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DOE O 440.1B 8-21-07
E R R A T A S H E E T
This Errata Sheet transmits the following minor change to DOE O 440.1B, Worker
Protection Program for DOE (including the National Nuclear Security Administration)
Federal Employees, dated 5-17-07.
The introduction to Attachment 1 cited the wrong paragraph. The introduction
should read, "This attachment establishes the mandatory requirements for
implementing the applicable functional areas required by paragraph 4o of
this Order."
The change is reflected in this Order.
This Errata Sheet must remain with DOE O 440.1B.
U.S. Department of Energy ORDER
Washington, D.C. DOE O 440.1B
Approved: 5-17-07
SUBJECT: WORKER PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR DOE (INCLUDING THE
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION) FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES
1. OBJECTIVE. To establish the framework for an effective
worker protection program that will reduce or prevent
injuries, illnesses, and accidental losses by providing
Department of Energy (DOE), including National Nuclear
Security Administration (NNSA), Federal workers with a safe
and healthful workplace.
2. CANCELLATION. DOE O 440.1A, Worker Protection Management
for DOE Federal and Contractor Employees, dated 03-27-98.
Cancellation of a directive does not, by itself, modify or
otherwise affect any contractual obligation to comply with
the directive. Contractor requirements documents (CRDs)
that have been incorporated into or attached to a contract
remain in effect until the contract is modified to either
eliminate requirements that are not longer applicable or
substitute a new set of requirements.
3. APPLICABILITY.
a. Departmental Elements. Except for the exclusions in
paragraph 3c, this Order (including Attachment 1)
applies to Departmental elements. (Go to
http://www.directives.doe.gov/references). This list
automatically includes all Departmental elements
created after the Order is issued.
The Administrator of the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA) will assure that NNSA employees
comply with their respective responsibilities under
this Order. Nothing in this Order will be construed to
interfere with the NNSA Administrator’s authority under
section 3212(d) of Public Law (P.L.) 106-65 to
establish Administration-specific policies, unless
disapproved by the Secretary
b. Contractors. None.
c. Exclusions.
(1) Activities conducted under the authority of the
Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, as
described in P.L. 98-525.
(2) Activities conducted under the Nuclear Explosives
and Weapons Safety Program relating to the
prevention of accidental or unauthorized nuclear
detonations to the extent a requirement under this
Order cannot be implemented for a particular
facility in a manner that does not compromise the
effectiveness of such activities.
(3) Activities conducted by Bonneville Power
Administration as authorized by Delegation Order
No. 00–033.00A.
4. REQUIREMENTS. DOE elements must:
a. Establish and implement a written worker protection
program appropriate for the facility hazards that:
(1) Provides a place of employment free from
recognized hazards that are causing or are likely
to cause death or serious physical harm to their
employees; and,
(2) Integrates all requirements contained in
paragraphs 4a through 4m of this Order; program
requirements contained in Title 29 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 1960, Basic Program
Elements for Federal Employee Occupational Safety
and Health Programs and Related Matters;
applicable functional area requirements contained
in Attachment 1; and other related site-specific
worker protection activities.
b. Establish written policy, goals, and objectives for the
worker protection program.
c. Use qualified worker protection staff to direct and
manage the worker protection program.
d. Assign worker protection responsibilities, evaluate
personnel performance, and hold personnel accountable
for worker protection performance.
e. Encourage the involvement of employees in the
development of program goals, objectives, and
performance measures and in the identification and
control of hazards in the workplace.
f. Provide workers the right, without reprisal, to:
(1) Accompany DOE worker protection personnel during
workplace inspections;
(2) Participate in activities provided for in this
Order on official time;
(3) Express concerns related to worker protection;
(4) Decline to perform an assigned task because of a
reasonable belief that, under the circumstances,
the task poses an imminent risk of death or
serious bodily harm to that individual, coupled
with a reasonable belief that there is
insufficient time to seek effective redress
through the normal hazard reporting and abatement
procedures established in accordance with this
Order;
(5) Have access to DOE worker protection publications,
DOE-prescribed standards, and the organization's
own worker protection standards or procedures
applicable to the workplace;
(6) Observe monitoring or measuring of hazardous
agents and have access to the results of exposure
monitoring;
(7) Be notified when monitoring results indicate they
were overexposed to hazardous materials;
(8) Receive results of inspections and accident
investigations upon request;
(9) Have limited information on any recordkeeping log
(OSHA Form 300). Access is subject to Freedom of
Information Act requirements and restrictions; and
(10) Review the DOE Form 5484.3 (the DOE equivalent to
OSHA Form 301) that contains the employee’s name
as the injured or ill worker.
