Minutes of the NS Division ES&H Committee

December 9, 2002

Attendees: Kathie Hardy, Frank Rosado, Carole Fried, Peter Jacobs, Volker Koch, Ed Brown, Kevin Lesko, Augusto Macchiavelli

Introductions and discussion of committee members’ responsibilities

Safety issues at Brookhaven

• Outdoor lighting (ongoing concern)
• Dosimeter records from BNL need to be sent to LBNL
• Any questions regarding BNL safety can be directed to Kathie Hardy

NS Division safety committee issues

• Meeting to continue to be held once per quarter @ 10am
• Important for safety reps to educate group leaders
• Satellite Accumulation Areas and lead bricks are biggest safety problem for NS Division
• Also some electrical problems
• Discussion on importance of ISM Plan and Self-Assessment Program. Reminder that LBNL takes this VERY seriously.

Self-Assessment inspections

· Conducted last month

· Some unlabeled chemicals were found (ongoing problem to be discussed at a later date)

· Remaining inspections will be conducted in January and February

· Building 70 to be done next

SRC Info (A. Macchiavelli)

• EHS 19 & 20 training courses (Handout of course outline)
• Some issues about these courses
• Should they be mandatory? Should they be web-based? Could it be combined to one course? Monday morning course for supervisors?
• Hot button issue in NS
• Lot of resistance from people about attending this course
• We need to stress the importance of these courses; many people take these courses, meetings, and issues lightly
• LBNL is legally responsible to make sure everyone at the Lab are informed of these issues
• Some of the terminology that is used turns people off or makes them not interested, but these are terms that the Lab wants everyone to know.

SNO Project

· List of injuries (Handout)

· Extreme caution is necessary; we are still working in dangerous environment

· SNO Project policies and procedures (given to K. Hardy)

· Required by law to report ALL injuries even if they seem small

· ‘Lost Time’ or ‘Loss of Man Hours’ is what is important

· Some injuries are ‘reportable’ and some are ‘recordable’

· Report of injuries do not reflect well on us

Action Item: Get safety info for other experiment sites

Lead Bricks

• Moratorium on all lead bricks used in or around accelerators
• This lead cannot leave the Lab; it can be re-used but cannot go anywhere else besides another DOE facility
• DO NOT put them into recycle bins, hoppers, or transfer them to someone else.
• Suggest that we paint them a certain color to identify them and designate a certain area to store them in
• Lead is highly regulated in California, due to lead poisoning and such
• Let Carole know if any groups have need or use for any lead

Accident at 88

• Foot injured going up stairs to Hibay
• Was proper footwear being worn? Closed shoe may have prevented this injury
• Injury turned out to be very serious (fracture, surgery, etc.)
• Is there a formal regulation on footwear? Not for the type of work this person normally does. Office/computer work – OK to wear sandals and such
• Any regulations about high heels? None

Action Item: Locate a bigger meeting room, preferably in Building 50