Rich Kayser

Chief Safety Officer

Office of Safety, Health, and Environment (OSH

NISTVisiting Committee on AdvancedTechnology

National National Institute Institute of Standards Standards andTechnology Technology

Gaithersburg, MD

February 1, 2011
BRCII findings:

 Appoint crucialAssociate Director for Laboratory

Programs Programs (and Principal Principal Deputy) Deputy)

 Address the enthusiasm gap in some senior mana Develop a suite of metrics Establish Establish anAudit mechanism mechanism
BRCII fi di n ng

ADLP (and PD)

 Key to sustainability Key link in management chain

NIST response response to date

The NIST Director:

 Has appointed an actingADLP (and PD) Continues to seek a permanent ADLP (and PD)

PD → Deputy Under Secretary
BRCII finding

Senior management

 Key to sustainability Key link in management management change

NIST response to date

The NIST Director Director is:

 Planning a NIST safety leadership summit Developing a culture of safety accountability

 Clear roles and responsibilities The authority to carry out those roles and responsibilities Clear expectations Data to measure success
 L l eve 1: C li omp ance

 Existence of system, degree of compliance

 Level 2: Improvement

 Effectiveness of system globally

 Level 3: Learning

 Effectiveness of system locally

 Safety performance metrics – function of maturity

 Mix of Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3
BRCII finding

Metrics

 Key to robust safety program program

NIST response to date

NIST is:

 Tracking OSHA‐recordable incidents (TRC rate, DART rat Id tif i Identifying l di ea ng performance i di t n ca ors (LPI ) s th t a

 Tie to where NIST is today

 Will evolve as NIST s’ safety culture culture matures matures
 Sft a e y cli t ma e / culture

 Management observations Training Hazard reviews Emergency planning Safety program development Assessments Inspections Incident reporting and investigation Safety service delivery
 Assessment tier

 Tier 1: Self assessment Tier 2: OSHE assessment Tier 3:Third‐party assessment assessment

 Assessment type

 High‐level p g ro ram assessment, documentation assessment, full assessm

 Assessment scope

 Safety scop , e p yh sical scop , e organizational scop , e temporal scop , e cov

 Assessments – function of maturity

 Mix of tiers, types, and scopes
BRCII Finding

Third‐party assessments

 Key to safety assurance program

NIST response to date

The CSO is id tif i entifying possible thi dr ‐party mech i an sms, i l d

nc u 

 DOE national laboratories Independent contractors Reciprocal relationships with other organizations (e.g., t

us inAreaA, we assess them inArea B)

Area Candidate Near‐Term LPIs Freque

Safety climate climate • Safety climate climate assessment assessment results results (2) Every 1‐2 yeManagementobservations

• # completed versus planned (1) Ongoing 

Training

• % of new staff members attending safety orientation during the

first two weeks on duty (1) (still have work to do to implement) Ongoing first two weeks on duty (1) (still have work to do to implement)

Hazard review

• # of hazard reviews re‐reviewed and updated during the past

year (2) Ongoing 

Emergency planning

• % of hazard reviews with emergency response plans in place (1) Emergency planning Ongoing • # of drills (2) Ongoing 

Safety programs • % of individual programs launched (1) Next 2‐3 yeAssessments • # of assessments completed versus planned (2) Once a yeaWorkplace inspections

• Have collected data; will analyze and define metrics• Possible near‐term metrics: Trend in non‐compliances in

specifically identified areas (2)

Once a yea

Incident reporting and

• Have been collecting data; will analyze and define metrics Incident reporting and

investigation

• Possible near‐term metrics: % of incidents reported on time (1);

% of incidents investigated on time (1)

Ongoing 

Safety Assistance TicketingSystem

• Have been collecting data; will analyze and define metrics

• Possible near‐term metrics: % of timely responses (1); customer

f ( )

Ongoing 

y satisfaction (2)