DOE O 440.1B Chg 2 (AdminChg), Worker Protection Program for DOE (Including the National Nuclear Security Administration) Federal Employees
Functional areas: Administrative Change, Safety, Worker Protection
The Order establishes the framework for an effective worker protection program that will reduce or prevent injuries, illnesses, and accidental losses by providing DOE and NNSA Federal workers with a safe and healthful workplace. Supersedes DOE O 440.1B Chg 1. Superseded by DOE O 440.1B Chg 3 (LtdChg) dated 9-15-20.
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Section 1
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: INITIATED BY:
www.directives.doe.gov Office of Health, Safety and Security
U.S. Department of Energy ORDER
Washington, D.C.
Approved: 5-17-07
Certified: 6-17-11
Chg 1(PgChg): 8-21-12
Chg 2 (AdminChg): 3-14-13
SUBJECT: WORKER PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR DOE (INCLUDING THE NATIONAL
NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
1. OBJECTIVE. To establish the framework for an effective worker protection program that
will reduce or prevent injuries, illnesses, and accidental losses by providing Department
of Energy (DOE), including National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Federal
workers with a safe and healthful workplace.
2. CANCELLATION. DOE O 440.1A, Worker Protection Management for DOE Federal
and Contractor Employees, dated 03-27-98. Cancellation of a directive does not, by itself,
modify or otherwise affect any contractual obligation to comply with the directive.
Contractor requirements documents (CRDs) that have been incorporated into or attached
to a contract remain in effect until the contract is modified to either eliminate
requirements that are not longer applicable or substitute a new set of requirements.
DOE M 440.1-1A, DOE Explosives Safety Manual, dated 1-09-06. NOTE: All
requirements of this canceled directive, DOE Explosives Safety Manual, have been
incorporated into DOE-STD-1212, Explosives Safety, which is the DOE successor
version of the Manual.
3. APPLICABILITY.
a. Departmental Elements. Except for the exclusions in paragraph 3c, this Order
(including Attachment 1) applies to Departmental elements. (Go to
http://www.directives.doe.gov/references). This list automatically includes all
Departmental elements created after the Order is issued.
The Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will
assure that NNSA employees comply with their respective responsibilities under
this Order. Nothing in this Order will be construed to interfere with the NNSA
Administrator’s authority under section 3212(d) of Public Law (P.L.) 106-65 to
establish Administration-specific policies, unless disapproved by the Secretary
a. Contractors. None.
b. Exclusions.
(1) Activities conducted under the authority of the Director, Naval Nuclear
Propulsion Program, as described in P.L. 98-525.
(2) Activities conducted under the Nuclear Explosives and Weapons Safety
Program relating to the prevention of accidental or unauthorized nuclear
detonations to the extent a requirement under this Order cannot be
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implemented for a particular facility in a manner that does not compromise
the effectiveness of such activities.
(3) Activities conducted by Bonneville Power Administration as authorized by
Delegation Order No. 00–033.00A.
4. REQUIREMENTS. DOE elements must:
a. Establish and implement a written worker protection program appropriate for the
facility hazards that:
(1) Provides a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing
or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to their employees; and,
(2) Integrates all requirements contained in paragraphs 4a through 4m of this
Order; program requirements contained in Title 29 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 1960, Basic Program Elements for Federal Employee
Occupational Safety and Health Programs and Related Matters; applicable
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functional area requirements contained in Attachment 1; and other related site-
specific worker protection activities.
b. Establish written policy, goals, and objectives for the worker protection program.
c. Use qualified worker protection staff to direct and manage the worker protection
program.
d. Assign worker protection responsibilities, evaluate personnel performance, and
hold personnel accountable for worker protection performance.
e. Encourage the involvement of employees in the development of program goals,
objectives, and performance measures and in the identification and control of
hazards in the workplace.
f. Provide workers the right, without reprisal, to:
(1) Accompany DOE worker protection personnel during workplace inspections;
(2) Participate in activities provided for in this Order on official time;
(3) Express concerns related to worker protection;
(4) Decline to perform an assigned task because of a reasonable belief that, under
the circumstances, the task poses an imminent risk of death or serious bodily
harm to that individual, coupled with a reasonable belief that there is
insufficient time to seek effective redress through the normal hazard reporting
and abatement procedures established in accordance with this Order;
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(5) Have access to DOE worker protection publications, DOE-prescribed
standards, and the organization's own worker protection standards or
procedures applicable to the workplace;
(6) Observe monitoring or measuring of hazardous agents and have access to the
results of exposure monitoring;
(7) Be notified when monitoring results indicate they were overexposed to
hazardous materials;
(8) Receive results of inspections and accident investigations upon request;
(9) Have limited information on any recordkeeping log (OSHA Form 300).
