Performance Objective:

Management should be proactive in addressing safety-related issues.  Management should have an established system to provide a ranking of safety considerations founded upon risk-based priorities.

Criteria:

  • A system is in place to provide a ranking of safety considerations founded upon risk-based priorities.  (DOE/EH-0135)
  • Procedures clearly define management’s responsibility for safety-related decisions and provide for the escalation of matters in an appropriate time frame.  (DOE/EH-0135)
  • Management promotes safety programs and the organization’s safety culture through sponsoring and attending safety meetings.  (DOE/EH-0135)
  • Management encourages and supports effective programs for reporting safety concerns (i.e., such as safety violations, employee concerns, and conditions adverse to quality) quickly and efficiently to the appropriate level of management, and management acts responsively to resolve them.  (DOE/EH-0135)
  • Personnel conduct well defined safety reviews separate and independent from line functions.  .  (DOE/EH-0135)
  • Management installs well-defined administrative controls for safety-related work in each functional area.  .  (DOE/EH-0135)
  • Management installs an effective corrective action program for safety-related issues, wherein records are updated and actions are tracked through completion.  (DOE/EH-0135)
  • Management annually updates and publishes safety goals, maintaining the visibility of safety with employees and line management alike who discuss in their safety meetings how those goals can be met.  (DOE/EH-0135)