Our Goals

1
Our Goals

• Minimize injuries while remaining productive.
• Promote the memory of the Integrated Safety
  Management for travelers as they leave Fermilab
  for the remote site.
• Communicate to our staff that we care very much
  about their well being while on travel.

2
Some Root Causes of Travel Related Safety
Incidents.

• Restrictions constraints of long-haul flights.
  
• Strain of dealing with heavy baggage.
• Exhaustion time pressure at remote sites.
• Peer pressure at remote sites.
• Not fully aware of remote site hazards.
• Communication difficulty at remote sites.

3
Actual Incidents

• Trips falls due to exhaustion and struggling
  with bags.
• Trips and falls due to peer pressure to hike in
  unfamiliar and difficult terrain.
• Thrombosis induced from long periods of
  restricted movement on international flights.
• Mugging assault (conference in Rio de Janeiro)
  

4
Insurance Metrics issues.

• All travelers are covered with their nominal
  medical and workers compensation insurance.
• Incident Metrics are more complex
• Not work related.
• First Aid e.g., Band-aids, tylenol.
• Recordable. e.g, Sutures, prescription
  meds.
• DART Days Away, Restricted, or
  Transferred

5
Metrics While on Travel

• The work-related travel interval is from the
  travelers home front door to the front door of
  the remote residencee.g., injuries inside of
  your hotel room are not work related.
• The work-place resumes at the meeting or remote
  worksite e.g., injuries while walking to the
  meeting/worksite are not work related, injuries
  while at dinner are not work related, etc.

6
What We Should Communicate.

• We are not focused on metrics. We are focused on
  minimizing injuries and the well being of
  travelers.
• If travelers do get hurt, their injury is
  compensable from a workers' comp standpoint, and
  their medical bills will be paid by the
  Laboratory.