Access is subject to Freedom of Information Act requirements and
restrictions; and
(10) Review the DOE Form 5484.3 (the DOE equivalent to OSHA Form 301) that
contains the employee’s name as the injured or ill worker.
g. Implement procedures to allow workers to stop work when they discover
employee exposures to imminent danger conditions or other serious hazards. The
procedure must ensure that any stop work authority is exercised in a justifiable
and responsible manner.
h. Inform workers of their rights and responsibilities by appropriate means,
including posting the Occupational Safety and Health Protection for DOE
Employees Poster in the workplace where it is accessible to all workers.
i. Identify existing and potential workplace hazards and evaluate the risk of
associated worker injury or illness.
(1) Analyze or review:
(a) Designs for new facilities and modifications to existing facilities
and equipment;
(b) Operations and procedures; and
(c) Equipment, product, and service needs.
(2) Perform routine job activity-level hazard analyses, if appropriate for the
particular work environment or task.
(3) Assess worker exposure to chemical, physical, biological, or ergonomic
hazards through appropriate workplace monitoring (including personal, area,
wipe, and bulk sampling), biological monitoring, and observation. Monitoring
results must be recorded. Documentation must describe the tasks and locations
where monitoring occurred, identify workers monitored or represented by the
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monitoring, and identify the sampling methods and durations, control
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measures in place during monitoring (including the use of personal protective
equipment), and any other factors that may have affected sampling results.
(4) Evaluate workplaces and activities accomplished routinely by workers,
supervisors, and managers and periodically by qualified worker protection
professionals.
(5) Report and investigate accidents, incidents, injuries, illnesses and analyze
related data for trends and lessons learned. Requirements for accident, injury,
and illness reporting and investigation and trending and lessons-learned are
contained in DOE O 231.1B and DOE O 225.1B.
(6) Review site safety and health experience information.
(7) Consider interactions between workplace hazards and other hazards such as
radiological hazards, as appropriate.
j. Implement a hazard prevention/abatement process to ensure that all identified
hazards are managed through final abatement or control.
(1) For hazards identified either in the facility design or during the development
of procedures, controls must be incorporated in the appropriate facility design
or procedure.
(2) For existing hazards identified in the workplace, abatement actions prioritized
according to risk to the worker must be promptly implemented, interim
protective measures must be implemented pending final abatement, and
workers must be protected immediately from imminent danger conditions.
(3) Hazards must be addressed when selecting or purchasing equipment,
products, and services.
(4) Hazard control methods must be selected based on the following hierarchy:
(a) Substitution and/or elimination.
(b) Engineering controls.
(c) Work practices and administrative controls that limit worker
exposures.
(d) Personal protective equipment.
k. Provide workers, supervisors, managers, visitors, and worker protection
professionals with worker protection training. (Also see Attachment 1,
paragraph 10)
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l. Develop and implement occupant emergency plans and procedures, conduct
training, and emergency drills according to directives and guidance issued by
DOE.
