Washington Closure Hanford, LLC. River Corridor ... - Hanford Site

Awakenings, which are non-project-related incidents across the globe that offer lessons learned
on the prevention of serious incidents. These publications prompt employees to identify
information on how to prevent similar incidents from happening at their work location.
An assessment of the WCH Integrated Work Control program using the URS work control
standard was launched in December 2011 and continued through the beginning of 2012 to
provide continuous improvement in disciplined operations and ensures that this standard is
effectively implemented into the RCCC work practices. In support of this effort, WCH reimplemented
the Safety Ownership Program designed to focus on disciplined operations with
employees owning the program. Tenets for this program included “Follow the Instructions,”
“Ask the Questions,” “Fix It Now,” and “Own the Result.” Mentors and coaches for this
program were implemented in the field and office locations as a result of self-assessments and to
continuously improve work control for WCH and subcontractors.
Vehicle Safety Initiative
Since 2010, WCH maintained a focus on vehicle incidents. Awareness
information via the Safety Roundup was provided to all employees along
with Flash notices when an incident occurred involving a WCH or
government-owned or leased vehicle. These incidents were also
reviewed with the field safety representatives, the S&H Manager, and the
ESH&QA Director. Improvement actions were flowed out to the project
locations with lessons learned and reminders provided to employees at plan-of-the-day and Pre-
Evaluation meetings.
While efforts continued in FY12, WCH still experienced numerous
vehicle incidents. Because of the continuation of these incidents,
WCH has maintained the 360 magnet campaign in all project
locations. Additional improvement actions were implemented in
2012 to include parking lot safety with speed signs installed at the
staff office building and at the ERDF location. This small
investment demonstrated a marked decrease in speed issues and near
miss incidents that were observed prior to the installation of the
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