g. Implement procedures to allow workers to stop work when
they discover employee exposures to imminent danger
conditions or other serious hazards. The procedure
must ensure that any stop work authority is exercised
in a justifiable and responsible manner.
h. Inform workers of their rights and responsibilities by
appropriate means, including posting the Occupational
Safety and Health Protection for DOE Employees Poster
in the workplace where it is accessible to all workers.
i. Identify existing and potential workplace hazards and
evaluate the risk of associated worker injury or
illness.
(1) Analyze or review:
(a) Designs for new facilities and modifications
to existing facilities and equipment;
(b) Operations and procedures; and
(c) Equipment, product, and service needs.
(2) Perform routine job activity-level hazard
analyses, if appropriate for the particular work
environment or task.
(3) Assess worker exposure to chemical, physical,
biological, or ergonomic hazards through
appropriate workplace monitoring (including
personal, area, wipe, and bulk sampling),
biological monitoring, and observation.
Monitoring results must be recorded.
Documentation must describe the tasks and
locations where monitoring occurred, identify
workers monitored or represented by the
monitoring, and identify the sampling methods and
durations, control measures in place during
monitoring (including the use of personal
protective equipment), and any other factors that
may have affected sampling results.
(4) Evaluate workplaces and activities accomplished
routinely by workers, supervisors, and managers
and periodically by qualified worker protection
professionals.
(5) Report and investigate accidents, incidents,
injuries, illnesses and analyze related data for
trends and lessons learned. Requirements for
accident, injury, and illness reporting and
investigation and trending and lessons-learned are
contained in DOE O 231.1A, Chg 1 and DOE O 225.1A.
(6) Review site safety and health experience
information.
(7) Consider interactions between workplace hazards
and other hazards such as radiological hazards, as
appropriate.
j. Implement a hazard prevention/abatement process to
ensure that all identified hazards are managed through
final abatement or control.
(1) For hazards identified either in the facility
design or during the development of procedures,
controls must be incorporated in the appropriate
facility design or procedure.
(2) For existing hazards identified in the workplace,
abatement actions prioritized according to risk to
the worker must be promptly implemented, interim
protective measures must be implemented pending
final abatement, and workers must be protected
immediately from imminent danger conditions.
(3) Hazards must be addressed when selecting or
purchasing equipment, products, and services.
(4) Hazard control methods must be selected based on
the following hierarchy:
(a) Substitution and/or elimination.
(b) Engineering controls.
(c) Work practices and administrative controls
that limit worker exposures.
(d) Personal protective equipment.
k. Provide workers, supervisors, managers, visitors, and
worker protection professionals with worker protection
training. (Also see Attachment 1, paragraph 10)
l. Develop and implement occupant emergency plans and
procedures, conduct training, and emergency drills
according to directives and guidance issued by DOE.
m. Comply with the following worker protection
requirements that are applicable to the hazards at the
facility:
(1) Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part
1910, Occupational Safety and Health Standards;
(2) Title 29 CFR 1915, Occupational Safety and Health
Standards for Shipyard Employment;
(3) Title 29 CFR 1917, Marine Terminals;
(4) Title 29 CFR Part 1918, Safety and Health
Regulations for Longshoring;
(5) Title 29 CFR Part 1926 Safety and Health
Regulations for Construction;
(6) Title 29 CFR Part 1928, Occupational Safety and
Health Standards for Agriculture;
(7) Title 29 CFR Sections 1904.4 through 1904.11,
1904.29 through 1904.33, 1904.44 and 1904.46,
Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses;
(8) Title 10 CFR Part 850, Chronic Beryllium Disease
Prevention Program;
(9) American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienist (ACGIH), Threshold Limit Values for
Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and
Biological Exposure Indices, when the ACGIH
Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) are lower (more
protective) than permissible exposure limits in 29
CFR Part 1910. When the ACGIH TLVs are used as
exposure limits, federal employees must
nonetheless comply with the other provisions of
any applicable expanded health standard found in
29 CFR Part 1910. DOE Elements must use ACGIH
limits for physical hazards not covered by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA);
(10) American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Z88.2, American National Standard Practices for
Respiratory Protection, (for respiratory
protection issues not covered by 29 CFR 1910.134);
(11) ANSI Z136.1, Safe Use of Lasers, (for laser
hazards not covered by OSHA standards);
(12) ANSI Z49.1, Safety in Welding, Cutting and Allied
Processes, Sections 4.3 and E4.3 of the 1999
edition or equivalent sections of subsequent
editions, (for welding hazards not covered by OSHA
standards);
(13) National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70,
National Electrical Code;
(14) NFPA 70E, Standards for Electrical Safety in the
Workplace;
(15) 42 CFR Part 73, Select Agents and Toxins;
(16) 9 CFR Part 121, Possession, Use and Transfer of
Select Agents and Toxins; and
(17) 7 CFR Part 331, Possession, Use and Transfer of
Select Agents and Toxins.
