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.