Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Safety and Health Kennedy Space Center March 6, 2002

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Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Safety and HealthKennedy Space Center

March 6, 2002

Kennedy Space Center

140,000 acres 13,000 people (End of FY01)

1871 Total NASA Civil Servants 11,187 On/Near-Site Contractors & Tenants

$1 Billion Budget

Safety & Health First

KSC Safety & Health Organizations

Center Director S&H Council

Shuttle (PH)

ISS/PL (UB)

ELV (VA)

SpaceportE&T (YA)

S&MADiv

Dir w/o a Safety Org

SH&IA(QA)

SpaceportServices (TA)

S&MA Div

S&FA Office

S&MAPAO

•Implementation of Programmatic Safety•Contractor Safety Oversight•Institutional Safety for controlled Facilities

•Policy•Assessments•Mishaps•Consultation•Ombudsman•Agency Health

•Emergency•Fire•Institutional Safety & Health•Security•Occupational Medicine & Environmental Program

• AA• CC• GG

S&H Committees

•XA•AJ•OP•BA

S&MA Board

Councils, Boards, Committees• Safety & Health Council (S&H Council): chaired by Center Director

– Maintains an overview of KSC’s safety & health programs – Establishes and directs a sub-board system– Focuses KSC expertise on S&H Program critical elements

• Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA) Board: chaired by SH&IA – Integrates the work of the S&MA organizations across the Center– Assures inter-directorate communication of technical S&MA concerns

• Safety & Health Committees: reports to the S&H Board and/or Council – Pressure Vessel Committee – Explosives Committee– Radiation Protection Committee– Lightning Advisory Committee– Institutional Review Board (IRB)– Lifting Devices & Equipment (LDE) Committee – Safety & Health Labor Management Committee

Federal Spaceport• Federal Spaceport Concept

– Joint effort with Air Force– “Quasi-Government” Governing Board– Privatized utilities– Privatized Shuttle Operations– Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) Operations– Other NASA functions– Use of NASA facilities for commercial activities

• International Space Park– For organizations and suppliers who wish to do business with KSC– Outside the “fence”, but on KSC property

• Other NASA Center Operations at KSC– Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

• SRB Assembly & Refurbishment Facility (ARF)• Parachute Refurbishment Facility (PRF)• Hanger AF Complex, Hanger M and Little n (CCAFS) – SRB retrieval

and disassembly operations

– Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)• Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) – communications

• Basic Philosophy of Memorandums of Agreement (MOAs)– Tenants control their own safety & have Safety Plans– KSC has complete access– Hazardous Operations must be approved by KSC– KSC notification/insight of activities

Federal Spaceport (continued)

6 KSC Safety and Mission Assurance Offices

Safety, Health and Independent Assessment Bert Garrido*Space Shuttle Safety and Mission Assurance Bill HigginsInt’l Space Station/Payload Processing Bruce JansenExpendable Launch Vehicles Cal StaubusSpaceport Engineering & Technology Ron GiletteSpaceport Services S, H&E Division Burt Summerfield

*Associate Director of Safety and Mission Assurance AOA Resource analysis for FY 02 and 03 = 218 FTE/yr in S&MA

Safety and Mission Assurance

Spaceport Services

AEROSPACE MEDICINE &OCCUPATIONAL

HEALTH BRANCH

MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION

OFFICE

INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY DIVISION

SAFETY, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

& ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION

ENV. PROGRAMBRANCH

FACILITIESDIVISION

ODIN & ITSECURITY

SERVICES BRANCH

COMM.SERVICES BRANCH

NASA/AF MANAGEMENT & COMPREHENSIVE

MASTER PLANNING OFFICE

DIRECTOR OFSPACEPORT SERVICES

INSTITUTIONALSAFETY & QUALITY

BRANCH

APPLICATIONSERVICES BRANCH

CIVIL/STRUCTURAL

BRANCH

MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL

BRANCH

CENTER SERVICESDIVISION

PLANNING &INTEGRATION

BRANCH

PROPELLANTSLOGISTICS &

SERVICES BRANCH

PROTECTIVESERVICESBRANCH

Safety, Occupational Health, and Environmental Division

Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Division

Summerfield, B. - ChiefGorman, K. - Tech. Asst.Mayers, J. - Division Secretary

Institutional Safety and Quality Branch

Brisbin, S. - Chief

Occupational Health Branch

Tipton, D. - Chief

Environmental Program Branch

Callier, D. - Chief

TA-C

TA-C1 TA-C2 TA-C3

Spaceport Services

KSC Spaceport ServicesSafety, Occupational Health, and Environment Division

Institutional Safety and Quality Branch – Resources

16 FTE Civil Service

Pressure Vessel/System Certification 2 FTE Explosives Safety Program Management 1 FTE Facility Assurance/System Safety 3 FTE Occupational Safety Specialists 5 FTE VPP Program Lead 1 FTE Database Management 2 FTE Propellant Contracts Quality Assurance 1 FTE Branch Management 1 FTE