n. Nothing in this document must be construed as relieving
a federal facility from complying with any additional
specific safety and health requirement that it
determines to be necessary to protect the safety and
health of workers.
o. Additional requirements for applicable functional areas
are contained in Attachment 1, Functional Area
Requirements.
5. RESPONSIBILITIES.
a. Assistant Secretaries (and NNSA Deputy Administrators
where applicable).
(1) Ensure that program-specific worker protection
goals and objectives are developed and resources
are provided.
(2) Ensure that worker protection policies and
requirements are effectively implemented.
(3) Develop or participate in recognition programs
that encourage the improvement of worker
protection programs.
(4) When contractors report directly to the Cognizant
Secretarial Officer or an Assistant Secretary,
ensure that the requirements of paragraph 5b (and
applicable responsibilities in the specific
functional areas contained in Attachment 1) and
the requirements of 10 CFR 851 are implemented.
(5) Assist in the resolution of significant worker
protection issues and the improvement in cost
effectiveness and efficiency of worker protection
programs.
(6) Review and be the approving authority for
exemptions to requirements contained in this
Order. Approval authority for exemptions to the
requirements in this Order may be delegated
(except for those exemptions related to OSHA
standards.)
(7) Incorporate performance elements for Federal
Employee Occupational Safety and Health (FEOSH)
Program into management performance elements.
b. Heads of Departmental Elements, and Heads of Field
Elements.
(1) Ensure through the Contracting Officer that
contractors implement the requirements of 10 CFR
851.
(2) Review contractor worker protection program
budgets and provide recommendations to the funding
official on the appropriateness of the budget
request.
(3) Provide contractors with technical direction on
and criteria for the development of contractor
goals, objectives, and performance measures.
(4) Hold DOE line personnel accountable for providing
technical direction to contractors that is
consistent with the requirements contained in 10
CFR 851.
(5) Evaluate the need for and direct the development
of formal written agreements between Departmental
elements on their sites. These agreements must
outline the respective roles, responsibilities,
and authorities of each Departmental element as
they relate to compliance with DOE worker
protection requirements and the resolution of
cross-cutting worker protection-related issues.
(6) Review and forward, to the DOE Chief Health,
Safety and Security Officer all exemptions,
exceptions, and variances to mandatory worker
protection requirements contained in this Order.
Conduct an annual review of the status of all
exemptions to the requirements contained in this
Order to ensure that circumstances requiring the
need for relief have not changed and that
instituted controls are still implemented and
appropriate.
(7) Provide annually to the Office of Health, Safety
and Security input for the Department of Labor’s
FEOSH report, including status of progress in
meeting established goals, new initiatives, and
other requested information.
(8) Establish annually FEOSH Program goals and
objectives for both promoting the program and for
reducing accidents, injuries, and lost-time cases.
c. Operations Office Managers (and Heads of Field
Elements, where applicable).
(1) Ensure that unannounced worker protection
inspections of federal workplaces are conducted at
least annually.
(2) Ensure immediate and effective remedial actions
are taken for imminent danger situations
discovered during worker protection inspections to
ensure employees are removed from the hazard or
the hazard is eliminated; conduct an inspection as
soon as possible after an imminent danger
situation has been corrected to ascertain that
appropriate actions have been taken to preclude
recurrence.
(3) Ensure that initiators of procurement requests
specify therein whether requirements in 10 CFR 851
are to be applied to the resulting awards or
subawards.
