Implementing an Integrated Environmental and Safety Management System

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Implementing an Integrated Environmental and
Safety Management System
Lessons Learned
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Background

• Defense National Stockpile Center (DNSC)
• Field Activity of Defense Logistics Agency
• Headquartered at Ft. Belvoir, Va.
• 9 Staffed Depots and 34 storage locations
• DNSC operates the National Defense Stockpile
  Program
• Store and sell metallurgical ores and materials
• Program established in 1940s to lessen U.S.
  dependence on
• foreign sources in times of war or national
  emergency.

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Binghamton Depot
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Our Organization

• Approximately 150 employees located at HQ and 9
  staffed depots
• Ft. Belvoir, VA
• Baton Rouge, LA
• Binghamton and Scotia, NY
• Clearfield, UT
• Hammond and New Haven, IN
• Point Pleasant, WV
• Somerville, NJ
• Warren, OH
• Shrinking workforce with unique
  multi-disciplinary synergy
• Strong employee pride in effective commodity
  storage practices
• and environmental stewardship

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DNSC Snapshot

• 50 Commodities
• 43 Locations
• 1.7 Billion in Current Market Value

Ferrochromium at Somerville, NJ
Rubber at Somerville, NJ
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Typical Commodity Storage
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DNSCs Future

• Congress determined that NDS is no longer
  necessary
• 95 of commodities declared excess
• Sales totaling 4.5 Billion since 1993
• Sales expected to be completed and all
  storage locations
• closed by 2020
• As commodities are sold, the number of
• storage facilities and
• employees will shrink

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DNSCs ESOHMS

E Environmental S Safety O
Occupational H Health M Management S
System
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Our Implementation Approach

• Capitalized on DNSCs strengths
• Were a small, people-oriented organization
• Chose four key aspects of EMS for emphasis
• Environmental protection
• Worker safety
• Occupational health
• Our impact within our communities

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EMS and DNSC

• Created positive diversions during DNSCs
  transformation
• Changed focus of down-sizing initiatives
• Creates synergy across the board
• Environmental stewardship remains in forefront
  of day-to-
• day activities
• EMS has introduced mechanisms that keep DNSCs
  workforce
• actively involved in environmental restoration
  and protection.

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ESOHMS Benefits at DNSC

• Improved morale
• Enhanced communications
• Greater efficiency
• Team building
• Better performance

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Improved Morale

• Training focused on pride in a job well done
• Defining aspects and impacts activities of
  workers are the foundation of ESOHMS

• Created new opportunities diversified
  job descriptions
• Everyone is a stakeholder field
  personnel have direct input into
  management policies
• Goal and sense of accomplishment created
  camaraderie and focus on leaving something
  good behind

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Enhanced Communications

• Training provided formal training on all
  DNSC policies
• ESOHMS website assures that all policy
  information is current and retrievable
• Common goal we all communicate across
  organization lines
• Community outreach helped us formulate
  methods for effective community involvement
• Good neighbors we are less of a mystery to
  our surrounding communities

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Greater Efficiency

• Training during monthly safety meetings
  provides a
• mechanism for implementing training at no
  additional cost
• Allocation of decreasing resources
  prioritized our activities and allocated
  resources, people and money effectively
• Mindset of continual improvement
• Forced to do more, with less

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Forced to do more with LES
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Team Building

• Training policies are explained to personnel

• We are all stakeholders everyone can
  provide input on how and why they do
  a particular process
• Working toward a common goal
  everyone must work across organizational
  and geographic boundaries
• Greater cooperation between management and field
  staff

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Better Performance

• Training taught and reinforced our job
  processes and assured we were performing
  well
• Focus on continual improvement
• Detailed review of work processes to
  enhance performance
• Systematic audits and corrective actions

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See Any Common Themes?

• Training is the key!!!
• Training at all levels within the organization
• Training assures personnel are aware of their job
• responsibilities and how that affects ESOHMS
  targets
• and objectives
• Training builds confidence in the
  management system
• Training can be incorporated in literally
  every element and aspect of the organization

• Training can be executed at little or no
  additional cost

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• Lessons Learned
• When you train personnel to buy into an EMS
  program you cultivate the human element
  within the workplace
• Environmental stewardship
• Work safely
• Protect human health
• Become a better neighbor within the community
• Social responsibility