Office of Worker Safety and Health Enforcement

Mission and Functions

Mission

The Office of Worker Safety and Health Enforcement implements the Department's congressionally mandated worker safety and health enforcement program in accordance with 10 CFR 851.

Functions

• Implements a worker safety and health enforcement program that includes processes and incentives for contractors to promptly identify, report, and correct safety issues and noncompliance.

• Evaluates the effectiveness of contractor programs in meeting DOE safety requirements and the self-regulatory criteria required for enforcement discretion by DOE.

• Investigates and resolves, through enforcement actions and civil penalties, significant contractor violations of DOE worker and safety requirements that do not warrant enforcement discretion.

• Works closely with DOE field and program elements, in coordination with the Offices of Health and Safety, Corporate Safety Analysis, and Independent Oversight, to implement the DOE worker safety and health enforcement program.

• Conducts and participates in various activities that facilitate improved contractor performance including conduct of DOE and contractor PAAA coordinator training and coordination with the Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) PAAA working group.

• Provides feedback and lessons learned on worker safety performance issues through the Enforcement Web Page and promulgation of additional enforcement guidance.