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Policy Area

ESH-Environment Safety & Health

Procedure Number

ESH100.2.IS.1

Procedure Title

Work Safely in High Injury Potential/Remote Operations

Procedure Manager

FONG, DARRELL G.

Status

Active

Subject Matter Expert

  • Randolph Fellhoelter
  • Herman O. Armijo, Jr.—CA Contact

Applicability, Exceptions, and Consequences

This corporate procedure applies to all Members of the Workforce who perform high-injury-potential-operations alone, in a normally unoccupied remote facility, or in a  remote location.  

Exceptions to, or deviations from this procedure must be approved through the Executive Policy Sponsor or Policy Area Manager, if delegated. Click here to view Contacts for Corporate Policies, Processes, and Procedures. See CG100.1.7, Request an Exception to a Policy, Process, or Procedure, for directions on how to obtain an exception to this procedure.

Granting or permitting exceptions or violations of policy, process, or procedure without authority, regardless of position or title, may be cause for disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Violating a policy, process, or procedure may be cause for disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: A printed copy of this document may not be the document currently in effect. The official version is located on the Sandia National Laboratories Sandia Restricted Network (SRN).

Procedure Overview

This procedure describes the process for working safely in high injury potential/remote operations.

Procedure Requirements

Activity

Responsible Individual

Required Action
Perform High-Injury-Potential Operations Members of the Workforce
  • Always use the buddy system when working at a high-injury-potential-operation. (See Related Corporate Processes and Procedures section.)
  • Do not leave a high-injury-potential-operation unattended unless appropriate control measures have been established to keep unauthorized and casual Members of the Workforce out of harm's way.
Work Alone Safely Managers

Authorize Members of the Workforce to work alone in a normally unoccupied remote facility or in a remote location only if one or more of the following applies:

  • The injury potential of the task is low.
  • Electronic surveillance (visual, audio, etc.) is available to monitor the member of the workforce.
  • A definite follow-up schedule is established in advance by the manager or identified in an applicable technical work document (TWD) and maintained during the work activity such as:
    • Members of the Workforce call in periodically.
    • The manager (or designee) visits the area regularly to check on the well-being of Members of the Workforce.
Work at a Normally Unoccupied Remote Facility or Remote Location Responsible Members of the Workforce

Ensure that:

  • Emergency assistance is reasonably accessible during all >high-injury-potential-operations. (This does not mitigate the above-stated requirement for using the buddy system, when appropriate.)
  • Where emergency assistance is not readily available, alternative means of response, such as another person trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid, are considered based on the risk and potential hazards.

 

Additional Drivers

  • 10 CFR 851, Worker Safety and Health Program.

Related Processes and Procedures

Processes

Procedures

 

Change Summary

Date

Summary
11/30/2010

Administrative

Modified

Corrected typographical error in Related Processes and Procedures field.
11/29/2010

Administrative

Modified

  • Correct the procedure names in related procedure field  for ESH100.2.IH.9 and ESH100.2.EXP.1.
  • Corrected the Change Summary formatting for the 06/16/2010 entry.
  • Updated SAPLE links to subject matter experts for system consistency.
  • Updated dictionary links to term links for system consistency.
06/16/2010

Administrative

Modified

Corrected links for high-injury-potential-operations, normally unoccupied remote facility, remote location, Members of the Workforce, buddy system.