(4) Ensure that a FEOSH Program Manager/Coordinator is
assigned the responsibility for administration of
the FEOSH Program and is provided adequate
training commensurate with that responsibility.
d. Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer.
(1) Establish committees as necessary to assist in the
development of Departmental requirements and
guidance.
(2) Review and recommend for approval any exemptions
contained in this Order in accordance with DOE M
251.1-1B.
e. Contracting Officers. Require contractors to comply
with the requirements of 10 CFR 851.
6. NECESSITY FINDINGS STATEMENT. In compliance with Sec. 3174
of P.L. 104-201 (42 USC 7274k note), DOE hereby finds that
this Order is necessary for the protection of human health
and the environment or safety, fulfillment of current legal
requirements, and conduct of critical administrative
functions.
7. CONTACT. For technical interpretations of DOE-prescribed
worker protection standards, consult the DOE Technical
Information Services database, or call the DOE Response Line
at 800-292-8061.
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY:
CLAY SELL
Deputy Secretary
FUNCTIONAL AREA REQUIREMENTS
This attachment establishes the mandatory requirements for
implementing the applicable functional areas required by
paragraph 4o of this Order.
1. CONSTRUCTION SAFETY. The following requirements and
responsibilities apply for construction projects above the
monetary threshold established by the Davis-Bacon Act (40
U.S.C. 276a) at Government-owned or -leased facilities where
the contract clause "Safety and Health (Government-Owned or
-Leased Facility)" applies:
a. Heads of Departmental Elements, and Heads of Field
Elements.
(1) Designate a project manager for each construction
project.
(2) Ensure that project managers are provided with the
training, resources, and technical support
necessary to perform the duties prescribed by this
Order.
(3) Develop formal written agreements/implementing
instructions as needed to delineate the respective
construction safety responsibilities/duties of DOE
project management and technical support staffs.
(4) Review safety and health programs developed for
site maintenance and operational activities to
determine their applicability and cost
effectiveness on construction projects.
(5) Direct the development and implementation of a
system for evaluating the effectiveness of
construction contractor safety and health programs
on fixed-price construction projects and apply
this system to the determination of bidder
responsibility on future construction projects.
(Refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
36.201.)
(6) Ensure that applicable requirements of this Order
are specified within construction project
acquisition documents.
(b) Construction Project Managers.
(1) Determine the necessity for requiring dedicated
construction contractor safety and health
personnel on project workplaces.
(2) Ensure that construction project acquisition
documents provide information or reference to
existing documentation that describes known
hazards to which project workers may be exposed.
(3) Ensure that a pre-work safety meeting is conducted
with the construction contractor to review project
safety and health requirements.
(4) Ensure that the project safety and health plan is
approved prior to any on-site project work and
that required hazard analyses are completed and
approved prior to start of work on affected
construction operations.
(5) Ensure that project safety and health plans and
hazard analyses are revised, as necessary, to
address identified deficiencies in project safety
and health performance or changes in project
operations, contractors, or personnel.
(6) Through personal on-site involvement and/or formal
delegation to support staff and/or the
construction manager, perform frequent and regular
documented on-site reviews of construction
contractor safety and health program
effectiveness.
(7) Ensure documentation exists for all formal
contract actions taken to enforce construction
contractor compliance with project safety and
health requirements.
2. FIRE PROTECTION. Establish and implement a comprehensive
fire protection program with the objective of providing an
acceptable level of safety from fire and related hazards for
DOE and NNSA Federal personnel and for the public. This
includes appropriate facility and site-wide protection
(refer to DOE O 420.1, Facility Safety), fire alarm
notification and egress features, and access to a fully
staffed, trained, and equipped fire department that is
capable of responding in a timely and effective manner to
site occurrences.
a. An acceptable fire protection program includes those
fire protection criteria and procedures, analyses,
hardware and systems, apparatus and equipment, and
personnel that comprehensively ensure that the above
objective is met. This includes meeting applicable
building codes and National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) Codes and Standards or exceeding them (when
necessary to meet safety objectives), unless explicit
written relief has been granted.