m. Comply with the following worker protection requirements that are applicable to
the hazards at the facility:
(1) Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1910, Occupational Safety
and Health Standards;
(2) Title 29 CFR 1915, Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Shipyard
Employment;
(3) Title 29 CFR 1917, Marine Terminals;
(4) Title 29 CFR Part 1918, Safety and Health Regulations for Longshoring;
(5) Title 29 CFR Part 1926 Safety and Health Regulations for Construction;
(6) Title 29 CFR Part 1928, Occupational Safety and Health Standards for
Agriculture;
(7) Title 29 CFR Sections 1904.4 through 1904.11, 1904.29 through 1904.33,
1904.44 and 1904.46, Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses;
(8) Title 10 CFR Part 850, Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program;
(9) American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienist (ACGIH),
Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and
Biological Exposure Indices, when the ACGIH Threshold Limit Values
(TLVs) are lower (more protective) than permissible exposure limits in
29 CFR Part 1910. When the ACGIH TLVs are used as exposure limits,
federal employees must nonetheless comply with the other provisions of any
applicable expanded health standard found in 29 CFR Part 1910. DOE
Elements must use ACGIH limits for physical hazards not covered by the
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA);
(10) American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z88.2, American National
Standard Practices for Respiratory Protection, (for respiratory protection
issues not covered by 29 CFR 1910.134);
(11) ANSI Z136.1, Safe Use of Lasers, (for laser hazards not covered by OSHA
standards);
(12) ANSI Z49.1, Safety in Welding, Cutting and Allied Processes, Sections 4.3
and E4.3 of the 1999 edition or equivalent sections of subsequent editions, (for
welding hazards not covered by OSHA standards);
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(13) National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70, National Electrical
Code;
(14) NFPA 70E, Standards for Electrical Safety in the Workplace;
(15) 42 CFR Part 73, Select Agents and Toxins;
(16) 9 CFR Part 121, Possession, Use and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins;
and
(17) 7 CFR Part 331, Possession, Use and Transfer of Select Agents and
Toxins.
n. Nothing in this document must be construed as relieving a federal facility from
complying with any additional specific safety and health requirement that it
determines to be necessary to protect the safety and health of workers.
o. Additional requirements for applicable functional areas are contained in
Attachment 1, Functional Area Requirements.
5. RESPONSIBILITIES.
a. Assistant Secretaries (and NNSA Deputy Administrators where applicable).
(1) Ensure that program-specific worker protection goals and objectives are
developed and resources are provided.
(2) Ensure that worker protection policies and requirements are effectively
implemented.
(3) Develop or participate in recognition programs that encourage the
improvement of worker protection programs.
(4) When contractors report directly to the Cognizant Secretarial Officer or an
Assistant Secretary, ensure that the requirements of paragraph 5b (and
applicable responsibilities in the specific functional areas contained in
Attachment 1) and the requirements of 10 CFR 851 are implemented.
(5) Assist in the resolution of significant worker protection issues and the
improvement in cost effectiveness and efficiency of worker protection
programs.
(6) Review and be the approving authority for exemptions to requirements
contained in this Order. Approval authority for exemptions to the
requirements in this Order may be delegated (except for those exemptions
related to OSHA standards.)
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(7) Incorporate performance elements for Federal Employee Occupational
Safety and Health (FEOSH) Program into management performance
elements.
b. Heads of Departmental Elements, and Heads of Field Elements.
(1) Ensure through the Contracting Officer that contractors implement the
requirements of 10 CFR 851.
(2) Review contractor worker protection program budgets and provide
recommendations to the funding official on the appropriateness of the budget
request.
(3) Provide contractors with technical direction on and criteria for the
development of contractor goals, objectives, and performance measures.
(4) Hold DOE line personnel accountable for providing technical direction to
contractors that is consistent with the requirements contained in 10 CFR 851.
(5) Evaluate the need for and direct the development of formal written
agreements between Departmental elements on their sites. These agreements
must outline the respective roles, responsibilities, and authorities of each
Departmental element as they relate to compliance with DOE worker
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protection requirements and the resolution of cross-cutting worker protection-
related issues.
(6) Review and forward, to the DOE Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer all
exemptions, exceptions, and variances to mandatory worker protection
requirements contained in this Order. Conduct an annual review of the status
of all exemptions to the requirements contained in this Order to ensure that
circumstances requiring the need for relief have not changed and that
instituted controls are still implemented and appropriate.
(7) Provide annually to the Office of Health, Safety and Security input for the
Department of Labor’s FEOSH report, including status of progress in meeting
established goals, new initiatives, and other requested information.
(8) Establish annually FEOSH Program goals and objectives for both promoting
the program and for reducing accidents, injuries, and lost-time cases.
c. Operations Office Managers (and Heads of Field Elements, where applicable).
(1) Ensure that unannounced worker protection inspections of federal workplaces
are conducted at least annually.
(2) Ensure immediate and effective remedial actions are taken for imminent
danger situations discovered during worker protection inspections to ensure
employees are removed from the hazard or the hazard is eliminated; conduct
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an inspection as soon as possible after an imminent danger situation has been
corrected to ascertain that appropriate actions have been taken to preclude
recurrence.
