Upcoming Organizational Safety Assessment Published July 19, 2012 By Wing Safety Office 27th Special Operations Wing Safety CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- The Air Force Safety Center's Organizational Safety Assessment team is scheduled to arrive at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., next week to identify known and unknown safety-related risks and provide possible response options to wing leadership. Hosted by the Wing Safety office, the OSA is a preventive tool that offers commanders an objective way to better understand their environments. "The main goal is to help all commanders use this tool to augment existing risk management efforts and ultimately ensure our resources protection, asset utilization and operational readiness," said Lt. Col. Thomas Hughes, OSA team chief. The OSA provides the wing commander with a stress-related overview of their aviation and maintenance personnel. This includes subjective information on how much stress personnel "feel," how it is affecting their lives and how they are coping. Subjective information comes from personal interviews by members of the visiting team. An aviation psychologist, a pilot member and maintainer with experience in the types of aircraft involved at the wing, an Air Training Command member and a safety representative will make up the core of the team. For non-aviation squadrons, adjustments are made accordingly. The team will conduct one-on-one interviews with squadron commanders to develop an understanding of the organization and to show the commander what the troops will experience. The questions are directly related to the safety culture in the organization. Chiefs and first sergeants will also be interviewed in groups. Further interviews are conducted in mass meetings, separated by rank - Airmen, junior NCOs, senior NCOs, company grade officers, field grade officers - and organization. No member will be interviewed in the same room as his or her supervisor.