b. Life Safety Code. NFPA Standard 101, Life Safety Code,
is applicable to most DOE facilities. DOE Elements
with Federal worker responsibility may determine that
NFPA 101A, Alternate Approaches to Life Safety, can be
applied to DOE facilities where an equivalent level of
life safety to NFPA 101 is needed provided that such an
alternative approach is determined by a qualified
individual. DOE Elements with Federal worker
responsibility also should determine the additional or
modified exit requirements needed for toxic and
explosive environments if appropriate. The exit
requirements for explosives environments should reflect
the criteria contained in the DOE M 440.1-1A,
Explosives Safety Manual, (available by searching at
http://www.directives.doe.gov/). Additional fire
protection features and personnel limits should be
maintained where noncompliance with some NFPA Standard
101 provisions are necessary to prevent creating
serious hazards, e.g. as could occur in some
containment structures.
c. Fire Watches. When applicable, fire watcher
requirements in NFPA 51B should be expanded to include
responsibility for the safety of the welder(s) in
addition to that of the facility.
3. FIREARMS SAFETY.
a. Establish firearms safety policies and procedures for
security operations and training to ensure proper
accident prevention controls are in place. Written
procedures must address firearms safety, engineering
and administrative controls, as well as personal
protective equipment requirements. At a minimum,
procedures must be established for:
(1) Storage, handling, cleaning, inventory and
maintenance of firearms and associated ammunition;
(2) Activities such as loading, unloading, and
exchanging firearms. These procedures must
address use of bullet containment devices and
those techniques to be used when no bullet
containment device is available;
(3) Use and storage of pyrotechnics, explosives,
and/or explosive projectiles;
(4) Handling misfires, duds, and unauthorized
discharges;
(5) Live fire training, qualification, and evaluation
activities;
(6) Training and exercises using engagement simulation
systems;
(7) Training and exercises using obscurant-generating
devices;
(8) Emergency responses at firearms training
facilities; and,
(9) Use of firing ranges by personnel other than DOE
or DOE contractor protective forces personnel.
b. Ensure that personnel responsible for the direction and
operation of the firearms safety program are
professionally qualified and have sufficient time and
authority to implement the established program.
c. Ensure that firearms instructors and armorers have been
certified by the Safeguards and Security National
Training Center. Personnel must be professionally
qualified through DOE National Training Center,
military, or factory training to conduct the level of
activity they provide.
d. Conduct formal appraisals assessing implementation of
procedures, personnel responsibilities, and duty
assignments to ensure overall policy objectives.
e. Implement provisions related to firearms training, live
fire range safety, qualification, and evaluation
activities.
f. Personnel must successfully complete and demonstrate
understanding of initial firearms safety training
before being issued any firearms. Authorization to
remain in armed status will continue only if the
employee demonstrates the technical and practical
knowledge of firearms safety semi-annually.
g. Personnel authorized to carry firearms must have access
to instruction manuals or materials for each type of
firearm with which they are armed while on duty.
h. Authorized armed personnel must demonstrate both
technical and practical knowledge of firearms handling
and safety on a semi-annual basis. This demonstration
must be supported by limited scope performance tests,
and the results of such testing must be documented.
i. All firearms training lesson plans must incorporate
safety for all aspects of firearms training task
performance standards. Lesson plans must follow the
standards and criteria set forth by the Safeguards and
Security Central Training Academy's standard training
program.
j. Firearms safety briefings must immediately precede
training, qualifications, and evaluation activities
involving live fire and/or engagement simulation
systems.
k. A safety analysis approved by DOE line management must
be developed for the facilities and operation of each
live fire range. A safety analysis must be completed
and approved prior to implementation of any new
training, qualification, or evaluation activity.
Results of these analyses must be incorporated into
procedures, lesson plans, exercise plans, and limited
scope performance tests.
l. Firing range safety procedures must be conspicuously
posted at all primary range facilities.
m. Live fire ranges must be properly sited to protect
personnel on the range, as well as personnel and
property not associated with the range. Approval for
the location and use of live fire range must be
obtained from the DOE field element manager.
n. Develop a safety or risk analysis for all facilities or
areas in which firearms will be introduced in
accordance with the local protection strategy. Such
analyses must be approved by DOE line management.
o. Ensure that the transportation, handling, placarding,
and storage of munitions conform to the applicable
requirements of DOE M 440.1-1A, DOE Explosives Safety
Manual.
4. EXPLOSIVES SAFETY. Ensure that applicable explosives
operations comply with DOE M 440.1-1A. Facility management
must determine the applicability of the requirements to
research and development laboratory type operations
consistent with the DOE level of protection criteria in the
manual. The administration and management of DOE M 440.1-
1A, and any deviations from it, must follow the process
specified in Chapter I, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the manual.
