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A technician believes the company safety policy of wearing safety vests while working on or servicing power plants is in conflict with safety procedures in the maintenance manual.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 705675 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200608 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 10 |
| ASRS Report | 705675 |
| Events | |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Company impending policy effective aug/mon/06 of wearing safety vests directly conflicts with the safety procedures spelled out in the maintenance manual. The wearing of these vests pose a potential safety hazard to maintenance personnel while performing maintenance tasks on aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A TECHNICIAN BELIEVES THE COMPANY SAFETY POLICY OF WEARING SAFETY VESTS WHILE WORKING ON OR SVCING PWR PLANTS IS IN CONFLICT WITH SAFETY PROCS IN THE MAINT MANUAL.
Narrative: COMPANY IMPENDING POLICY EFFECTIVE AUG/MON/06 OF WEARING SAFETY VESTS DIRECTLY CONFLICTS WITH THE SAFETY PROCS SPELLED OUT IN THE MAINT MANUAL. THE WEARING OF THESE VESTS POSE A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD TO MAINT PERSONNEL WHILE PERFORMING MAINT TASKS ON ACFT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.