(3) Ensure that initiators of procurement requests specify therein whether
requirements in 10 CFR 851 are to be applied to the resulting awards or
subawards.
(4) Ensure that a FEOSH Program Manager/Coordinator is assigned the
responsibility for administration of the FEOSH Program and is provided
adequate training commensurate with that responsibility.
d. Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer.
(1) Establish committees as necessary to assist in the development of
Departmental requirements and guidance.
(2) Review and recommend for approval any exemptions contained in this Order
in accordance with DOE O 251.1C.
e. Contracting Officers. Require contractors to comply with the requirements of
10 CFR 851.
6. NECESSITY FINDINGS STATEMENT. In compliance with Sec. 3174 of P. L. 104-201
(42 USC 7274k note), DOE hereby finds that this Order is necessary for the protection of
human health and the environment or safety, fulfillment of current legal requirements,
and conduct of critical administrative functions.
7. CONTACT. For technical interpretations of DOE-prescribed worker protection
standards, consult the DOE Technical Information Services database, or call the DOE
Response Line at 800-292-8061.
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY:
CLAY SELL
Deputy Secretary
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FUNCTIONAL AREA REQUIREMENTS
This attachment establishes the mandatory requirements for implementing the applicable
functional areas required by paragraph 4o of this Order.
1. CONSTRUCTION SAFETY. The following requirements and responsibilities apply for
construction projects above the monetary threshold established by the Davis-Bacon Act
(40 U.S.C. 276a) at Government-owned or -leased facilities where the contract clause
"Safety and Health (Government-Owned or -Leased Facility)" applies:
a. Heads of Departmental Elements, and Heads of Field Elements.
(1) Designate a project manager for each construction project.
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(2) Ensure that project managers are provided with the training, resources, and
technical support necessary to perform the duties prescribed by this Order.
(3) Develop formal written agreements/implementing instructions as needed to
delineate the respective construction safety responsibilities/duties of DOE
project management and technical support staffs.
(4) Review safety and health programs developed for site maintenance and
operational activities to determine their applicability and cost effectiveness on
construction projects.
(5) Direct the development and implementation of a system for evaluating the
effectiveness of construction contractor safety and health programs on fixed-
price construction projects and apply this system to the determination of
bidder responsibility on future construction projects. (Refer to Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.201.)
(6) Ensure that applicable requirements of this Order are specified within
construction project acquisition documents.
b. Construction Project Managers.
(1) Determine the necessity for requiring dedicated construction contractor safety
and health personnel on project workplaces.
(2) Ensure that construction project acquisition documents provide information or
reference to existing documentation that describes known hazards to which
project workers may be exposed.
(3) Ensure that a pre-work safety meeting is conducted with the construction
contractor to review project safety and health requirements.
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(4) Ensure that the project safety and health plan is approved prior to any on- site
project work and that required hazard analyses are completed and approved
prior to start of work on affected construction operations.
(5) Ensure that project safety and health plans and hazard analyses are revised, as
necessary, to address identified deficiencies in project safety and health
performance or changes in project operations, contractors, or personnel.
(6) Through personal on-site involvement and/or formal delegation to support
staff and/or the construction manager, perform frequent and regular
documented on-site reviews of construction contractor safety and health
program effectiveness.
(7) Ensure documentation exists for all formal contract actions taken to enforce
construction contractor compliance with project safety and health
requirements.
2. FIRE PROTECTION. Establish and implement a comprehensive fire protection program
with the objective of providing an acceptable level of safety from fire and related hazards
for DOE and NNSA Federal personnel and for the public. This includes appropriate
facility and site-wide protection (refer to DOE O 420.1B Chg 1, Facility Safety), fire
alarm notification and egress features, and access to a fully staffed, trained, and equipped
fire department that is capable of responding in a timely and effective manner to site
occurrences.
a. An acceptable fire protection program includes those fire protection criteria and
procedures, analyses, hardware and systems, apparatus and equipment, and
personnel that comprehensively ensure that the above objective is met. This
includes meeting applicable building codes and National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA) Codes and Standards or exceeding them (when necessary to
meet safety objectives), unless explicit written relief has been granted.
