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One Million Hours!!!

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PPD/ES&H August Newsletter

Congratulations to the Particle Physics Division!  We have worked over 1,000,000 hours without a DART case!   We have 495 people in our division, so that means we’ve worked well over a year without any injuries resulting in days away from work or restricted work time.   Well done!

These numbers are very impressive to the DOE.  However, the more important thing is that we are able to keep up with our lives without the interruption of an occupational injury.  So you can continue to do your work in addition to all your usual non-work activities, like:  gardening, playing with your kids or grandkids, swimming, cycling, xbox-ing, fixing cars, traveling, and many many others!

Way to go PPD! 

What kind of batteries does Fermilab recycle?

Submit answers to tamber@fnal.gov

Housekeeping Days

Two new lessons learned were posted to the ES&H Section website. 

1. Poor Work Practice Results in Minor Wrist Injury

2. Inattention While Using Exacto Knife Results in Minor Laceration

Lessons Learned

We had another successful housekeeping day on July 30.  Many groups chose to participate including the Electrical Engineering Department.  The housekeeping days are a great opportunity to go through your “stuff” to get rid of some and organize the rest.  We’ve heard from many who were surprised by the amount of stuff they could throw away, and are happy with their clean and uncluttered work space.

There is one more scheduled housekeeping day this year, October 1.  Mark your calendars if you haven’t participated in one yet!

Materials that are no longer needed can be waste, sent to surplus, or recycled.  Talk to the Waste Generator in your group or the ES&H Department for help characterizing waste.

Recycling and scrap metal bins can be delivered to your area for big clean up projects. 

FESHM Revisions

FESHM 1030—Environment, Safety & Health Organization & Responsibilities

FESHM 1051—Control of Environmental, Safety & Health Documents

FESHM 1070—Fermilab Work Smart Set

FESHM 2040—Emergency Preparedness

FESHM 4010—Environmental, Safety and Health Training

FESHM 5021—Overhead Crane and Hoists

FESHM 5022—Below the Hook Lifting Devices

FESHM 5024—Slings and Rigging Hardware

FESHM 5031—Piping Systems

FESHM 5033—Vacuum Vessel Safety

FESHM 5072—Blood borne Pathogens

FESHM 6015—Highly Protected Risk Inspection Program

FESHM 7010—ES&H Program for Construction—Fixed Price

FEHSM 8010—Environmental Management System

FESHM 8012—Sedimentation & Erosion Control Planning

 

Listed here are some FESHM chapters that have been revised or updated.  Please read through any that pertain to your job tasks.  Click HERE for a summary of the changes/revisions.

Division Office  posing with the 1 Million Hour Plaque

Thanks for all the great responses to the July challenge:

What does AFCI mean?

Winner is —> Suzanne Saxer

Arc Flash Circuit Interrupter

 

Suzanne wins an ES&H Challenge mug and safety cutter!

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