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Worker Safety & Health
EM establishes and implements Integrated Safety
Management systems that ensure work is performed safely and in a safety conscious
work environment. EM commits to a “Zero Accident Policy,” and strives to eliminate
hazards to workers to help ensure the entire EM workforce goes home at the end of the
day the same as they arrived. Contractors have been required by contract to implement
requirements outlined in Department of Energy order
DOE O 440.1A, Worker Protection Management for DOE Federal and Contractor Employees  .
Some of the features of the Worker Safety and Health Program are:
- Management Commitment;
- Employee Involvement;
- Hazard Assessment and Hazard Control;
- Implementation of Occupational Safety &
Health Administration (OSHA)
 and other
worker safety standards; and
- Feedback and Improvement.
The DOE O 440.1A requirements are now covered by 10 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR)
851 Worker Safety and Health Program ,
which is applicable to DOE contractors doing work at DOE sites. A new feature of
10 CFR 851 that will be effective in February 2007 is that it will be enforceable by
civil penalties issued by the DOE Office of Enforcement, in addition to contract
penalties.
EM has made great strides EM-wide in implementing effective Worker Safety Health Programs
that has resulted in substantial decrease in our injuries. As depicted in the chart above,
EM Total Recordable Case rate (TRC) and Days Away, Restricted or on Job Transfer (DART) rate
for the third quarter of 2010 were 0.73 and 0.42, respectively, as compared to the 4.3 and
2.3 2009 Department of Labor benchmarks for the construction industry. A number of our EM
sites have been recognized as “Star” sites for their worker safety and health programs
through the Voluntary Protection Program. EM provides continuous emphasis on safety by DOE
management at all levels and by incorporation of safety early in the project planning.
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