ALS and Engineering All Hands Safety Meeting Follow up

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ALS and Engineering All Hands Safety
MeetingFollow up

• Janos Kirz
• Ben Feinberg

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Outline

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

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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.

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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.
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Methods of Anticipating hazards

• During shutdown two daily safety meetings
• Supervisors met every afternoon to discuss any
  safety issues that came up during that days 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

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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

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Work Permit in Action
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An Actual Work Permit
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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.

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Safe Work Practices
Examples are safety badge hand
exercise ball posters, etc.
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Addressing Unsafe Conditions

• You wanted to ensure all unsafe conditions are
  corrected.

There are several methods available to you.
http//alsintra.lbl.gov/safety/work_request.html
Here is one.
Or you can call the control room, they have a
special system in their log book to track safety
items.
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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

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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
• gt 50 volts and 5 milliamps (electric shock
  hazard)
• or
• High Current
• Any voltage but hundreds of amps (arc blast
  electrical burns)

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Special Requirements

1. 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).
2. If unplugging the equipment is not possible,
   contact the EMs who can have the EIs install
   protective covers over exposed parts.
3. Request the EMs to work on the equipment under
   your supervision.
4. Request the EMs to LOTO the equipment, then you
   can install your own LOTO lock. (Must be
   trained).
5. Future plan The Lab will qualify researchers
   to perform specific tasks on equipment.

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When in Doubt . . .
Contact an EM x5457
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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.

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Your Suggestions Lead to Improvements

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