Revisions to the manual are made through concurrence of the
DOE Explosives Safety Committee.
5. INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE.
a. Implement a comprehensive and effective industrial
hygiene program to reduce the risk of work-related
disease or illness.
b. Include the following elements in industrial hygiene
programs:
(1) Initial or baseline surveys of all work areas or
operations to identify and evaluate potential
worker health risks.
(2) Coordination with planning and design personnel to
anticipate and control health hazards that
proposed facilities and operations would
introduce.
(3) Coordination with cognizant occupational medical,
environmental, health physics, and work planning
professionals.
(4) Policies and procedures to mitigate the risk from
identified and potential occupational carcinogens.
(5) Professionally and technically qualified
industrial hygienists to manage and implement the
industrial hygiene program.
(6) Periodic resurveys and/or exposure monitoring as
appropriate.
(7) Documented exposure assessment for chemical,
physical and biological agents and ergonomic
stressors using recognized exposure assessment
methodologies and use of accredited industrial
hygiene laboratories.
(8) Specification of appropriate engineering,
administrative, work practice, and/or personal
protective control methods to limit hazardous
exposures to acceptable levels.
(9) Worker education, training, and involvement.
(10) Use of appropriate industrial hygiene standards.
(11) Use of respiratory protection equipment tested
under the DOE Respirator Acceptance Program for
Supplied-air Suits (DOE Technical Standard-117-
2003) when National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health-approved respiratory protection
does not exist for DOE tasks that require such
equipment. For security operations conducted in
accordance with Presidential Decision Directive
39, U. S. Policy on Counter Terrorism, use of
Department of Defense military type masks for
respiratory protection by security is acceptable.
6. BIOLOGICAL SAFETY.
a. Implement and manage a program that confirms handling,
transfer, use, and receipt of etiologic agents are
conducted by professionally and technically qualified
individuals in a manner consistent with the potential
hazard.
b. Confirm that each DOE contractor performing work with
etiologic agents establishes an Institutional Biosafety
Committee (IBC) or equivalent, which will be
responsible for recommending approval and reviewing
proposals and programs for compliance with the Centers
for Disease Control (CDC), Department of Agriculture,
National Institutes of Health (NIH), World Health
Organization (WHO), and other international, Federal,
State, and local regulations or guidelines for work
with etiologic agents. This review should include
assessment of containment level, facilities,
procedures, practices, and training and expertise of
personnel. In addition, this committee should review
the site's security, safeguards, and emergency
management plans and procedures to ensure that they
adequately address work with etiologic agents. DOE
staff, with the requisite technical expertise and
training, should be included as a member of the
facility IBC (or equivalent).
c. Be aware of each CDC registration certificate issued to
a DOE facility registered and approved to transfer,
receive, and handle select agents at Biosafety Level
(BSL) 2, 3, or 4 under their cognizance. The field
elements must also be aware of each CDC Form EA-101,
Transfer of Select Agents, for each select agent
received or transferred by a registered facility under
their cognizance.
d. Maintain a record of the status of etiologic agents at
facilities under their authority, based on annual
reports from contractors.
7. PRESSURE SAFETY. DOE Elements must implement a
comprehensive pressure vessel and pressure system safety
program. This program must meet, at a minimum, the following
criteria:
a. Establish written and documented safety policies and
procedures to ensure that all pressure vessels and
systems are designed, fabricated, tested, procured,
inspected, maintained, repaired, and operated by
trained and qualified personnel in accordance with
applicable and sound engineering principles.
b. All pressure vessels, boilers, air receivers, and
supporting piping systems must conform to the following
applicable code or standard in place at time of
installation or significant modification:
(1) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Design and Construction of Boiler, Air Receivers,
and Pressure Vessels;
(2) American National Standards Institute/ASME
B.31 Piping Code;
(3) National Board Inspection Code NB-23;
(4) Department of Transportation, 49 CFR Parts
100-199; and/or
(5) Strictest applicable state and local codes.
c. If national consensus codes are not applicable (because
of pressure range, vessel geometry, use of special
materials, etc.), implementing measures must be
established to provide equivalent protection and ensure
safety equal to or superior to the intent of the ASME
code. Measures must meet the following criteria:
(1) Design drawings, sketches, and calculations must
be reviewed and approved by an independent design
professional. Documented organizational peer
review is acceptable.
