACTS SHOW THAT 169 SAILORS AND MARINES DIED IN "ON AND OFF
DUTY" MISHAPS IN FY01.  CONTINUE  TO FOCUS YOUR WHOLEHEARTED EFFORTS
TO ACCOMPLISH SIMILAR RESULTS IN THESE AREAS AS YOU HAVE IN THE
OTHER SUCCESSFUL CATEGORIES  MENTIONED.  I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE
THAT YOU WILL SUCCEED.
 
4. AS WE FOCUS ON COMBAT CAPABILITY, LET EACH OF US RENEW OUR
COMMITMENT TO PREVENTING ACCIDENTS BY BETTER MANAGING RISK.
HISTORICALLY,  ACCIDENTS TAKE MORE LIVES IN WARTIME THAN ENEMY
ACTION.  A RISK ASSESSMENT CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIVING
AND DYING.  ENSURE THAT YOU INCORPORATE SOME MEASURE OF RISK
ASSESSMENT IN OPERATIONAL PLANNING AND EXECUTION EFFORTS.
 
5. I REITERATE TO YOU MY STRONG BELIEF THAT PEOPLE ARE OUR MOST
PRECIOUS ASSET.  THE MOST ADVANCED EQUIPMENT IS OF NO BENEFIT TO OUR
NATION WITHOUT SAILORS, MARINES, AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.   SAIL SAFE
AND SEMPER FI!
 
6.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE GORDON R. ENGLAND, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.//
 
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