Institutional Safety and Quality


Aerospace Medicine & Occupational Health – Resources

7 FTE Civil Service

Chief Medical Officer* 1 FTEPhysician 3 FTEEnvironmental Health Officer 1 FTERadiation Protection Officer 1 FTEWorkers’ Compensation Specialist 1 FTE

* Associate Director Spaceport Services/Chief Medical Officer

Aerospace Medicine & Occupational Health


95-100 Contract FTE

• 7 Physicians

• 14 Nurses

• 4 Laboratory Personnel (X-Ray/Lab/GXT)

• 1 Health Trainer

• 1 Medical Logistics

• 1 EAP

• 1 System Analyst

• 1 Administrator

• 26 Paramedics (6 per Shift)



Contract FTE (continued)

• 7 Industrial Hygienists• 20 Environmental Health Specialists - IH• 2 Health Physicists• 4 Environmental Health Specialists - HP• 6 Sanitarians• 1 Environmental Chemist• 1 Microscopist• 1 MSDS Program Administrator


Occupational Medicine Workload

• 19,000 Physical Examinations• 17,600 Medical Treatments• 10,000 Immunizations• 2,100 EAP Visits• 3,500 Health Training Encounters• 17,000 Health Education and Wellness Encounters• 400 Ambulance Runs


Environmental Health Workload

• 420 Hazard Assessments• 252 Exposure Investigations• 1752 Confined Space Permits• 1129 Facility Inspections• 1554 Hazardous Operations Supported• 598 Ventilation System Assessments• 500 Consultations• 230 Asbestos Abatements• 267 Facility Sanitation Inspections• 155 Food Service Inspections


Environmental Health Workload (cont.)

• 380 Ionizing Radiation Surveys• 150 Non-Ionizing Radiation Surveys• 38 Radiography Operations Supported• 8,500 HP Laboratory Samples• 2,300 Personnel Radiation Dosimeters• 2,500 Radiation Sources Inventory• 5,082 new MSDS added



VPP Program Status/Milestones

Formal kick-off for NASA VPP December 15, 2000

Optimistic application date December, 2002

OSHA completed on-site review October 2001Of SGS and USA with favorable result

OSHA indication of earliest available March 2003KSC civil service review

NASA Code Q readiness review January 2003

KSC VPP Update

Significant Gap Closure Activities (for VPP)

Core S&H Training for all civil service staffErgonomicsHazard CommunicationOffice SafetyFire DrillsSafety PolicyGeneral Processing Safety Hazards

S&H Training needs assessment (39 additional courses)

KSC VPP Update

KSC VPP Update

Significant Gap Closure Activities (for VPP)

Job Hazard Analysis

Automated through GPES system5 core JHA’s (office, labs, shops, working at heights,

cranes/lifting devices)

Safety Inspection/Meeting Program upgrade

Better supervisor documentation on monthly inspectionsand monthly safety meetings

Automated through the GPES system

KSC Lost Time Injuries Division

KSC Lost Time Injury Experience

FY 00 5 Lost time injuries2 slips on tiled hallway (no obstacles)1 trip over parking lot bumper1 trip over cardboard box1 strain (hernia) from moving box of books

FY 01 3 Lost time injuries1 paper cut to the eye1 hip bruise on cafeteria counter1 slip on tiled hallway (water spill)

FY 02 1 Lost time injury (hernia, lifting box)


Safety Talks

ON-line source of safety program information has been renewedfor all NASA Centers

FY 02 renewal included extending the program to NASA Contractors

QS funding the “other Centers” subscription starting 2002

Agencywide Services

Safety Metrics

KSC Lost Time Injuries Frequency Civil Service KSC Lost Time Injuries Frequency Civil Service & Contractor KSC Lost Time Injuries Severity Civil Service & Contractor KSC Monthly Mishaps Civil Service & Contractor KSC Close Calls Civil Service & Contractors KSC Maximum Worktime Deviations by Civil Service Directorate KSC Maximum Worktime Deviations by Civil Service and Contractor

Health/Medical Metrics

Blood Lead LevelsRadiation DosimetryHypergol IncidentsREHAB Works UtilizationFitness Center UtilizationSOFAS (EAP)CVD Risk Reduction Program

Metrics

Safety and Health Metrics Overhaul 2002

Goal statementMetric descriptionHistorical data typesHistorical data sourcesAssessmentHistorical trendsCurrent performanceData tableSpecific Organization performance data

See handout for sample metrics

Metrics

Areas Where Code QS Assistance may be Feasible

Web Base IRIS 38 system users at KSC = extensive care and feedingMaximize Ease of Use = better/more comprehensive use

Mishap Report Distribution/Database ?

Standardized approach to contractor safety performance Measurement?

Center average comparisonSIC comparison

Code QS Assistance

Code QS Assistance

Areas Where Code QS Assistance may be Feasible (cont.)

Repository/web for Center Program Information

Fund testing of DDESB SAFER Model

Advisor and advocate to the new Administrator relative to current NASA safety performance and for use of new toolssuch as PEP survey


GPES demonstration: Chris Carlson


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Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Safety and Health Kennedy Space Center March 6, 2002