Safety in the Underground Construction and Operation of the Exploratory Studies Facility at Yucca Mountain (1995) / Chapter Skim
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Underground Regulatory Safety Today
Underground Regulatory Safety Today
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INTRODUCTION Of pray importance during the planning phase of a safety effort for a massive program, such as the YMP, is the imposition of a practical base mat addresses the outstanding needs of all who will work on the premises. The building blocks of this foundation include: the agency that has employee-safety jurisdiction over the project; the safety codes that apply at the site; a cooperative safety effort among all participants; development and maintenance of good channels of communication; meaningful safety monitoring of all operations; job hazard analysis of planned operations; analysis of accidents to correct conditions; initiation of changes in safety and health requirements, when necessary; 33
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Experience dictates, however, that should the Nevada OSHA be given the job safety responsibility, there will be very close scrutiny of the project by the federal (~HA S area and regional offices. Another scenario might have the Nevada OSHA watching private entities at the YMP, while the federal OSHA watches the federal agencies; this approach could be a bureaucratic nightmare.
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As a result, regardless of who has safety jurisdiction, the federal regulations will be in effect at the YMP. Passage of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970 caused a flurry of activity regarding regulations for the new agency.
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When the reversal fan is at or near the heading, any occurrence that cuts off the vent line between the fan and the portal, destroys the fan, or closes the tunnel cross section negates the reversal capability. Furthermore, inferring that the use of f~re-resistant materials are required in potentially gassy and gassy classified operations, by exclusion, appears to allow the use of other than f~re-resistant vent-line materials In all other operations.
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of illumination in tunnels, assumed to be along Me lengths of all tunnels, and 10 ft-c (see exception) at the "tunnel and shaft heading during drilling, mucking, and scaling." In addition, it indicates that "Bureau of Mines approved cap lamps shall be acceptable for use in the tunnel heading." Loosely interpreting this regulation, one might say that 5 ft-c of illumination is required along the length of all tunnels under construction and 10 ft-c is required at the heading.
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ENCOURAGING A COOPERATIVE SAFETY EFFORT Since a number of federal agencies will be participating in the work at the YMP, a cooperative effort early on is important. This effort can take many forms.
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; progress meetings, with a safety section (usually biweekly) ; and supervisors' safety meetings, for overall project safety direction (monthly)
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40 Safety in the Underground Construction and Operation of the Exploratory Studies Facility l REPORT OF SAFETY MEETING DATE: CONTRACT NUMBER: PROJECT: 1 CONTRACTOR: CRAFT: NUMBER ATTENDING: 1 TOPICS DISCUSSED: SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT FOREMAN'S SIGNATURE: SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE: FORM NUMBER: FIGURE ~ Sample safety meeting report form.
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And what actions do safety violations trigger? If each agency chooses to have its own safety officer, then the cooperation among entities must be spelled out in the project safety manual.
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I REMARKS REMARKS REMARKS FIGURE 2 Sample construction safety inspection checklist.
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Procedure to be followed to ensure job safety: Prepared by: Approved by: Distribution: Resident Engineers Managers (Safety and Security) Area Managers Date Date: FIGURE 3 Sample job hazard analysis form.
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It is important for these reports to be used and for corrective action to be taken immediately. Figures 4 and 5 show a supervisor's accident investigation report form and a monthly accident experience summary form.
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Taken by: Date: Contractor Project Manager/Superintendent Approval: Date: FIGURE 4 Sample supervisor's accident investigation report form.
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Days Lost Incidence Rate T ~ I 1 INCIDENCE RATE = Number of Cases (Days) x 200,000 Hours Worked AVERAGE MONTHLY EMPLOYEES: _ IMMENTS: Prepared By: Project Manager/Superintendent: Date: | Date: Project to Date DAYS LOST FIGURE 5 Sample monkey accident experience summary form.
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' Radon daughters are the radioactive decay products of radon gas. These airborne particles are present in many rock bodies of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic origin.
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MANAGING SAFETY LIABILITY ON A MULTICONTRACT WORK SITE Organization, communication, shared responsibility, one safety manual to which all involved contractors and managers contributed, and the development of a favorable safety climate Will have a beneficial effect on liability experience. A team effort will prevent or greatly lessen conflict on the site.
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Incident commanders should organize their forces by calling for drills; organizing the various components; and selecting key personnel, rescue crews, and surface back-up personnel. CONCLUSION Safety jurisdiction of the YMP may be In the hands of federal OSHA, of Nevada OSHA In He private sector and federal OSHA in the governmental sector, or of DOE.
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DISCUSSION After the presentation, Russ Baumeister, occupational safety and health specialist at DOE, said that the YMP received notification from the state of Nevada recognizing that the state OSHA has the authority to enforce project compliance with federal OSHA regulations. However q DOE also has rights In a crisis situation and.
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Underground Regulatory Safety Today 53 issues that preclude total participation, its best interest would be served in reaching a meeting of the minds with other agencies.
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1990. Tunnel Incident Command Organization.
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