MEMORANDUM FOR A1 - Air Force E-Publishing

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8.6. Hazard Identification and Abatement. The host ground safety manager will:
8.6.1. Evaluate and process safety related hazard reports and maintain a master hazard report
log.
8.6.2. Assign RACs to occupational safety hazards/deficiencies and coordinate with health
and fire protection officials when required.
8.6.3. Assist in establishing funding priorities by using the abatement priority number (APN)
system for hazard abatement projects during the budgetary cycle.
8.6.4. Maintain the installation master hazard abatement file, including AF Form 3, Hazard
Abatement Plan, covering safety, fire and health hazards and deficiencies.
8.6.5. Attachments 7 through 10 provide additional instructions for assigning RACs,
determining abatement priority numbers and completing the AF Form 1118, Notice of
Hazard, and AF Form 3.
8.6.6. Fire Hazards versus Fire Deficiencies. There is a difference between fire hazards and
fire deficiencies. A fire hazard is a condition that can cause a fire to occur. A fire deficiency
is a condition which reduces fire safety below acceptable levels, including noncompliance
with standards, but by itself cannot cause a fire to occur.
8.6.7. Fire hazards are included in the master hazard abatement plan and fire deficiencies are
excluded from the master hazard abatement plan.
8.7. Air Force Occupational Safety and Health (AFOSH) Guidance. AFOSH guidance is
the minimum guidance necessary to provide a safe and healthful work environment for all Air
Force personnel and other DoD/government employees working on Air Force installations.
AFOSH requirements shall provide equal or greater protection than federal requirements. The
Air Force may develop supplementary or alternative guidance where inadequate or no guidance
exists. NOTE: Conflicts between OSHA and AFOSH guidelines shall be referred to HQ AFSC
through the appropriate MAJCOM for resolution.
8.7.1. Occupational safety and health guidance sources include:
8.7.1.1. Regulatory Federal Standards. The Air Force complies with the intent of DoL
OSHA Standards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Transportation
Standards by referencing applicable standards or incorporates the requirements into
AFOSH guidance, technical orders or directives.
8.7.1.2. AFOSH Standards and Guidance. Air Force published guidance located at
http://www.e-publishing.af.mil.
8.7.1.3. T.O.s and manufacturers’ guidance (e.g., Material Safety Data Sheets [MSDS])
for specific processes, aircraft and equipment.
8.7.1.4. Reference library maintained by the installation ground safety manager to
include national consensus standards and other technical and safety guidance.
8.7.2. Joint-Use Workplaces. Personnel from different DoD Components or other Federal
Agencies working in the same workplace shall be governed by OSHA standards and any
applicable alternate standards or host-agency standards, such as AFOSH Standards.