1. Worker Safety and Health Enforcement Program Update
Terry Meisinger
Enforcement Officer
Office of Worker Safety and Health Enforcement
Office of Enterprise Assessments

2. Worker Safety and Health Enforcement Activities
Notices of Violation
Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC
Worker injury from lithium hydride exposure
Unintentional firearm discharge
Los Alamos National Security, LLC
Worker exposure to chlorine
UT-Battelle, LLC
Worker injuries - material handling and ergonomic hazards
National Security Technologies, LLC
Worker injuries from chemical drum explosion
Sandia Corporation
Worker safety and health program implementation
Nuclear Waste Partnership
Underground salt haul truck fire
Electrical safety program implementation/arc flash injury

3. Lithium Hydride Exposure and Unintentional Firearm Discharge
B&W Y-12 / Y-12 National Security Complex
LiH exposure - worker sustained first and second degree burns and respiratory injury
Firearm discharge - minor worker injuries (potential for fatality)
Regulatory deficiencies
Worker training
Personal protective equipment
Hazardous energy control
Firearms operations
Firearms handling
Recordkeeping
Five violations - $150,000 civil penalty + contract fee reduction
Mitigation for responses and corrective actions for both events

4. Worker Exposures to Chlorine
Los Alamos National Security, LLC / Los Alamos National Laboratory
Multiple workers exposed to chlorine
Job scoping task to plan for legacy apparatus removal
Regulatory deficiencies
Hazard identification, assessment, and control
Management responsibilities
Civil penalty waived – significant award fee reduction
Corrective actions address regulatory violations to prevent recurrence
LANS to provide NNSA with quarterly corrective action plan status and institution-wide measure assurances

5. Worker Exposures to Material Handling / Ergonomic Hazards
UT-Battelle, LLC / Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Programmatic investigation – Three events - two with injuries
Regulatory deficiencies
Management responsibilities – providing a safe workplace
Material handling hazard identification and assessment
Hazard prevention and abatement through the hierarchy of controls
Material handling limits (ACGIH TLVs and NIOSH RWLs)
Worker training on material handling
Four violations - $131,250 civil penalty
50% mitigation for response and corrective actions

6. Worker Injuries – Drum Explosion
National Security Technologies, LLC / Nevada National Security Site
Detonation of isopropyl alcohol (peroxide forming)
NNSA/NSTec joint accident investigation
Regulatory deficiencies
Hazard identification/assessment in work planning and control process
Chemical management
Hazard communication
Fire protection
Five violations – contract fee reduction of $2.05 million
Corrective actions address regulatory issues

7. Lithium Ion Battery Fire and Unintentional Detonator Initiation
Sandia Corporation / Sandia National Laboratories
Events revealed deficiencies in Part 851 Worker Safety and Health Program implementation
Regulatory deficiencies
Management responsibilities
Hazard identification/assessment
Hazard control
Emergency response
Training and information
Recordkeeping and reporting
Six violations – contract fee reduction of $686,000
Four recurring violations of Part 851
Corrective actions address regulatory issues

8. Underground Salt Haul Truck Fire
Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC / Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Joint worker safety and nuclear safety investigation with radiological release event
DOE-led accident investigation
Regulatory deficiencies
Title 30 and NFPA 122 plans and assessments
Fire prevention and preventative maintenance
Emergency Response
Recordkeeping
Four Part 851 violations – contract fee reduction of $356,438

9. Electrical Safety Program
Los Alamos National Security, LLC / Los Alamos National Laboratory
Arc blast event and other near miss electrical events
Five Severity Level I and three Severity Level II violations
Regulatory deficiencies
Integrated work management
Hazard assessment
Worker involvement
Hazardous energy control
Electrical work practices
Personal Protective Equipment
Training and information
Applying relevant lessons learned (R OR-BJCECP-0302)
Civil penalty waived – significant award fee reduction

10. Worker Safety and Health Enforcement Activities
Consent Orders (CO) and Enforcement Letters (EL) EL
Skookum Contract Services
Partial Finger Amputation
URS Energy and Construction, Inc.
Silica Exposure Monitoring
National Security Technologies, LLC
N-propyl Bromide Monitoring
Mission Support Alliance, LLC
Crane re-spooling operation CO
Brookhaven Science Associates
Construction Consultants L.I., Inc.
Armor Tower, Inc.
BNL Meteorological Tower Shock
Chemical Storage
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
PM on a vacuum breaker
Heat Stress

11. Worker Safety and Health Enforcement Activities
Current Investigations
Potassium hydroxide injury
Worker retaliation and occupational medicine program
Partial finger amputation
Confined space

12. Part 851 Implementation Challenges
Consensus standards – ACGIH TLV’s and NFPA
Supervisory/management oversight
Subcontractor oversight
Hierarchy of controls
Training and information
Medical emergency planning and response
Recurrence of violations

13. Questions?