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SUBJ/UPDATE TO DOD HFACS
REF/A/DESC:DOC/DODINST 6055.07/18AUG2018//
REF/B/DESC:DOC/POLICY ON HUMAN FACTORS REPORTING/11JAN2005//
REF/C/DESC:DOC/DOD HFACS 8.0/25MAY2022//
NARR/REFERENCE A IS DODI 6055.07, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MISHAP
INVESTIGATION, REPORTING, AND RECORD KEEPING INSTRUCTION.  REFERENCE B IS THE
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE JOINT SERVICES SAFETY CHIEFS ADOPTING DOD
HFACS AS THE COMMON HUMAN FACTORS REPORTING TAXONOMY.  REFERENCE C IS THE
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE JOINT SERVICE SAFETY CHIEFS ADOPTING DOD
HFACS 8.0.//
POC/CDR JEFF GRUBB/14C/UNIT: NAVSAFECOM/NAME:  NORFOLK/DSN: 564-3520 X7228/TEL:
757-444-3520 X7228/EMAIL: JEFFERSON.D.GRUBB.MIL@US.NAVY.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THIS ALSAFE ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF AN UPDATED VERSION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HUMAN FACTORS ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
(DOD.HFACS).  REFERENCES A REQUIRES ALL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) COMPONENTS
TO CLASSIFY AND REPORT HUMAN FACTORS CONTRIBUTIONS TO MISHAPS AND HAZARDS
ACCORDING TO A COMMON HUMAN FACTORS TAXONOMY.  REFERENCE B ESTABLISHES DOD
HFACS AS THAT TAXONOMY.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE C, THE SERVICES AGREED TO
REPLACE THE CURRENT VERSION OF DOD HFACS WITH DOD HFACS 8.0.
2.  WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, INVESTIGATORS WILL REPORT HUMAN FACTORS
FOR ALL EVENTS OCCURRING ON OR AFTER 1 APRIL 2023 USING THE DOD HFACS 8.0.  THE
CHANGE TO DOD HFACS 8.0 WILL OCCUR AUTOMATICALLY WITHIN RISK MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION (RMI) SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTING (SIR).  FOR AFFECTED EVENTS, RMI
WILL ONLY PROVIDE INVESTIGATORS WITH THE OPTION TO SELECT DOD HFACS 8.0
CODES.  ALTHOUGH STRUCTURALLY SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF DOD HFACS, THE
CODES CONTAINED IN VERSION 8.0 HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO IMPROVE CLARITY, REDUCE
EMOTIONALLY LOADED TERMS, AND TO CODE FOR CERTAIN LATENT CAUSES OF UNSAFE ACTS
THAT PREVIOUS DOD HFACS VERSIONS WERE UNABLE TO CHARACTERIZE.
3.  THE CHANGE IN DOD HFACS 8.0 WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CHANGE IN THE PROCEDURE
FOR ENTERING DOD HFACS CODES WITHIN RMI.  DOD HFACS CODES WILL BE ENTERED
DURING ENTRY OF MISHAP FACTORS.  WHEN INVESTIGATORS ENTER A MISHAP FACTOR AND
DEEM IT TO BE A HUMAN FACTOR, RMI WILL PROMPT THEM TO ENTER ONE UNSAFE ACT CODE
TO DESCRIBE WHAT OCCURRED IN THAT FACTOR AND PRECONDITION, SUPERVISORY, AND
ORGANIZATIONAL CODES TO EXPLAIN WHY IT OCCURRED.  IF THE MISHAP FACTOR
DESCRIBES SUPERVISORY OR ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE TIED TO SPECIFIC
INDIVIDUALS, RMI WILL PERMIT INVESTIGATORS TO ENTER SUPERVISORY OR
ORGANIZATIONAL CODES WITHOUT AN ACCOMPANYING UNSAFE ACT CODE.  IF INVESTIGATORS
ENTER AN UNSAFE ACT CODE, RMI WILL REQUIRE THEM TO ENTER AT LEAST ONE
PRECONDITION CODE TO DESCRIBE WHY THE ACT OCCURRED.
4.  DOCUMENTS OUTLINING DOD HFACS 8.0 CODES AND HOW THEY DIFFER FROM THOSE OF
PREVIOUS DOD HFACS VERSIONS MAY BE FOUND ON THE NAVAL SAFETY COMMAND WEB SITE
AT HTTPS://INTELSHARE.INTELINK.GOV/SITES/NSC/PAGES/HFACS.ASPX.  DOCUMENTS
OUTLINING CHANGES TO RMI MAY BE FOUND IN RMI UNDER HELP, HELP FILES AN USER
GUIDES, SIR HELP FILES AND USER GUIDES HTTPS://AFSAS.SAFETY.AF.MIL/PUBLICATIONS
/VIEWPUBLICATION.DO?PUBLICATION_ID=21.  THE RMI SYSTEM DOCUMENTS WILL BE
AVAILABLE 27 MARCH 2023.
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