Laughlin to have stage 2 ESOH inspection

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  • By Airman 1st Class Jimmie D. Pike
  • 47th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs
LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --  An internal Environmental, Safety, Occupational and Health Compliance Assessment Management Program assessment will be conducted during the week of Oct. 27 to 31 at Laughlin Air Force Base.

The purpose of this ESOHCAMP is to review all related programs and ensure all shops are in compliance, by detecting shortfalls and providing corrections as needed.

"The idea is to give shops on base awareness of anything that can and needs to be corrected in regards to environment and occupational hazards, and workers' safety and health," said Dan Gallegos, 47th Civil Engineer Squadron environmental chief. "This is a stage two inspection, meaning it's internal. We want to find deficiencies and correct them before they become bigger problems."

A stage one inspection is a shop level inspection and is held quarterly; stage two inspections are annual internal inspections; stage three inspections are external inspections usually conducted from higher headquarters and accomplished every two years, explained Gallegos.

"Our job is to get the checklists and Air Force Instructions that apply to certain shops," said Abdullatef Hamza, 47th CES environment management system coordinator. "From there we can identify the good and bad processes in a shop."

Bad processes are noted and corrected, whereas the good processes are noted and shared with other shops that may need help in the respected area.

"Shops conduct business every day and maintain regulations within compliance," said Gallegos. "In doing the same thing over and over, people may tend to overlook something and we just want to make sure nothing is being overlooked."

People conducting the inspection of subject matter experts and each shop will have a group going through a checklist of their processes to help identify problems with the handling of hazardous materials and discrepancies with work area safety.

"We want this inspection to be thorough enough to help the shops, and Laughlin as a whole, stay in compliance," said Gallegos.