ac safety culture “route safety”. donovan’s demise photo’s alley greg’s gravity rich’s...
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AC SAFETY CULTURE “ROUTE SAFETY”
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DONOVAN’S DEMISE
PHOTO’S ALLEY
GREG’S GRAVITY
RICH’S HANG
FIETON’S FALLOUT
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ACCIDENT — an undesired event or sequence of events causing injury, ill-health or property damage.
NEAR MISS — near misses describe incidents where, given a slight shift in time or distance, injury, ill-health or damage easily could have occurred.
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“SAFETY CULTURE”
THE WAY SAFETY AND SAFETY TRAINING ARE MANAGED.
“THE WAY IT IS DONE AROUND HERE”
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“TO SOME DEGREE HUMAN ERROR IS INEVITABLE IN AVALANCHE WORK ORANY OTHER COMPLEX SITUATIONS.”
KEEP IN MIND:
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KNOWLEDGE NEEDED FOR ROUTE SAFETY
*SNOW & AVALANCHE KNOWLEDGE
*ROUTE KNOWLEDGE
*SKI CUT KNOWLEDGE
*EXPLOSIVE KNOWLEDGE
*RESCUE KNOWLEDGE
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REPEATED MISTAKES BY AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS
*TERRAIN EVALUATION
*SNOWPACK EVALUATION
*CONTOL PRACTICES
*PARTNER DYNAMICS
*ORGANIZATION
5 INTER-RELATED CATAGORIES
(Doug Richmond)
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TERRAIN EVALUATION
*MISJUDGMENT OF AVALANCHE POTENTIAL
*SKI CUT SUITABILITY
*INHERENTLY PROBLEMATIC TERRAIN
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SNOW PACK EVALUATION
*DEEP LEVEL INSTABILITIES
*SKI CUT SUITABILITY
*EXTREME EVENTS
*POST CONTROL CHANGES
*ISOTHERMAL EVALUATIONS
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CONTROL PRACTICES
*BOMBING TECHNIQUES
*OVERDEPENDENCE ON SKI CUTTING
*HARD SLAB CONTROL
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SKI CUTTING MISTAKES
*WRONG TERRAIN
*WRONG SNOW
*WRONG TECHNIQUE
*PERCEIVED NECESSITY
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PARTNER DYNAMICS
*ABANDON “SAFE RITUAL TRAVEL”
*COMMUNICATION
*COORDINATION WITH TEAMS
*VISITORS
*LARGE NUMBERS
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ORGANIZATIONAL MISTAKES
*OVERALL TIME FOR AVALANCHE
*BOMB BUDGET
*UNSAFE CONTROL ROUTES
*HIGH TURNOVER
*OVER-STRUCTURED AC PLAN
*PERFORM UNDER SIEGE
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PROFESSIONAL AVALANCHE NEAR MISSES
*DISTRACTIONS
*COMMUNICATION FAILURE
*MOTIVATED REASONING
*REPEAT INCIDENTS
4 CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
(RON SIMENHOIS & SCOTTY SAVAGE)
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DECISION MAKING
*LESS EXPERIENCE – HEURISTICS, RULES OF THUMB
*EXPERIENCED – “RPD” RECOGNITIONPRIMAL DECISIONS, GUT FEELING
*TWEENERS – LITTLE OF BOTH, BUT TEND TO THINK THEY KNOW MORE THAN THEY DO
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*NEED HEALTHY DISCUSSIONS, WHERE THERE IS NO FEAR OF REPRISAL
*MISTAKES ARE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR GOOD DECISION MAKING
*SEE IT, SAY IT, FIX IT
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SAFETY
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BE SAFE OUT THERE
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*PROPER GEAR AND SKILL TO USE IT
*KNOW CURRENT WEATHER & SNOWPACK DATA
*VISUAL AND VERBAL CONTACT WITH PARTNER
*KNOWLEDGE & COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER TEAMS
*SAFE EXPLOSIVE HANDELING
*SAFE ZONES
*HAVE PACK CLOSED AND READY
*NEVER BECOME COMPLACENT
BASED ON JOSH’S LIST
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**NO LIGHT POLICY**
*PULL FUSE TRAIN AND PUT IN MEMORABLE PLACE WITH CAP DOWN AND MOVE AWAY, NOT TO BE APPROACHED WITH IN THE NEXT FIFTEEN MINUTES.
**DUD POLICY**
*MAKE NOTE OF WHERE DUD IS LOCATED*CONTROL SLOPE AS NEEDED*BEFORE RETRIEVAL, WAIT AT LEAST 15 MINUTES OR IF EMMITTING SMOKE, FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR.*DISARM BY PULLING THE FUSE TRAIN (RETURN FUSE TRAIN TO FORECASTER FOR INSPECTION)*DOCUMENT IF DUD CAN’T BE FOUND
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ALWAYS!!!*COMMUNICATE, DON’T ASSUME*KNOW POTENTIAL HAZARD*HAVE PROPER EQUIPMENT *TEST TRANSCEIVER BEFORE LEAVING BASE AREA*HAVE VISUAL & VERBAL COMMUNICATION*WORK FROM SAFE ZONE*SPOT EACH OTHER W/ MOVEMENT & EXPLOSIVES*CHECK TO SEE IF SLIDE PATH CLEAR*ASSESS WHERE PATH IS LOADED & PLACEMENT NEEDED*CLIP 1” OFF OF FUSE*MAKE SURE IG IS PROPERLY SEATED*INFORM PARTNER “IG ON”*AGAIN, CHECK FOR CLEAR SLIDE PATH*MAKE SURE FUSE IS LIT*REDUCE EXPOSURE TO BLAST & FUMES*MOVE SAFELY & SPOT EACH OTHER WHILE SKI CUTTING*ASSESS & RE-EVALUATE HAZARD CONDITIONS*COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER ROUTES, IF NEEDED*BE AWARE OF TIME*GET MORE EXPLOSIVES, IF NEEDED*INFORM WHEN DONE OR DELAYED