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Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Safety and Health Kennedy Space Center

Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Safety and Health Kennedy Space Center. March 6, 2002. Kennedy Space Center. 140,000 acres  13,000 people (End of FY01) 1871 Total NASA Civil Servants 11,187 On/Near-Site Contractors & Tenants $1 Billion Budget. Safety & Health First.

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Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Safety and Health Kennedy Space Center

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  1. Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Safety and Health Kennedy Space Center . March 6, 2002

  2. Kennedy Space Center • 140,000 acres •  13,000 people (End of FY01) • 1871 Total NASA Civil Servants • 11,187 On/Near-Site Contractors & Tenants • $1 Billion Budget

  3. Safety & Health First

  4. KSC Safety & Health Organizations S&H Council S&MA Board S&H Committees Center Director ISS/PL (UB) ELV (VA) Spaceport E&T (YA) SH&IA (QA) Spaceport Services (TA) Dir w/o a Safety Org Shuttle (PH) S&MADiv S&MA Div S&FA Office S&MAPAO • Policy • Assessments • Mishaps • Consultation • Ombudsman • Agency Health • AA • CC • GG • XA • AJ • OP • BA • Emergency • Fire • Institutional • Safety & Health • Security • Occupational • Medicine & • Environmental Program • Implementation of Programmatic • Safety • Contractor Safety Oversight • Institutional Safety for controlled • Facilities

  5. Councils, Boards, Committees • Safety & Health Council (S&H Council): chaired by Center Director • Maintains an overview of KSC’s safety & health programs • Establishes and directs a sub-board system • Focuses KSC expertise on S&H Program critical elements • Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA) Board: chaired by SH&IA • Integrates the work of the S&MA organizations across the Center • Assures inter-directorate communication of technical S&MA concerns • Safety & Health Committees: reports to the S&H Board and/or Council • Pressure Vessel Committee • Explosives Committee • Radiation Protection Committee • Lightning Advisory Committee • Institutional Review Board (IRB) • Lifting Devices & Equipment (LDE) Committee  • Safety & Health Labor Management Committee

  6. Federal Spaceport • Federal Spaceport Concept • Joint effort with Air Force • “Quasi-Government” Governing Board • Privatized utilities • Privatized Shuttle Operations • Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) Operations • Other NASA functions • Use of NASA facilities for commercial activities • International Space Park • For organizations and suppliers who wish to do business with KSC • Outside the “fence”, but on KSC property

  7. Federal Spaceport (continued) • Other NASA Center Operations at KSC • Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) • SRB Assembly & Refurbishment Facility (ARF) • Parachute Refurbishment Facility (PRF) • Hanger AF Complex, Hanger M and Little n (CCAFS) – SRB retrieval and disassembly operations • Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) • Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) – communications • Basic Philosophy of Memorandums of Agreement (MOAs) • Tenants control their own safety & have Safety Plans • KSC has complete access • Hazardous Operations must be approved by KSC • KSC notification/insight of activities

  8. Safety and Mission Assurance 6 KSC Safety and Mission Assurance Offices Safety, Health and Independent Assessment Bert Garrido* Space Shuttle Safety and Mission Assurance Bill Higgins Int’l Space Station/Payload Processing Bruce Jansen Expendable Launch Vehicles Cal Staubus Spaceport Engineering & Technology Ron Gilette Spaceport Services S, H&E Division Burt Summerfield *Associate Director of Safety and Mission Assurance AOA Resource analysis for FY 02 and 03 = 218 FTE/yr in S&MA

  9. Spaceport Services APPLICATION SERVICES BRANCH CENTER SERVICES DIVISION PROPELLANTS LOGISTICS & SERVICES BRANCH MECHANICAL/ ELECTRICAL BRANCH DIRECTOR OF SPACEPORT SERVICES NASA/AF MANAGEMENT & COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLANNING OFFICE MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION OFFICE SAFETY, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ENV. PROGRAM BRANCH ODIN & IT SECURITY SERVICES BRANCH INSTITUTIONAL SAFETY & QUALITY BRANCH COMM. SERVICES BRANCH AEROSPACE MEDICINE & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH BRANCH FACILITIES DIVISION PROTECTIVE SERVICES BRANCH PLANNING & INTEGRATION BRANCH CIVIL/ STRUCTURAL BRANCH

  10. Institutional Safety and Quality Branch Occupational Health Branch Environmental Program Branch Callier, D. - Chief Brisbin, S. - Chief Tipton, D. - Chief Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational Health, and Environmental Division TA-C Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Division Summerfield, B. - Chief Gorman, K. - Tech. Asst. Mayers, J. - Division Secretary TA-C1 TA-C2 TA-C3

  11. KSC Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational Health, and Environment Division Institutional Safety and Quality Institutional Safety and Quality Branch – Resources 16 FTE Civil Service Pressure Vessel/System Certification 2 FTE Explosives Safety Program Management 1 FTE Facility Assurance/System Safety 3 FTE Occupational Safety Specialists 5 FTE VPP Program Lead 1 FTE Database Management 2 FTE Propellant Contracts Quality Assurance 1 FTE Branch Management 1 FTE

  12. KSC Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational Health, and Environment Division Aerospace Medicine & Occupational Health Aerospace Medicine & Occupational Health – Resources 7 FTE Civil Service Chief Medical Officer * 1 FTE Physician 3 FTE Environmental Health Officer 1 FTE Radiation Protection Officer 1 FTE Workers’ Compensation Specialist 1 FTE * Associate Director Spaceport Services/Chief Medical Officer