(2) Qualified personnel must be used to perform
examinations and inspections of materials, in-
process fabrications, non-destructive tests, and
acceptance tests.
(3) Documentation, traceability, and accountability
must be maintained for each pressure vessel or
system, including descriptions of design,
pressure, testing, operation, repair, and
maintenance.
d. Each pressure vessel or system, including the design,
pressure ratings, traceability, inspection, testing,
operations, repair, and maintenance requirements must
be described and documented.
e. All components in the pressure system, especially
components of pressure relief devices and control
valves, must be inspected, tested, and maintained as
required by the above applicable standards.
Inspections, testing, and maintenance may be done
according to competently developed and peer-reviewed
engineering and maintenance specifications, provided
that they ensure safety equal to or superior to the
intent of any applicable standard. This process must
be documented.
f. Qualified personnel must control the selection and use
of the pressure hardware, including quality control
requirements, procurement specifications, and assembly
of pressure components.
g. Personnel who design, build, and operate pressure
systems must be trained and qualified through
documented formal classroom attendance, testing, on-the-
job experience and/or training.
h. Worker Involvement/Safety Committee(s) must recommend
and/or review safety policies; address unusual problems
and occurrences; and provide advice and assistance in
pressure safety.
8. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY.
a. Implement a Motor Vehicle Safety Program to protect the
safety and health of all drivers and passengers in
Government-owned or -leased motor vehicles and powered
industrial equipment (i.e., fork, trucks, tractors,
platform lift trucks, and other similar specialized
equipment powered by an electric motor or an internal
combustion engine).
b. Tailor the program for the individual DOE site or
facility, based on an analysis of the needs of that
particular site or facility, and it must address the
following areas:
(1) Minimum licensing requirements (including
appropriate testing and medical qualification) for
personnel operating motor vehicles and powered
industrial equipment.
(2) Requirements for the use of seat belts and
provision of other safety devices.
(3) Training for specialty vehicle operators.
(4) Requirements for motor vehicle maintenance and
inspection.
(5) Uniform traffic and pedestrian control devices and
road signs.
(6) On-site speed limits and other traffic rules.
(7) Awareness campaigns and incentive programs to
encourage safe driving.
(8) Enforcement provisions.
9. ELECTRICAL SAFETY. DOE Elements must implement a
comprehensive electrical safety program appropriate for the
activities at the facility. The program must meet the
applicable electrical safety codes and standards referenced
in paragraph 4m of this Order.
10. TRAINING AND INFORMATION.
a. Develop and implement a worker safety and health
training and information program to ensure that all
federal workers exposed or potentially exposed to
hazards are provided with the training and information
on that hazard in order to perform their duties in a
safe and healthful manner.
b. Provide the following:
(1) Training and information for new federal workers,
before or at the time of initial assignment to a
job involving exposure to a hazard;
(2) Periodic training as often as necessary to ensure
that federal workers are adequately trained and
informed; and
(3) Additional training when safety and health
information or a change in workplace conditions
indicates that a new or increased hazard exists.
c. DOE must provide training and information to federal
workers who have worker safety and health program
responsibilities that is necessary for them to carry
out those responsibilities.
11. RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING.
a. Recordkeeping.
(1) Establish and maintain complete and accurate
records of all hazard inventory information,
hazard assessments, exposure measurements, and
exposure controls.
(2) Ensure that the work-related injuries and
illnesses of federal workers and
contractor/subcontractor workers are recorded and
reported accurately and consistent with DOE M
231.1-1A, Environment, Safety and Health Reporting
Manual, dated 9-9-04.
(3) Comply with the applicable occupational injury and
illness recordkeeping and reporting workplace
safety and health standards referenced in
paragraph 4m of this Order unless otherwise
directed in DOE M 231.1-1A.
(4) Ensure that any information concerning non-
compliance or potential noncompliance with the
requirements in this document is not concealed nor
destroyed.
b. Reporting and investigation.
(1) Report and investigate accidents, injuries and
illness (reference DOE O 225.1, Accident
Investigations; DOE O 231.1A, Environment, Safety
and Health Reporting: and 29 CFR 1960 Subpart I.
(2) Analyze related data for trends and lessons
learned (reference DOE O 225.1A, Accident
Investigations, dated 11-26-97