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S THE TRADITIONAL PARADES and final football games of the season dominate most of our New Year's day TV schedules, let's think momentarily about the water that has recently flowed under the bridge of safety. Closing the records book on 31 December 1970 terminated a prosperous five-year program of Mission Safety 70. Although many commanders and safety officers have expressed their displeasures about not attaining all the established goals, we shouldn't let the mere fact that we didn't reach the desired milestones dictate whether we failed or not. It's obvious that we didn't reach the goals we were shooting for because we didn't get our 30% reductions across the board. However, we did show definite progress towards our eventual goal of zero accidents. Looking at the situation optimistically, we can say that we almost made our Mission Safety 70 targets.

Probably the biggest problem of any functional program is getting the people involved. It is so easy for us to be apathetic and say: "That's the safety officer's problem, not mine." This is an indication of poor attitude and, if allowed to exist very long, will lead to nothing but disaster. Yet, during the latter part of last year I talked to several people who didn't even know that Mission Safety 70 was in existence. It's almost unbelievable!

During the next two years we will have an excellent program: Zero In on Safety. It is designed to zero in on our specific problem areas and gives us the opportunity

to select most of the subjects for emphasis. Of course we'll have some USAF and MAC objectives, but most programs will deal with your individual problems at hand. I think our first and most important consideration we must look at is that of PEOPLE. Our safety program is only as good as the people make it. Without the enforcement capability of man-to-man observation, we must depend on each person performing his job safely. If he doesn't, he will eventually cause an accident.

Now, as we zero in on the people problem, the obvious target is to instill a firm accident-free attitude within every member of the command. We know that a person's behavior is determined primarily by his attitude towards the existing situation. Therefore, a person who thinks of getting the job done without any accidental loss of material or time will be most effective.

To get everyone involved in our new program, we need to start at the top. First, commanders must zero in on subordinate supervisors to establish positive attitudes and then must help those supervisors influence all others. The first step is the key to our success because people look toward their supervisors for leadership and direction. Once we get everyone properly indoctrinated with a "Mission Accomplishment through Accident Prevention" attitude, we will have a safety program that will immunize us from most accidents.

Think Safety-Think People.

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