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Navy deaths and injuries on our roads

Mech, Fall, 2004

This report is a follow-up to the story, "Reducing Maintainer Deaths and Injuries," in the spring 2004 issue. That study centered on aviation ratings only. Our boss, RADM Dick Brooks, asked us to study all Navy rates for similar trends.

As with the earlier study, the data (FY94 to FY04) shows we can identify and focus on ratings with higher-than-normal PMV mishap rates. Most of the high-risk rates are junior people in "dynamic" jobs. Eight senior rates had mishap levels almost two times higher than average (OSCS, ABHC, BMC, PC1, TM1, LN1, MN1, and BU1). Rates with fewer than 150 people were excluded to ensure a fair and statistically significant sample. Some gaps in data existed (mishaps reported but no rates assigned), so they were excluded. The complete study is available on our website at www.safetycenter.navy.mil/statistics/study/default.htm.> These 16 rates (3.5 percent of the total number of rates and 2.7 percent of the population) account for 8.2 percent of fleetwide deaths and injuries. If we look at the top-50 rates (those 50 percent or higher than the average, 11.1 percent of the total ratings or 11.7 percent of the population) account for 25.7 percent of combined deaths and injuries (27.5 percent of the deaths, alone).

What can be done to reduce these incidents?

* Immediate leadership intervention (CO, department heads, chiefs, and supervisors) on high-risk rates and ratings.

* Discuss possible reasons for abnormally high mishap rates.

* Review work schedules and fatigue issues.

* Check for boredom with non-mechanical rates or other issues that could cause abnormally high stats.

* Re-emphasize DUI dangers and DoD's current policies.

* Implement "Tipsy Taxi" or "Safe Ride" programs in your area.

Focusing on these high-risk groups will allow us to divide the larger problem of PMV mishaps into smaller subsets. As gains are made in these rates and ratings, we can focus efforts on the next group of 10, 25 or 50. We must work to keep our people from surviving the war or deployments only to die on our streets.

Top-16 Ratings (mishap and death rates are per 100,000
people, per year):

Rate           Pop    Deaths/Inj   Mishap Rate   Death Rate

DCFN            183     2/6          437.16        109.29
GSEFN           277     4/8          433.21        144.40
ENFN            372     3/10         349.46         80.65
AZAN            258     3/6          348.84        116.28
AW3             380     2/9          289.47         52.63
ICFN            391     6/5          281.33        153.45
SW3             187     2/3          267.38        106.95
GMSN            308     1/6          227.27         32.47
STG3            800     4/14         225.00         50.00
FCSN            357     1/5          196.08         28.01
OSSN          1,253     5/19         191.54         39.90
YNSN            473     1/7          190.27         21.14
PRAN            264     1/4          189.39         37.88
MMFN          1,225    10/10         187.76         81.63
HTFN            541     2/8          184.84         36.97
ADAN          1,417     5/21         183.49         35.29
TOTALS        8,686    52/141        222.20         59.87
Top-50       38,340   169/443        159.62         44.08
All rates   328,235   611/1778        72.78         18.61

Top-10 Deaths (regardless of population)

Rate   Deaths   Population   Death Rate

SN       51       13,299       38.35
AN       16       14,108       11.34
MM3      14        5,330       26.27
FN       13        5,365       24.23
CSSN     12        2,010       59.70
ET3      11        4,663       23.59
EM3      11        2,641       41.65
CS3      11        2,782       39.51
MM2      11        5,051       21.78
AM3      10        2,129       46.97
EM2      10        2,771       36.09
MMFN     10        1,225       81.63

Top-10 Deaths (with population considered--avg. 18.61)

Rate   Deaths   Population   Death Rate

ICFN      6       391          153.45
GSEFN     4       277          144.40
AZAN      3       258          116.28
DCFN      2       183          109.29
SW3       2       187          106.95
BU3       5       549           91.07
EO2       3       361           83.10
MMFN     10     1,225           81.63
EO3       3       371           80.83
ENFN      3       372           80.65

Top-10 Ratings (avg. mishap rate: 72.78, death rate: 18.61)

Rate   Mishap Rate   Rate   Death Rate

 MR      144.93       BU      47.68
 TM      133.48       JO      46.66
 SN      130.84       LI      41.67
 DC      128.94       SN      38.35
 FN      128.61       IC      37.17
 SW      122.55       EO      37.08
 EN      111.25       SW      36.76
 LN      110.24       UT      29.47
 BU      107.27       EM      26.61
 HT      102.59       AS      26.60
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COPYRIGHT 2005 Gale Group
 

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