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Learn how Worker Safety and Security Teams (WSSTs) at LANL improve employee involvement, management commitment, and specific safety measures within LANL. Discover how WSSTs address various safety topics, raise awareness, and implement cost-saving systems and solutions to ensure a safer work environment.
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Worker Safety and Security Teams - How they have and are Continuing to make LANL a Safer Place to Work Laura Wolfsberg 2014 DOE IH Meeting-6/2/14
Worker Safety and Security Teams (WSSTs) • A worker-led effort to improve safety and security within LANL • >100 WSSTs at LANL • Serve as a communication hub • Foster a spirit of cooperation between all employees • Empowers workers by giving them a voice • Management commitment is essential
General Topics WSSTs Help With: • Lessons Learned / Best Practices • Chemical Management • Radiation Protection Improvements • Ergonomics, Office and Lab • House keeping • Safety Improvement Plans • Security Initiatives • Policy Review
Raise Awareness: • Vehicle Inspections Before Winter • Bicycle Safety Classes • Health Fairs • Learning Teams (Pyrophorics, Erogonomics) • Writing Safety Bulletins with Chemical Management (Peroxidizable Chemicals, Lab Eyeware) • WSST FEST
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Setting Up Systems to Help Employees and Save Money: • Salvage collection areas • Give and Take Tables • Introducing Green Is Clean to RadLabs • Procuring Peroxide Test Strips • Procuring Calcium Gluconate for HF use • Chemical e Stockroom • Suggestions to Improve Chemlog (chemical inventory) • Working on Subcommittees with Upper Management
Fix Specific Problems: • Getting Parking Lots Redesigned to Reduce Close Calls • Campaigns to Slow Down Traffic in Parking Lots • Collecting Data for Traffic Safety • Expediting Facility Repairs • Testing Forklift Reaction to Speed Bumps
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