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1. Conduct of Operations – Required Reading ORNL Breaks Safety Record Video of the Week Collider-Accelerator Department 2-22-11 Take 5 for Safety

2. C of O Required Reading • A required reading program enhances operator awareness of important information relevant to operation of the accelerators and includes: • Changes in the operation • Changes in equipment that impact operations • Information on operating experiences • Information necessary to keep operators informed of current facility activities • Required Reading may also include information on: • Lessons learned from industry operating experience • Occurrence reports • Policy changes • New or updated hazard communications • Procedure changes or revisions

3. C of O Required Reading at C-AD • Operators and Operations Coordinators are required to read all documents in the MCR’s Required Reading Binder, Temporary Procedures Log and Hand Processed Change Log • All reading is to be completed within 10 days of issue • Documents required to be read before shift assignments are designated for immediate attention through the Daily Orders system • Recent examples of Required Reading from MCR web include: • 02/14   AGS Jump quads are operational -- they should be on for every RHIC fill that requires polarized beam.  Instructions to follow from VHS • 02/14   New Temporary Procedure 11-14 (PASS HMI panel) is in the binder. Read and sign • 02/08   RHIC PS Group Call in -- If someone was called in on the previous shift -- call the next person on the list • 01/13   RHIC CNI PolarimeterOperating Instructions • 01/11   RHIC Instrumentation changes for Run11 • 01/07   New Required Reading (RHIC Rf) in Required Reading binder • 01/04   Link to the procedure to be used to set up RHIC timing for RUN11 • 12/21   Review ALL required reading in the Temporary Procedures, Hand Processed Change, and Required Reading binders

4. ORNL Breaks Safety Record • ORNL has set a new record of 5x106 person-hours without a DART • ORNL has raised awareness of safe practices through a combination of training seminars, regular lab-wide employee communication, videos and site evaluations • As a result, ORNL’s 5000 employees have seen a decrease in the annual number of serious injury cases from 71 in 2000 to 16 in 2010 (0.32 DART per 100 FTE) • As a comparison, C-AD has 400 employees and has 0.38 DART per 100 FTE over last 5 years using a combination of training programs, safety communications and evaluation programs • Using a combination of programs to manage safety is a trademark of the world’s safest companies

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