# Presentation: 101149

## 2007 Occupational Health Audit Preparatory Evaluation

- Audit Date: The week of April 2, 2007
- Audit Team will be located in the MEC Building E-104, room 214 and two adjacent breakout rooms.
- An agenda will be prepared to include: In-Briefing, Exit Briefing, Safety Awareness, work area inspections, personal interviews.  Robert Nock will act as the Audit Facilitator.

## 2007 Occupational Health Audit

| AREA | MANAGEMENT SUPPORT | WFF TECH SUPPORT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Industrial Hygiene | Terry Potterton | Marvin Bunting |
| Occ. Medicine | Joel Mitchell | Barry Spinak |
| Health Physics | Pat Hancock/Dan Simpson | Marvin Bunting |
| Food Services | WEMA/Gordon Marsh | Karen Thornes |
| Employee Assistance Program | Joel Mitchell/Barry Spinak | Tom Northern, Bon Secours |
| Fitness Center | John Gerlach | Bob Tittle |

## Summary of 2005 Audit

| Area | Commendations | Recommendations | Nonconformance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ind. Hygiene | 4 | 9/3 | 3/0 |
| Occ. Medicine | 10 | 2/1 | 7/0 |
| Health Physics | 1 | 5/0 | 3/1 |
| Food Services | 1 | 12/0 | 9/0 |
| Fitness Center | 0 | 0 | 2/0 |
| EAP | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 16 | 27/4 | 24/1 |

## NONCONFORMANCE

| FINDING | RESPONSIBILITY | ACTION |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RF Users and training documentation - not complete  | NENS (partially completed)

Code 569  | RF users need to complete GSFC form 23-35RF, documenting training, experience, and equip. use  |
| Confined Space Inventory
(Closed) | Code 803 with 228 support | Inventory complete - Basic information is available in the GIS Master Plan Web based application. System improvements need to be implemented for user interface |
| GPR 1800.2 Occ. Health Program calls for an Occ. Health Working Group.  No group has been established  | Greenbelt Code 250  | Greenbelt Action, WFF will a provide representative  |
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## NONCONFORMANCE

| FINDING | RESPONSIBILITY | ACTION |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |
| Asbestos Management 
 | Code 200 - Lead
Code 803 - Technical Assistance 
 | Prepare Asbestos Management Plan, ID Asbestos Management Coordinator, ID asbestos in each building, incorporate maintenance process and procedures. - Process is initiated and scope of work is being prepared  |

## Areas For Improvement

| FINDING | RESPONSIBILITY | ACTION |
| --- | --- | --- |
| IH Baseline (Low hazard areas need to be assessed)  | Code 803 - IH  | 803 will Complete Survey |
| WFF Pocket Guide - not complete  | Code 803 with support of other organizations | Pocket Guide ~90% complete.  |
| Medical- There is no policy or checklist for the staff annual competency checks.  A policy and procedure for reviewing annual competency requirements is in progress.  | Medical | Health Unit to Complete Policy and Procedure  |
| Boiler Ash workers did not understand reason for using respirators (audit recommended sampling ash)  | Code 803, WICC  | 803.2 is working with WICC Safety to provide employee awareness briefing. |

## Areas For Improvement

| FINDING | RESPONSIBILITY | ACTION |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Haz Com (secondary container labeling and use of MSDS Pro for MSDS’s and chemical inventory) ongoing concern.  | All Organizations provide input.  Code 803 and 250 conduct inspections for compliance  | Code 250 provided MSDS Pro administrator training. Need to continue awareness training, and internal inspections |
| GPR 1800.2 Occ. Health – Supervisors unaware of their roles in regards to this GPR  | Code 803, Safety Committees/Councils 
 | Awareness Training  |
| Need process in place to ensure new haz. material (purchases) are reviewed and added to the hazard/exposure inventory.  [Contractor purchases are not flagged and reviewed.] | Greenbelt, WFF, All hazardous material users, procurement  | No policy in place to address issue.

 |
| Need Physician involvement in Emergency Response Plans (Closed) | Code 803 | HU involved in Aircraft Plan & exercise, TacSat, Nfire and serves as Medical Officer for Fire Department |