Minutes of the NS Division ES&H Committee

April 21, 2003

Attendees: Kathie Hardy, Frank Rosado, Dennis Collins, Carole Fried, Peter Jacobs, Fred Beiser, Ed Browne-Moreno, Kevin Lesko, Augusto Macchiavelli

Misc. Issues

• Handout – Minutes from 12/2002 meeting
• Summary of last month’s “All Hands” meeting – 100% compliance
• K. Hardy working on another NS Ergo class
• New division liaison – Laneah (spelling ???)

SFGate.com (Handout)

• “UC Cited for Safety Breaches” (Los Alamos)
• Price Anderson Act – Guidelines for handling nuclear material
• UC cited for 3 safety incidents at Los Alamos
• RWAs help us avoid safety incidents

ISM Plan

• Are safety reviews and authorizations sufficient?
• Does every group leader know the guidelines for working with hazardous materials?
• Supervisors are required to do hazard communication on specific experiments and projects.
• Supervisors/group leaders have PUB-3000 as reference and should use this to identify and communicate hazards.
• Management is responsible to see that everyone is trained and practicing safety.
• HEAR forms should be used to identify hazards in ach project/experiment.

Safety Inspections

• Bldg 51 and 88 remaining
• Bldg 51 to be done first (Monday, 04/28, 11 am)
• Bldg 88 issues: Housekeeping, Venus Project, Cave 0 (SAA), Room 135 & 137 (Waste)

Earthquake Awareness Month (April)

• Duck & Cover drill – 05/15/03
• Earthquake Safety handout – reminders to take back to group

*These are partial notes only. Had to leave early to attend Physics safety inspections.