# Presentation: 661532

## ALS and Engineering All Hands Safety MeetingFollow up

- Janos Kirz
- Ben Feinberg

## Outline

- Follow up to Safety Meeting
- Electrical Safety - New Requirements
- Experimental Approval Changes

## All Hands Meeting

- 	Out of concern for an alarming number of safety incidents at the ALS, an “all hands “ meeting was held to solicit suggestions to improve safety.

## What was most important to you

- Sorting your suggestions by category,
- anticipating  hazards was your largest concern.

- % of suggestions

- A complete listing of your suggestions  and their corrective actions are posted on the ALS Safety Website.

## Methods of Anticipating hazards

- During shutdown – two daily safety meetings
- Supervisors met every afternoon to discuss any safety issues that came up during that day’s work and to anticipate any that might arise the next day.
- The following morning, each supervisor met with his own group to pass on the information from the afternoon meeting, and to discuss any further concerns the group might have.
- Work Permit

## Work Permit

- The  ALS  Work  Permit  Provides:
- A Person In Charge
- Anticipation and prevention of complications and potential risks,
- Relevant Procedures, checklists, drawings, etc. posted at the work site.
- Close-out sign-offs by the Person In Charge   - to reinforce personal responsibility and verify completion
- Single point of contact for outside contractors -Will Thur
- 	Important Point – Will Thur must be notified of any outside contractor, including service contractors

## Work Permit in Action

## An Actual Work Permit

## Lessons Learned 

- 	You wanted access to lessons learned at ALS, LBL, and other similar facilities
- 	Resources for this information are:
- ALS EHS Committee Meeting
- Attend your own safety circle meetings
- Minutes posted on the ALS Website
- Lessons Learned on LBL EHS Website links to
- LBL Lessons Learned Summaries
- DOE Lessons learned Info Services
- Keyword searchable
- Links to other lessons learned databases
- DOE Lessons Learned List Service
- E-mail service you can subscribe to, lessons learned will be emailed to you.

## Safe Work Practices

- Examples are:
- 	“safety badge”
- 	“hand exercise ball”
- 	posters, etc.

## Addressing Unsafe Conditions

- 	You wanted to ensure all unsafe conditions are corrected.

- There are several methods available to you.

- Here is one.

- Or you can call the control room, they have a special system in their log book to track safety items.

- http://alsintra.lbl.gov/safety/work_request.html

## New Requirements – Electrical Safety

- What has changed:
**Requirements Before the SLAC incident**
- Pub. 3000
- National Electrical Code (NEC)
- DOE safety orders
**After SLAC Incident**
- Lab included OSHA regulations
- OSHA began to strictly enforce the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E
- Lab has rewritten PUB. 3000 to incorporate these changes

## What Does This Mean to You

- 	There are special requirements to work on any equipment where there is a possibility to come in contact with:
- High Voltage
- 	> 50 volts and 5 milliamps (electric shock hazard)
- or
- High Current
- 	Any voltage but hundreds of amps (arc blast; electrical burns)

## Special Requirements

- You can work on equipment that can be unplugged and the plug can remain in sight at all times. (Making sure even unplugged there are no other sources of power that may still be energized (e.g., batteries, capacitors).
- If unplugging the equipment is not possible, contact the EM’s who can have the EI’s install protective covers over exposed parts.
- Request the EM’s to work on the equipment under your supervision.
- Request the EM’s to LOTO the equipment, then you can install your own LOTO lock. (Must be trained).
- Future plan: The Lab will “qualify” researchers to perform specific tasks on equipment.

## When in Doubt . . .

- Contact an EM
- x5457

## User Machine Shop

- 	The shop safety rules have been changed to improve safety training and emphasize the two person rule:
- 	During off hours the control room will have the key to the shop and will only issue it to a user who has a second person with him.

## Your  Suggestions Lead to Improvements

- Making safety improvements is an ongoing process
- Thanks for your input.