b. Life Safety Code. NFPA Standard 101, Life Safety Code, is applicable to most
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DOE facilities. DOE Elements with Federal worker responsibility may determine
that NFPA 101A, Alternate Approaches to Life Safety, can be applied to DOE
facilities where an equivalent level of life safety to NFPA 101 is needed provided
that such an alternative approach is determined by a qualified individual. DOE
Elements with Federal worker responsibility also should determine the additional
or modified exit requirements needed for toxic and explosive environments if
appropriate. The exit requirements for explosives environments should reflect the
criteria contained in the DOE–STD-1212, Explosives Safety (available by
searching at http://www.hss.doe.gov/nuclearsafety/ns/techstds/standard.html).
Additional fire protection features and personnel limits should be maintained
where noncompliance with some NFPA Standard 101 provisions are necessary to
prevent creating serious hazards, e.g. as could occur in some containment
structures.
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c. Fire Watches. When applicable, fire watcher requirements in NFPA 51B should
be expanded to include responsibility for the safety of the welder(s) in addition to
that of the facility.
3. FIREARMS SAFETY.
a. Establish firearms safety policies and procedures for security operations and
training to ensure proper accident prevention controls are in place. Written
procedures must address firearms safety, engineering and administrative controls,
as well as personal protective equipment requirements. At a minimum, procedures
must be established for:
(1) Storage, handling, cleaning, inventory and maintenance of firearms and
associated ammunition;
(2) Activities such as loading, unloading, and exchanging firearms. These
procedures must address use of bullet containment devices and those
techniques to be used when no bullet containment device is available;
(3) Use and storage of pyrotechnics, explosives, and/or explosive projectiles;
(4) Handling misfires, duds, and unauthorized discharges;
(5) Live fire training, qualification, and evaluation activities;
(6) Training and exercises using engagement simulation systems;
(7) Training and exercises using obscurant-generating devices;
(8) Emergency responses at firearms training facilities; and,
(9) Use of firing ranges by personnel other than DOE or DOE contractor
protective forces personnel.
b. Ensure that personnel responsible for the direction and operation of the firearms
safety program are professionally qualified and have sufficient time and authority
to implement the established program.
c. Ensure that firearms instructors and armorers have been certified by the
Safeguards and Security National Training Center. Personnel must be
professionally qualified through DOE National Training Center, military, or
factory training to conduct the level of activity they provide.
d. Conduct formal appraisals assessing implementation of procedures, personnel
responsibilities, and duty assignments to ensure overall policy objectives.
e. Implement provisions related to firearms training, live fire range safety,
qualification, and evaluation activities.
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f. Personnel must successfully complete and demonstrate understanding of initial
firearms safety training before being issued any firearms. Authorization to remain
in armed status will continue only if the employee demonstrates the technical and
practical knowledge of firearms safety semi-annually.
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g. Personnel authorized to carry firearms must have access to instruction manuals or
materials for each type of firearm with which they are armed while on duty.
h. Authorized armed personnel must demonstrate both technical and practical
knowledge of firearms handling and safety on a semi-annual basis. This
demonstration must be supported by limited scope performance tests, and the
results of such testing must be documented.
i. All firearms training lesson plans must incorporate safety for all aspects of
firearms training task performance standards. Lesson plans must follow the
standards and criteria set forth by the Safeguards and Security Central Training
Academy's standard training program.
j. Firearms safety briefings must immediately precede training, qualifications, and
evaluation activities involving live fire and/or engagement simulation systems.
k. A safety analysis approved by DOE line management must be developed for the
facilities and operation of each live fire range. A safety analysis must be
completed and approved prior to implementation of any new training,
qualification, or evaluation activity. Results of these analyses must be
incorporated into procedures, lesson plans, exercise plans, and limited scope
performance tests.
l. Firing range safety procedures must be conspicuously posted at all primary range
facilities.
m. Live fire ranges must be properly sited to protect personnel on the range, as well
as personnel and property not associated with the range. Approval for the location
and use of live fire range must be obtained from the DOE field element manager.
n. Develop a safety or risk analysis for all facilities or areas in which firearms will be
introduced in accordance with the local protection strategy. Such analyses must be
approved by DOE line management.
o. Ensure that the transportation, handling, placarding, and storage of munitions
conform to the applicable requirements of DOE-STD-1212, DOE Explosives
Safety.
