Safety & Quality Assurance
Ensuring all EM activities are conducted with excellence in safety, and in compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations.
The Environmental Management (EM) program maintains the highest safety standards
in all that we do, for our own protection, for the safety and security of our
physical assets, and for the citizens and stakeholders in the communities where
we are located. Our number one priority is doing our work safely; safety will not
be compromised in meeting our goals and milestones. No schedule,
no milestone, no cost consideration is worth any injury to the EM work force.
We strive to become a leader in safety throughout the Department of Energy (DOE) complex,
with an approach to and a record in safety that meets or exceeds the best private
industrial firms. Although our safety record can be considered good in comparison
to private industry (see below), there still is room for
improvement in our orientation and actions, recognizing that we need to keep up our
guard and strive for zero accidents. We are always looking for ways to improve
individual awareness of the importance of safety; improve knowledge and competence
through training and instruction; motivate through leadership and sustained,
demonstrated interest in safety performance; and improve independent and self
assessment of safety issues.
DOE/EM Construction & Waste
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Our field organizations are vigilant in overseeing safety every day at the working
level. At EM headquarters, we track a variety of safety data to identify
commonalities and trends across the EM complex that may help to avert future safety
incidents. Our latest efforts include the use of
normalized data to
account for variations in work performance. Not only do we analyze safety statistics;
we also analyze each occurrence in detail to
determine root causes, and the effectiveness of corrective actions to prevent
recurrence. We then ensure that these actions are communicated across the complex
to share
lessons-learned  . Our safety staff performs in-depth targeted and
comprehensive
safety assessments
at our EM sites, to personally witness the effectiveness of contractor and field
oversight systems and processes.
Integrated Safety Management (ISM )
EM integrates environment, safety and health requirements and controls into all work activities,
and oversees implementation of ISM within field federal and contractor activities to
ensure protection to the worker, public, and the environment. (more...)
Quality Assurance
EM is committed to achieving quality in all of its mission work in accordance with
the “Quality Assurance Rule” (10 CFR 830, Subpart A  )
and DOE Order 414.1C, Quality
Assurance . (more...)
Safety & Design Integration
EM is responsible for several newly constructed
or planned nuclear facilities, as well as major modifications to existing nuclear
facilities. The Department of Energy has placed additional emphasis in ensuring that
safety is fully integrated into early phases of facility design. The Department
strengthened
DOE Order Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets
, so that nuclear safety
requirements are fully integrated in the early phases of design.
Worker Safety & Health
EM establishes and implements Integrated Safety
Management systems that ensure work is performed safely and in a safety conscious
work environment. (more...)
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