1. Proton Source, Feb 4 th, 2005 - Prebys 1 Why are we talking about safety?  Roger told me to.  We want you to be safe!  Nothing we do here is worth anyone getting hurt!!  SLAC just had a very bad experience.  Severe electrical injury  Investigation totally blasted the lab’s safety policies  Still not back in operation.  We don’t want OSHA to regulate us.  Must rank on top 10% of government laboratories

2. Proton Source, Feb 4 th, 2005 - Prebys 2 Reportable Injuries  An injury is “reportable” if  It requires a medical procedure, like sutures  It requires any prescription medication (including prescription strength versions of OTC drugs)  Any work time is lost or restricted  “Reportable” is “reportable”  No accounting for severity  No accounting for whether or not any mistakes were made or rules broken.  Figure of merit:  Reportable injuries per 200,000 man hours (100 man years).  Goal: 1 in FY05,.75 in FY06  For our department, that’s on injury per 3 (4) years.  For comparison, the average rate in an administrative office is 3.7

3. Proton Source, Feb 4 th, 2005 - Prebys 3 Two example from NuMI  Case A:  Worker illegally modified an air hose fitting for a pneumatic tool (contract agreement clearly states no field-modified equipment).  The coupling broke loose and the hose hit the man in the head, requiring several stitches  He was knocked to the ground, injuring his knee  Case B:  A worker was indoors during a lightening storm standdown.  The worker was wearing safety goggles, even though he wasn’t working, nor was there any work going on in the area.  A piece of dust blew around the side of the goggles and got in the person’s eye, causing irritation.  Medical flushed the eye and prescribed a prescription ointment, making it reportable.  In DOE counting, these two cases are exactly the same  Using this accounting, an office is more dangerous than a coal mine!

4. Proton Source, Feb 4 th, 2005 - Prebys 4 What You Can Do  These rates are basically consistent with “unavoidable” injuries (e.g. tripping while just walking down a hallway), so there’s no margin for error.  Our goal must be NO preventable injuries.  Always take the time to do the job safely.  Always keep an eye on each other.  Tell someone if you think they are doing something in an unsafe way.  Inform me immediately of any safety concerns you might have, no matter how minor.  Finally,  WE ARE NOT ENCOURAGING YOU TO LET PROBLEMS GO UNREPORTED TO KEEP OUR NUMBERS DOWN