4. EXPLOSIVES SAFETY. Ensure that applicable explosives operations comply with
DOE-STD-1212, DOE Explosives Safety. Facility management must determine the
applicability of the requirements to research and development laboratory type operations
consistent with the DOE level of protection criteria in the technical standard. The
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administration and management of DOE-STD-1212, DOE Explosives Safety and any
deviations from it, must follow the process specified in Chapter I of the technical
standard. Revisions to the technical standard are made through established Technical
Standards revision process.
5. INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE.
a. Implement a comprehensive and effective industrial hygiene program to reduce
the risk of work-related disease or illness.
b. Include the following elements in industrial hygiene programs:
(1) Initial or baseline surveys of all work areas or operations to identify and
evaluate potential worker health risks.
(2) Coordination with planning and design personnel to anticipate and control
health hazards that proposed facilities and operations would introduce.
(3) Coordination with cognizant occupational medical, environmental, health
physics, and work planning professionals.
(4) Policies and procedures to mitigate the risk from identified and potential
occupational carcinogens.
(5) Professionally and technically qualified industrial hygienists to manage and
implement the industrial hygiene program.
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(6) Periodic resurveys and/or exposure monitoring as appropriate.
(7) Documented exposure assessment for chemical, physical and biological
agents and ergonomic stressors using recognized exposure assessment
methodologies and use of accredited industrial hygiene laboratories.
(8) Specification of appropriate engineering, administrative, work practice, and/or
personal protective control methods to limit hazardous exposures to
acceptable levels.
(9) Worker education, training, and involvement.
(10) Use of appropriate industrial hygiene standards.
(11) Use of respiratory protection equipment tested under the DOE Respiratory
Acceptance Program for Supplied-air Suits (DOE Technical Standard
1167-2003) when National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-
approved respiratory protection does not exist for DOE tasks that require such
equipment. For security operations conducted in accordance with Presidential
Decision Directive 39, U. S. Policy on Counter Terrorism, use of Department
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of Defense military type masks for respiratory protection by security is
acceptable.
6. BIOLOGICAL SAFETY.
a. Implement and manage a program that confirms handling, transfer, use, and
receipt of etiologic agents are conducted by professionally and technically
qualified individuals in a manner consistent with the potential hazard.
b. Confirm that each DOE contractor performing work with etiologic agents
establishes an Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) or equivalent, which will
be responsible for recommending approval and reviewing proposals and programs
for compliance with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Department of
Agriculture, National Institutes of Health (NIH), World Health Organization
(WHO), and other international, Federal, State, and local regulations or guidelines
for work with etiologic agents. This review should include assessment of
containment level, facilities, procedures, practices, and training and expertise of
personnel. In addition, this committee should review the site's security,
safeguards, and emergency management plans and procedures to ensure that they
adequately address work with etiologic agents. DOE staff, with the requisite
technical expertise and training, should be included as a member of the facility
IBC (or equivalent).
c. Be aware of each CDC registration certificate issued to a DOE facility registered
and approved to transfer, receive, and handle select agents at Biosafety Level
(BSL) 2, 3, or 4 under their cognizance. The field elements must also be aware of
each CDC Form EA-101, Transfer of Select Agents, for each select agent received
or transferred by a registered facility under their cognizance.
d. Maintain a record of the status of etiologic agents at facilities under their
authority, based on annual reports from contractors.
7. PRESSURE SAFETY. DOE Elements must implement a comprehensive pressure vessel
and pressure system safety program. This program must meet, at a minimum, the
following criteria:
a. Establish written and documented safety policies and procedures to ensure that all
pressure vessels and systems are designed, fabricated, tested, procured, inspected,
maintained, repaired, and operated by trained and qualified personnel in
accordance with applicable and sound engineering principles.
b. All pressure vessels, boilers, air receivers, and supporting piping systems must
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conform to the following applicable code or standard in place at time of
installation or significant modification:
(1) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Design and Construction
of Boiler, Air Receivers, and Pressure Vessels;
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(2) American National Standards Institute/ASME B.31 Piping Code;
(3) National Board Inspection Code NB-23;
(4) Department of Transportation, 49 CFR Parts 100-199; and/or
(5) Strictest applicable state and local codes.
c. If national consensus codes are not applicable (because of pressure range, vessel
geometry, use of special materials, etc.), implementing measures must be
established to provide equivalent protection and ensure safety equal to or superior
to the intent of the ASME code. Measures must meet the following criteria:
(1) Design drawings, sketches, and calculations must be reviewed and approved
by an independent design professional. Documented organizational peer
review is acceptable.
