DAFI90-801 — Environment, Safety, And Occupational Health Councils

DAFI90-801 governs Department of the Air Force environmental, safety, and occupational health councils.

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  • Publication number: DAFI90-801
  • Title: ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY, AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH COUNCILS
  • Date: 2024-05-09

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It establishes ESOHC governance at headquarters, command, and installation levels, including objectives, membership, meetings, Safety Governance Boards, and Working Groups. It requires councils to support compliance, risk reduction, continuous process improvement, and risk-based resource decisions.

Topics covered

  • Environmental health governance
  • Safety Governance Boards
  • ESOHC objectives
  • Risk reduction
  • Resource advocacy
  • Issues requiring elevation
  • ESOH programs

Questions and answers

What does the ESOHC identify and do about high-risk areas?

The ESOHC will identify environmental, safety, and occupational health aspects carrying the greatest risk and formulate action plans to reduce those risks.

What does the ESOHC provide to senior leadership?

The ESOHC is the cornerstone of DAF ESOH programs and provides a governance structure for senior leadership at all command levels to engage and provide direction and decisions to ensure compliance, risk reduction, and continuous process improvement.

How does the ESOHC make resource decisions?

The ESOHC will advocate that the appropriate level of assets and resources are obtained, sustained, restored, and modernized to achieve the desired outcome using risk-based decision making.

What does each higher-level ESOHC establish?

Each higher-level ESOHC establishes plans, objectives, milestones, and performance measures that provide additional ESOH guidance to subordinate ESOHCs, as necessary.

What is the ESOHC governance process used to determine?

ESOHC governance, at all command levels, is the mechanism that will determine and monitor priorities, based on higher headquarters/command vision and guidance, to achieve ESOH objectives and outcomes.

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