Towards B+HSS Assist Visit March 26-30

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Initiatives to Help BNL

Many recent events occur at the interface between BNL organizations· Formal procedures for IFM North work within C-AD

research spaces· Draft C-AD procedures with other interfacing F&O

organizations (MPO, F&O Sub-Contractors) to minimize injuries and events

· Review of C-AD/RCD interfacing procedures· Self-assessment meetings between F&O FPMs and C-AD

RSMs· C-AD manager work observations invites the IFM North

Manager

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Initiatives to Help Maintain Excellence at C-AD

Work Planning and Control changes were classroom-reviewed with C-AD Work Planners, plus C-AD created a new procedure for worker planned work

Continuing Human Performance training Implementing revised Accelerator Safety Order Implementing BNL’s proposed Configuration Management Program

Description Implementing procedures to comply with proposed changes to Sealed

Source SA Continuing the work of ad hoc Legacy Hazards Committee Re-focusing WOSH Committee so that each member performs a

safety task beyond their normal job Using DCOOs and BNL Operations Council to address the interface

issues between C-AD operations and SBMS

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DOE HSS Assist Visit, March 26 -30

HSS team: 4 HSS inspectors, Bob McCallum consultant, and D. Hatton, A. Nunziata, R. Sabatini from BNL

HSS team will review our work planning and control processes, work planning products, implementing procedures, and experimental safety reviews

HSS team will interview our work planners, subject matter experts, managers, supervisors, users and workers

HSS team will perform facility walk downs, observe communication of work controls and perform inspections

Close-out brief on April 6, final report on April 20

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Biting Off More Than You Can Chew

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When you are unfamiliar with an activity you should act accordingly, or as the 18th-century English poet Alexander Pope wrote, “a little learning is a dangerous thing”