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The Energy Star Holiday Saver

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One of PPD’s tasks for the 2008 ES&H Plan was to form a grassroots safety committee.  The committee is made up of non-supervisory employees from several PPD departments:  Mechanical, Electrical, Site Department, Technical Centers, CDF, D0 and Support Services. 

The purpose of the committee is to provide a forum for these department representatives to identify and discuss unsafe or questionable work conditions or practices within PPD.  Some issues that might be discussed are safety training, personal protective equipment,  safety procedures or efficiency improvements.    This supports Fermilab’s Integrated Safety Management Program because the policy calls for worker participation in a variety of ways, including safety committees.

The Grassroots Safety Committee will report to the Division Head and Senior Safety Officer.  The ES&H Department will be available for consultation and help to resolve identified issues. 

As always, PPD employees are empowered to stop work for any task that is unsafe or even seems unsafe.  If you have a topic that should be discussed by the Grassroots Safety Committee, please send a message to Warren Bowman, the committee spokesperson.

 

PPD Grassroots Safety Committee

PPD/ES&H December Newsletter

Thanks for all the great responses to the November challenge:

Q:  Who should  you notify if you find a trip hazard that you are unable to fix yourself?

Winner is —> Dave Finley

A:  The Building Manager

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If you plan to put up decorative lights this holiday season, look for light strings that are Energy Star qualified.  Most of the qualified lights are stings of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs).  Strings of LEDs use 75% less energy than the standard string of decorative lights.  According to Energy Star, if every string of decorative lights used this year were Energy Star qualified we would save “2 billion kilowatt-hours.”   That power savings would be a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions  equivalent to removing 300,000 cars from the road (not to mention the $aving$ on your heating bill).

Additionally, since Energy Star qualified decorative lights use less energy, they produce less heat.  Therefore, they are much less of a fire hazard than your standard holiday light string. 

Humanscale Offers Fermilab Employees Great Discount

Humanscale is one of the furniture vendors that the Laboratory works with.  You may sit in a Humanscale chair in your Fermi office, or use one of their keyboard trays or task lights. 

Humanscale uses human factors research to design ergonomically sound office equipment in order to reduce office-work-related injuries. 

They also offer a great discount to Fermilab employees if you need a chair or other office tool for your at-home office.  Many employees have great work stations here at work, but at home they rarely use proper ergonomic practices (i.e. leaning over your laptop on the coffee table).  Employees can personally purchase Humanscale products at a 50% discount to improve the ergonomics of their home office  arrangements.

· Visit shop.humanscale.com

· Enter reference code 41668

The Grassroots Safety Committee: L—R, front row: Ed Dijak (Tech. Centers), Crae Tate (Support), back row: Warren Bowman (Mechanical), Steve Huey (Site), Albert Dyer (EE), Bill Lee (D0), and J.J. Schmidt (CDF)