Y12 Experience.pptx

employees workgroup or function • Identify and resolve ES&H
INPO CONOPS Assistance Visit (2011) • Observed behaviors
that were indicative of having a healthy SCWE • Identified 8 gaps to excellence
THE Y-12 EXPERIENCE: IMPLEMENTING AND MEASURING A NUCLEAR SAFETY CULTURE
Dr. Jeff Miller, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
June 2, 2014
Paul Wasilko, B&W Y-12. LLC
prioritized improvements
issues specific to work areas
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Feedback and Monitoring Effort: Dashboard Development
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Safety Culture Assessment Methods
• Develop the work plan - Scope, schedule, and budget - Multiple sources of data; protocol for each method
• Survey - Develop and test instrument - Electronic and hard-copy administration
• Interviews with management - Recorded, One-on-one
• Focus groups with hourly workers - Small groups with facilitator and scribe
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• Issued communications plan
retaliation or
✓ Supervisors/Manager
reprisal
meetings Production Quality of Work ✓ C. Spencer All Hands
Employee Teams (2008) • Comprise groups of
✓ Joint UPF policy ✓ Self-assessments and surveys ✓ Technical Issues Management
System ✓ HPI training
Joint Implementation Plan (2012)
• Developed joint NPO/Pantex/Y-12 policy
DPO (2012) • Added DPO to
Employee Concerns Program
Life Improvement (2012) • Expanded Production
employee teams • Applied RTBF budget to
meeting ✓ Memo • Trained senior managers
Name: Paul R. Wasilko
Date: May 27, 2014
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YPrYde Program (2010)
program
Employee Concerns Program (2005)
• Ensures employees can raise issues without fear of
• Encompasses all activities related to cleanliness of facilities and the elimination of unsafe conditions
• Direct observation of work activities - Use of Checklist by trained observers
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Y-12 Survey Results
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Results Indicate the Following
• Leadership accountability is the dominant trait in determining the perceptions of Safety Culture as indicated from the results of the questionnaire, interviews, and obseris
• June 2011 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Recommendation 2011-1, Safety Culture at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant
• December 2011 Department of Energy (DOE) Implementation Plan • Direction to contractor organizations to complete a self-assessment • Y-12 history:
- Verification/Validation of Integrated Safety Management Programs in 1998 – 1999
• Overall, managers have a more positive perception of our Safety Culture than non-managers
• Generally speaking, hourly workers have a lower perception of our Safety Culture. Further analysis showed that this is true for some organizations but not others.
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