Facility Description The facility for which the audit material will be developed in the final project is Home and garden warehouse. The Home and garden warehouse has several locations across the US, it had 150 companies and more than 150.000 employees in the whole country. The company sells varied materials such as home, garden and farming products, and outdoor equipment. This category of companies faces environmental regulations related to waste and hazardous waste, product compliance for paints, plumbing parts, pesticides, stormwater, and other product regulations. Also, I would apply other government regulations to the Warehouse, such as leads and asbestos compliance for the store locations offering home repairs and renovation services. Since I live in Baltimore, MD, there is one of the companies in the same city. The audit project will focus on the warehouse location in Baltimore, MD. The warehouses' district manager in Maryland ensures all the companies' locations are following the required regulations, and the district manager reports to the corporate office. The Home and Garden Warehouse provides a different service such as home installation, repair, order delivery, tool rentals, and so on. The Company, with presumption estimates of its 95 associates, supplies services to construction workers and other consumers throughout communities. The Purpose of the Audit: for the success of the business and Safety of customers and employees, we must ensure that the Warehouse meets the regulation of the Occupational Safety and Health administration. The audit program would help the home and garden Warehouse location in Baltimore, Maryland, inspect the general store conditions, safety requirements, health requirements, record and report workplace injuries, fire hazards, and non-regulated issues. The audit program's goal would be to create a tool that focuses on regulatory requirements and non- regulatory issues to assist department supervisors and frontline workers in conducting an audit. Scope of the Audit: The audit program will Involve physical inspection of buildings, wood-cutting equipment, powered motor vehicles, overhead storage system, fall protection, PPE, confined spaces, cleaning, maintenance, hazardous waste, stormwater, compactor, fire, hazards, reporting injuries, training records, documentation, and customer service REGULATORY SAFETY TOPICS Confined Spaces The F-15E has both permit-required confined spaces and non-permit required confined spaces. The aircraft has multiple fuel tanks, but only one meets the criteria to classify it as a confined space: the F1 fuel tank. Fuels maintenance personnel are required to enter the F1 fuel tank for routine and non-routine inspections/repairs; therefore, the Fuels Section maintains a Confined Spaces Program. Fuels personnel are required to be trained as entrants, atmospheric monitors, runners, and attendants; the shift leads are designated as entry supervisors. The section maintains its own monitoring equipment to include calibration gases. Due to the routine entry of the F1 fuel tank, the section maintains a Master Entry Plan (MEP) that is approved annually by the base Fire Department, Bioenvironmental Engineers (BE), and the Wing Safety office. The MEP allows the designated entry supervisors to administer their own entry permits instead of coordinating with Fire, Safety, and BE prior to each entry into the fuel tank. Per AFMAN 91- 203, the F-15 intakes and exhaust are considered non-permit required confined spaces and personnel who enter those spaces must receive general awareness training. This applies to TAMS personnel, who enter the non-permit spaces during pre- and post- flight inspections. The audit of the Confined Spaces Program will consist of a review of the confined spaces written plan, Confined Spaces Program Manager appointment letter signed by the 33 AMXS Commander, Master Entry Plan, record of entry permits within the last year, related equipment/inspections, training plan, and training documentation. Note: TAMS section does not require a Confined Spaces Program; however, the audit will verify confined spaces general awareness training and documentation. Fall Protection Personnel from TAMS, Specialist Section, and Fuels Section are required to work on top of the aircraft. Personnel are required to don a safety harness and attach to the self-retracting lifeline while working in the hangar and fuel repair facility. The covered aircraft parking spots do not have PFAS installed. TAMS and Specialist personnel are exposed to falls in these areas (Fuels personnel do not conduct maintenance outside of the fuel repair facility); therefore, a Job Hazard Analysis for procedural controls is required as an interim control measure until permanent fall protection can be installed in these outside locations. The audit will review the Fall Protection Program, rescue plan, equipment/inspections/certification, fall protection training/evaluation documentation, and procedural controls. Fire Safety Fire protection and evacuation is applicable to the 33 AMXS. Personnel are expected to act as the first line of defense when it comes to protecting Air Force assets, specifically the F-15E aircraft and facilities. They are expected to extinguish aircraft engine fires using halon fire extinguishers and know the process for alerting the base fire department and initiating evacuation. The fire safety portion will cover training, availability/condition of fire extinguishing equipment/systems, inspections, and procedures (notification, evacuation, and accountability) to protect personnel and assets. Material Handling Equipment TAMS personnel are required to use a hoisting system to remove and install aircraft engines. The aircraft hangar is equipped with a powered hoisting system. Designated personnel from each section are required to operate forklifts for transporting equipment. The audit will review training/documentation, inspections, government motor vehicle licensing for forklift operation, design requirements, operating instructions, load ratings, etc. NON-REGULATORY SAFETY TOPICS Safety Committee The 33 AMXS has established a squadron safety committee that meets quarterly to address safety concerns within the unit. In preparation for the squadron safety committee meeting, each section has created a section safety committee meeting that meets monthly. Issues, concerns, mishaps, and commander priority items are consolidated and presented during the quarterly squadron meeting. The audit will include a review of the section safety committee to gauge overall effectiveness by assessing management and non-management participation, topics discussed, information sharing, risk identification and reduction, and safety policies. Employee interviews will aid in the evaluation of the section safety committee effectiveness and leadership involvement. Incident Investigation The audit will review of the 33 AMXS mishap data and incident investigation program to highlight the unit's effectiveness in hazard identification and mitigation/prevention strategies. An incident investigation program should include reporting procedures for all injuries (first-aid and recordable), damage to government property, and near misses; investigating causal/contributory factors; implementing corrective actions; and communicating lessons learns throughout the organization. Management/leadership participation, support, and subsequent actions will determine the effectiveness of the incident investigation program. RESPONSIBILITIES Commander The commander oversees the internal audit program within the squadron. He/she will review and approve the audit document before implementation and subsequently thereafter if there is a change or the document is modified in any way. The commander will review and sign all audit reports before releasing them to the work sections. During the next squadron safety committee meeting following the release of the audit report, the commander will discuss the contents of the report and address status updates from the section chiefs on all associated findings. Open findings will continue to be discussed during each committee meeting until closed. Major findings that cannot be fixed within 30 days will be reported to the Wing Commander and entered on the Wing Master Hazard Abatement Log. Lead Auditor The lead auditor manages the audit program; prepares auditing tools; leads/directs the audit process; consolidates, reviews, and substantiates findings; creates recommendations for improvements; generates the report; conducts annual reviews of the audit documents and recommends changes to the commander for improving the audit process. The lead auditor reports directly to the commander on any matter related to the audit process. The lead auditor will determine the number of interviewees and preferred rank/skill-level or other factors pertaining to the interviewees. The lead auditor has authority over the audit process and will decide when, within the quarter, the audit will take place. The audit of the work section to include the report, must be completed within its designated quarter. The lead auditor will coordinate directly with