24–26 Apr 2017
Fermilab - Wilson Hall
US/Central timezone
2017 NLDC ES&H Working Group Workshop

Agenda (easy view)

2017 ES&H Directors' Workshop
Monday, April 24, 2017 - Fermilab Facility Tours
  Welcome/Register 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
  Muon g-2, Dee Hahn (http://muon-g-2.fnal.gov/)
 
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  MINOS, Dee Hahn (http://www-numi.fnal.gov/PublicInfo/) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  Cryo Module Test Stand, Elvin Harms (http://fast.fnal.gov/) 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  Fermilab Accelerator Science & Technology Facility, Dan Broemmelsiek (http://fast.fnal.gov/) 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
  D0/Tev, Stefan Gruenendahl (https://ed.fnal.gov/programs/tours/dzero.shtml) 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - Curia II
  Coffee 7:30 am - 8:00 am
  Welcome from COO
  • Tim Meyer
8:00 am - 8:30 am
  Welcome from NLDC ESH Working Group Chair
  • Gail Mattson
8:30 am - 9:00 am
  OIC Recommendations -  Mary Logue

Session Focus:  Sharing response to Report, focusing on impacts and best practices 
 
Report Summary (10 minutes)
  • Mary Logue
Lab Response  (10-15 min/presentation)
  • Sean Whalen, Ames
  • Cameron Andersen, PNNL
  • Jim Floyd, LBL
 
9:00 am - 10:00 am
  Break 10:00 am - 10:15 am
  Pressure Safety - Mary Logue

Session Focus:  Pressure Safety & implementation of 10 CFR 851 with a focus on R&D (not building systems) – best practices/novel approaches to implementation, including training, operator /owner inspections, and LOTO.
 
Brief Updates – Recent Activity/Status (10 minutes each)
  • JLab – Mary Logue
  • ORNL – John Powell
  • ANL – Betsy Dunn
  • LLNL – Frances Alston (SME to call in)
  • PNNL – Cam Andersen 

Discussion - Challenges and Best Practices and Path Forward (45 minutes)
  • Qualification of designers, owners, operators – Any novel or particularly effective approaches?
  • In service inspections – how best to accomplish this, when independent, external resources don’t encounter some of our unique parameters of our systems 
  • How are pressure vessels brought in by Users incorporated into your programs?
 
10:15 am - 12:00 pm
  Lunch - Wilson Hall Cafeteria 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
  Electrical LOTO - Cameraon Andersen

Session Focus:  Programs Issues/Challenges and Sharing of Best Practices.
 
Program Issues/Challenges (15 min/topic to include any Q&A)
  • Results of PNNL’s LOTO Program Common Cause Review – Eric Damberg, PNNL WSH Manager
  • Legacy Conditions – John Powell, ORNL ESH Director
  • Results of BNLs Elec Safety/LOTO External Review – Gail Mattson BNL ESH Director
  • FERMI 2015 LOTO Motorized Disconnect Incident -  John Anderson
 
Best/Novel Practices (15 min/topic to include any Q&A)
  • PNNL’s “Hazardous Energy Control Determination Process” – Jason Sweesy, PNNL LOTO SME
  • Proximity Meters –  John Powell ORNL ESH Director
    • Do they compromise safety?
    • Site policies for use?
    • New Technologies (e.g.: Bluetooth)

Roundtable Discussion Topic (15 Min)
How can we lead and demonstrate for DOE Best in Class LOTO Program Performance?
1:00 pm - 2:45 pm
  Break 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
  Machine Guarding - Betsy Dunn

Session Focus:  Machine guarding program challenges, lessons learned, and sharing of best practices
 
Program Updates and Lessons Learned
  • ANL – Betsy Dunn (30 minutes)
  • BNL – Gail Mattson (10 minutes)
  • FNAL – Mike Bonkalski (10 minutes)

Discussion – Challenges, lessons learned, and best practices
  • Qualification of workers
  • Training of workers (machine operators, machine custodians/supervisors)
  • Complacency
  • Hazard identification and control
  • Anti-restart and Emergency stops – when to use them
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  ES&H Directors' Dinner (paid by Fermi Research Alliance)
Granite City - 1828 Abriter Ct, Naperville, IL 60563
5:30 pm --
Wednesday, April 25, 2017
  Coffee 8:00 am – 8:30 am
  Work Planning & Controls/Hazard Recognition - Jack Salazar

Session Focus:  WPC efforts targeting - ISM at the workplace, challenges and best practices, collaboration moving forward
 
Brief Updates – Recent Activity/Status (10 minutes each)
  • LBNL – Andrew Peterson
  • ANL – Betsy Dunn
  • Ames – Shawn Whalen

Discussion - Challenges and Best Practices and Path Forward (60 minutes)
  • Management of Change - How do you know all risks considered especially for research operations?
  • Qualification of workers, including students – Any novel or particularly effective approaches?
  • Risk-based application of controls – What are critical elements that support determination?
  • “Skill of the researcher” – How do we account for?  Connection with OIC initiative?
  • Future Workshop in Summer – Is there a need?  If so, what are the potential areas of focus?
8:30 am – 10:00 am
  Break 10:00 am - 10:15 am
  Evoluntionary Contract/Revoluntionary Contract - Brian Sherin
  • Brian Sherin, lead
  • Amber Kenney
  • Gail Mattson
  • Mary Logue
10:15 am - 12:00 pm
  Lunch - Wilson Hall Cafeteria 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
  ES&H Organization - Martha Michels

Session Focus: ESH organization – pros and cons of the centralized model and what it takes to get there

Brief Updates – Status of our organization (20 minutes each)
  • FNAL – Martha Michels
  • BNL – Gail Mattson
  • ANL – Betsy Dunn

Discussion – No one model is perfect (45 minutes)
  • The pros and cons of a centralized model
  • How to move from one model type to another
  • Gaining the support of your site office – does it matter?
  • Direct and indirect costs – the model you use may make it harder (or easier) to understand who pay
1:00 pm - 2:45 pm
  Break/Wrap-up 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm