Cultivating a Safety Culture within a Creative Environment

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Cultivating a Safety Culture within a Creative
Environment

• Frances Alston
• Manager, Environmental, Safety Waste Management

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Discussion Outline

• SRNL Who are we?
• SRNL culture
• Diverse
• Innovative
• Overview of safety programs
• Other safety practices and committees
• Safety statistics

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DOE- EM Corporate Lab
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Applied Research and Development Laboratory

• National Security
• Tritium Technology
• Plutonium Technology
• Homeland Security Support
• Non-Proliferation Technology
• National Law Enforcement

RD Research Development EM Environmental
Management
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SRNL Staff

• SRNLs staff - over 900
• Research staff of over 700 includes
• Materials scientists
• Chemists
• Physicists
• Biologists
• Engineers
• Technicians.

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SRNL Staff

• Research Support/Operating Staff of 200 includes
• Engineering
• Maintenance
• Operations
• ESH
• Quality Assurance

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SRNL Safety Culture
Safety is integrated at all levels of our business

• Employees
• Walkdowns
• BBS observations
• Safety meeting participation
• conduct
• attend
• Safety related committees membership

• Management
• Walkdowns
• BBS observations
• Sponsorship
• Senior Management Safety Committee
• Corrective Action Review Board
• Operations Council

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Current SRNL Safety Program ConfigurationISMS
Work Planning Control Defense-in-Depth
Control of Technical Work - Task Technical
Plans - Task Technical Requests - Technical
Assistance Requests - Categories of Work
Engineering/Design, Routine Service, RD
Self-Assessments Management Observations BBS
Observations Lessons Learned/Operating
Experience Performance Indicators
,
,
Scope of Work
Define
Task Plans
Scope of
Work
Analyze
Feedback /
Conduct of RD HAP, AHA, JHA
Hazards
Improvement
ISMS
Perform
Work


Daily ISM Briefs Pre-Job Briefs Work Control
Documents - Procedures - Work Instructions - RD
Directions Time-Outs
Safely
Eliminate Hazard Engineered Controls Admin.
Controls, e.g., Procedures Training, Education,
Experience PPE
L1, 1.01 Admin of SRNL Procedures
and RD Work Control Documents
Procedures, work instructions, RD Directions
Pre
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job briefs, BBS observations
Pre
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Methods Used to Facilitate an Exemplary Safety
Culture

• Conduct of Research and Development
• Assisted Hazard Analysis
• SRNL Operations Council
• Local Safety Improvement Team
• Behavior Based Safety

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Methods Used to Facilitate an Exemplary Safety
Culture - Conduct of RD

• Conduct of Research and Development
• Roadmap for applying safety requirements to RD
  work
• Consistent with DOE ISM process
• Component of WSRC ISM Description
• Provides consistent approach to hazard
  identification and control

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Assisted Hazard Analysis (AHA)

• Assisted Hazard Analysis is a disciplined,
  comprehensive software program.
• It includes structured questions to help users
  identify hazards and controls associated with
  assigned work.
• Assisted Hazard Analysis integrates diverse,
  independent processes into a "one stop" process
  with linkages to procedures, forms, permits,
  checklists, lessons learned and even subject
  matter experts, when required.

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Operations Council

• SRNL Operations Council Committees
• Chemical Safety
• Glovebox
• Conduct of RD Board
• Radiological Work Practices
• Electrical Safety
• Research Development Work Planning and Control

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Operations Council - Committees
Safety is integrated at all levels of our business

• Glovebox committee
• Established to provide technical and operations
  oversight for glove box requirements to ensure
  safe operations and compliance with codes,
  standards, orders, and accepted industry
  practices
• Training development

• Chemical Safety committee
• Established to get RD involved with Subject
  Matter Experts (SME)
• Purpose of the committee is to improve Chemical
  Safety within the laboratory environment
• Procedure development
• Training development

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Operations Council - Committees
Safety is integrated at all levels of our business

• Radiological Work Practices Committee
• Provides cohesive approach to policies and
  practices governing radiological work
• Radiological practices policy setting
• Training
• Assessment of radiological work and work
  practices

• Conduct of Research and Development Board
• Established to serve as the centralized method to
  perform hazard analysis associated with
  scientific investigations within a research
  environment
• Implements the principles of ISM within SRNL

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Operations Council - Committees
Safety is integrated at all levels of our business

• Research Development Work Planning and Control
  Committee
• Work polices development
• Interface with the Conduct of Research and
  Development Board for ISMS policies and
  procedures
• Provides recommendations for SRNL senior staff on
  RD Work Planning and control issues

• Electrical Safety Committee
• Resolution of RD electrical issues
• Recommends electrical safety policies
• Review incidents and recommends lesson learned
• Training/qualification

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Local Safety Improvement Team (LSIT)

• Local Safety Improvement Team (LSIT)
• 22 Department Representatives
• 1 Management Champion
• 1 Management Sponsor
• Implementation through Team Charter
• Implements Behavior Based Safety
• LSIT Teams
• Data Administration
• Communications
• Training
• Strategic Planning
• Membership

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BBS Observation Statistics
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SRNL BBS Statistics
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SRNL Safety Posture
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Cultivating a Safety Culture Within a Creative
Environment

• Conclusion
• Whats Next?
• Human Performance
• By utilizing the creativity of the research and
  support staff and the Safety programs that are
  embedded into SRNLs safety culture, SRNL safety
  performance is continuing to improve.

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Cultivating a Safety Culture Within a Creative
Environment

• Questions?