7/7/09

HSS Review: DOE Approves Lab’s Corrective Action Plan

Following the DOE’s Health, Safety and Security (HSS) audit of the Lab earlier this year, the Lab developed a corrective action plan (CAP) to address the 10 major areas of improvement listed in the DOE’s report. The CAP was submitted to DOE on June 11 and has been approved by George Malosh, Deputy Director for Field Operations of the DOE Office of Science. The corrective actions will result in improvements in the JHA process, exposure assessment program and electrical safety training, among other things, and will improve the way ES&H programs are developed and implemented in the near future. Jack Salazar is project manager of the HSS CAP; implementation of the Plan began on July 1. Go here for a full copy of the Plan.