  13. Aerospace Medicine & Occupational Health Aerospace Medicine & Occupational Health – Resources95-100 Contract FTE • 7 Physicians • 14 Nurses • 4 Laboratory Personnel (X-Ray/Lab/GXT) • 1 Health Trainer • 1 Medical Logistics • 1 EAP • 1 System Analyst • 1 Administrator • 26 Paramedics (6 per Shift)

  14. Aerospace Medicine & Occupational Health Aerospace Medicine & Occupational Health – ResourcesContract FTE (continued) • 7 Industrial Hygienists • 20 Environmental Health Specialists - IH • 2 Health Physicists • 4 Environmental Health Specialists - HP • 6 Sanitarians • 1 Environmental Chemist • 1 Microscopist • 1 MSDS Program Administrator

  15. Aerospace Medicine & Occupational Health Occupational Medicine Workload • 19,000 Physical Examinations • 17,600 Medical Treatments • 10,000 Immunizations • 2,100 EAP Visits • 3,500 Health Training Encounters • 17,000 Health Education and Wellness Encounters • 400 Ambulance Runs

  16. Aerospace Medicine & Occupational Health Environmental Health Workload • 420 Hazard Assessments • 252 Exposure Investigations • 1752 Confined Space Permits • 1129 Facility Inspections • 1554 Hazardous Operations Supported • 598 Ventilation System Assessments • 500 Consultations • 230 Asbestos Abatements • 267 Facility Sanitation Inspections • 155 Food Service Inspections

  17. Aerospace Medicine & Occupational Health Environmental Health Workload (cont.) • 380 Ionizing Radiation Surveys • 150 Non-Ionizing Radiation Surveys • 38 Radiography Operations Supported • 8,500 HP Laboratory Samples • 2,300 Personnel Radiation Dosimeters • 2,500 Radiation Sources Inventory • 5,082 new MSDS added

  18. KSC VPP Update KSC Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational Health, and Environment Division VPP Program Status/Milestones Formal kick-off for NASA VPP December 15, 2000 Optimistic application date December, 2002 OSHA completed on-site review October 2001 Of SGS and USA with favorable result OSHA indication of earliest available March 2003 KSC civil service review NASA Code Q readiness review January 2003

  19. KSC VPP Update Significant Gap Closure Activities (for VPP) Core S&H Training for all civil service staff Ergonomics Hazard Communication Office Safety Fire Drills Safety Policy General Processing Safety Hazards S&H Training needs assessment (39 additional courses)

  20. KSC VPP Update Significant Gap Closure Activities (for VPP) Job Hazard Analysis Automated through GPES system 5 core JHA’s (office, labs, shops, working at heights, cranes/lifting devices) Safety Inspection/Meeting Program upgrade Better supervisor documentation on monthly inspections and monthly safety meetings Automated through the GPES system

  21. KSC Lost Time Injuries Division KSC Lost Time Injury Experience FY 00 5 Lost time injuries 2 slips on tiled hallway (no obstacles) 1 trip over parking lot bumper 1 trip over cardboard box 1 strain (hernia) from moving box of books FY 01 3 Lost time injuries 1 paper cut to the eye 1 hip bruise on cafeteria counter 1 slip on tiled hallway (water spill) FY 02 1 Lost time injury (hernia, lifting box)

  22. KSC Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational Health, and Environment Division Agencywide Services Safety Talks ON-line source of safety program information has been renewed for all NASA Centers FY 02 renewal included extending the program to NASA Contractors QS funding the “other Centers” subscription starting 2002

  23. Metrics Safety Metrics KSC Lost Time Injuries Frequency Civil Service KSC Lost Time Injuries Frequency Civil Service & Contractor KSC Lost Time Injuries Severity Civil Service & Contractor KSC Monthly Mishaps Civil Service & Contractor KSC Close Calls Civil Service & Contractors KSC Maximum Worktime Deviations by Civil Service Directorate KSC Maximum Worktime Deviations by Civil Service and Contractor Health/Medical Metrics Blood Lead Levels Radiation Dosimetry Hypergol Incidents REHAB Works Utilization Fitness Center Utilization SOFAS (EAP) CVD Risk Reduction Program

  24. Metrics Safety and Health Metrics Overhaul 2002 Goal statement Metric description Historical data types Historical data sources Assessment Historical trends Current performance Data table Specific Organization performance data See handout for sample metrics

  25. Code QS Assistance • Areas Where Code QS Assistance may be Feasible • Web Base IRIS • 38 system users at KSC = extensive care and feeding • Maximize Ease of Use = better/more comprehensive use • Mishap Report Distribution/Database ? • Standardized approach to contractor safety performance • Measurement? • Center average comparison • SIC comparison

  26. Code QS Assistance Areas Where Code QS Assistance may be Feasible (cont.) Repository/web for Center Program Information Fund testing of DDESB SAFER Model Advisor and advocate to the new Administrator relative to current NASA safety performance and for use of new tools such as PEP survey

  27. KSC Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational Health, and Environment Division GPES demonstration: Chris Carlson

  28. KSC Spaceport Services Safety, Occupational Health, and Environment Division

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