1. Office of Health and Safety Updates EFCOG ISM & QA Working Group Spring Meeting Las Vegas October 31-November 3, 2016
Patricia R. Worthington, PhD
Director, Office of Health and Safety (AU-10)
David J. Weitzman, CIH
Office of Worker Safety and Health Policy (AU-11)
Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security
U.S. Department of Energy

2. Integrated Safety Management Activities
ISM Champions Council Activities:
Continues to be a mechanism to share lessons- learned on ISM implementation for both successes and challenges with current focus on employee engagement and updating the ISM directives.

3. Safety Culture Improvement Panel (SCIP)
Established by Secretary and Deputy Secretary December 2, 2015 Personal Commitment
Working Groups
Safety Culture and Monitoring Means
Contract Language
Training
Soliciting Employee Involvement
Communications
Meet monthly WebEx and annually face-to-face

5. SCIP-Work Group Products
Safety Culture and Monitoring Means
Final Report—Sept 29—At Deputy Secretary Sherwood-Randall
Contract Language
Review Complete—Report Drafted
Training
Delivering Course—Senior Leaders-Over 2,000 Trained
Developing Courses—Front Line Supervisors and Workers

6. SCIP-Work Group Products
Communications
Recent Group
Pop-up Messages upon Computer Log-in
Developing Public-facing Web Site
Would Appreciate EFCOG Suggestions for Content
Soliciting Employee Involvement
Brand New—Reached Out to EFCOG Safety Culture Work Group
Matt Moury Oct 25 Memo to PSOs Requesting POCs
Federal and Contractor

7. ISM Directives
AU-10 has formed complex-wide teams and is working on revisions:
P 450.4A; and O
Guide C will be reviewed upon completion of Policy and Order.
Will institutionalize safety culture lessons- learned since the issuance of the 2011 ISM directives.
Next steps pending DRB priority updates

8. Policy 226
Issued P “Policy for Federal Oversight and Contractor Assurance Systems” —Aug 2016
Title betters reflect the purpose of the directive
establishes the expectations for implementing Federal and Contractor Assurance Systems (CAS).
Includes
Expectations for corporate parents
Business and financial systems,

9. Worker Safety and Health Program (851) Amendment to Clarify Be Rule
10 CFR 851, Worker Safety and Health Program Rule, amendment was published in the Federal Register on November 10, 2015:
Clarify that the only portion of the Proposed OSHA Be Rule that applies to DOE is the proposed Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL);
Language similar to the language that exempts DOE contractors from the OSHA ionizing radiation standards (DOE uses 10 CFR 835); and
Clarification regarding BioSafety requirements for submissions to the DOE Field Element Manager

10. Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program 10 CFR 850
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking comment period ended September
Comments getting binned, addressed
Draft final rule will undergo internal DOE review
Secretarial approval and publication

11. 10 CFR 835 - Radiological Safety
AU-10 has begun the process of amending CFR 835:
Proposed amendment to Appendices C and E to correct derived air concentration values for radionuclides not listed that have a half-life of less than 2 hours.
OMB has stated that this technical correction does not have to go through the full rulemaking process.

12. Nano and Bio Safety Directives
DOE O 456.1, The Safe Handling of Unbound Engineered Nanoparticles, Approved July 15.
DOE P 434.1A, Conduct and Approval of Select Agent and Toxin Work at Department of Energy Sites, to address updated Federal policy on Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC).
At DRB October 27
AU-10 staff is continuing its participation in the Nanotechnology Working Group of the American Industrial Hygiene Association.

13. Implementation Assistance
A number of technical clarifications have been added to the Response Line Database.
We encourage the use of this service to address technical issues with WS&H policies.
AU-10 continues to provide S&H awareness documents across the DOE via the ORISE Listserve.
i.e., Fall Safety Awareness (Stand-down), sponsored by CPWR and OSHA.
Safety product problems and recalls
Continuing to provide Federal OSHA 10/30-hour training
Providing bi-monthly web conferences on topics of interest

14. Task Priorities for DOE
Top shelf priority for DOE is focused on integration and synergy between all components of ISM; key areas include:
Safety Culture;
Contractor Assurance Systems (CAS);
Work Planning and Control; and
Strengthen linkage between ISM/QA and other Worker Safety and Health WGs.

15. Questions?