scope:

Purpose. Establish Department of the Navy (DON) Safety Program policy and assign responsibilities for administering a comprehensive DON Safety Program. This instruction has been substantially revised and should be reviewed in its entirety. See enclosures (1) through (5) for additional information regarding the DON Safety Program.

Applicability

a. This instruction considers limitations on the applicability of Federal safety requirements to DON military personnel, civilian personnel in a duty status, and military unique operations, and applies to:

(1) The Offices of the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), and all U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps operational forces, installations, commands, activities, field offices, and other organizational entities within the DON.

(2) All safety-related policies, programs, and functions including, but not limited to, acquisition safety, environmental health, emergency response, explosives safety, fire and emergency services, industrial hygiene, occupational health, occupational safety, radiation safety, operational safety, and public safety.

(3) All DON organizational entities and activities engaged in all aspects of capability definition; requirements establishment; acquisition; manpower development and training; operations and sustainment; and demilitarization and/or demobilization and materiel disposal.

(4) All DON military on and off-duty and civilian personnel in a duty status and engaged in operations.

(5) DON contractors directly supervised by DON personnel where contract terms specify DON responsibility for the safety and health of contractor personnel.

b. This instruction does not apply to DON contractor personnel and operations where the contractor is directly responsible for complying with Federal and State safety and health standards. The requirements in this instruction do not apply to activities specifically involving reactor safety and associated nuclear propulsion plants. Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, is responsible for the safety of reactors and associated Naval nuclear propulsion plants, and the control of radiation and radioactivity associated with Naval nuclear propulsion plant activities. This includes prescribing and enforcing standards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment, safety, and health of workers, operators, and the general public.