(2) Qualified personnel must be used to perform examinations and inspections
of materials, in-process fabrications, non-destructive tests, and acceptance
tests.
(3) Documentation, traceability, and accountability must be maintained for each
pressure vessel or system, including descriptions of design, pressure, testing,
operation, repair, and maintenance.
d. Each pressure vessel or system, including the design, pressure ratings, traceability,
inspection, testing, operations, repair, and maintenance requirements must be
described and documented.
e. All components in the pressure system, especially components of pressure relief
devices and control valves, must be inspected, tested, and maintained as required
by the above applicable standards. Inspections, testing, and maintenance may be
done according to competently developed and peer-reviewed engineering and
maintenance specifications, provided that they ensure safety equal to or superior
to the intent of any applicable standard. This process must be documented.
f. Qualified personnel must control the selection and use of the pressure hardware,
including quality control requirements, procurement specifications, and assembly
of pressure components.
g. Personnel who design, build, and operate pressure systems must be trained and
qualified through documented formal classroom attendance, testing, on-the-job
experience and/or training.
h. Worker Involvement/Safety Committee(s) must recommend and/or review safety
policies; address unusual problems and occurrences; and provide advice and
assistance in pressure safety.
Attachment 1 DOE O 440.1B
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8. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY.
a. Implement a Motor Vehicle Safety Program to protect the safety and health of all
drivers and passengers in Government-owned or -leased motor vehicles and
powered industrial equipment (i.e., fork, trucks, tractors, platform lift trucks, and
other similar specialized equipment powered by an electric motor or an internal
combustion engine).
b. Tailor the program for the individual DOE site or facility, based on an analysis of
the needs of that particular site or facility, and it must address the following areas:
(1) Minimum licensing requirements (including appropriate testing and medical
qualification) for personnel operating motor vehicles and powered industrial
equipment.
(2) Requirements for the use of seat belts and provision of other safety devices.
(3) Training for specialty vehicle operators.
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(4) Requirements for motor vehicle maintenance and inspection.
(5) Uniform traffic and pedestrian control devices and road signs.
(6) On-site speed limits and other traffic rules.
(7) Awareness campaigns and incentive programs to encourage safe driving.
(8) Enforcement provisions.
9. ELECTRICAL SAFETY. DOE Elements must implement a comprehensive electrical
safety program appropriate for the activities at the facility. The program must meet the
applicable electrical safety codes and standards referenced in paragraph 4m of this Order.
10. TRAINING AND INFORMATION.
a. Develop and implement a worker safety and health training and information
program to ensure that all federal workers exposed or potentially exposed to
hazards are provided with the training and information on that hazard in order to
perform their duties in a safe and healthful manner.
b. Provide the following:
(1) Training and information for new federal workers, before or at the time of
initial assignment to a job involving exposure to a hazard;
(2) Periodic training as often as necessary to ensure that federal workers are
adequately trained and informed; and
DOE O 440.1B Attachment 1
5-17-07 Page 9 (and Page 10)
(3) Additional training when safety and health information or a change in
workplace conditions indicates that a new or increased hazard exists.
c. DOE must provide training and information to federal workers who have worker
safety and health program responsibilities that is necessary for them to carry out
those responsibilities. safety and health program responsibilities that is necessary
11. RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING.
a. Recordkeeping.
(1) Establish and maintain complete and accurate records of all hazard inventory
information, hazard assessments, exposure measurements, and exposure
controls.
(2) Ensure that the work-related injuries and illnesses of federal workers and
contractor/subcontractor workers are recorded and reported accurately and
consistent with DOE O 231.1B, Environment, Safety and Health Reporting,
dated 6-27-11.
(3) Comply with the applicable occupational injury and illness recordkeeping and
reporting workplace safety and health standards referenced in paragraph 4m
of this Order unless otherwise directed in DOE O 231.1B.
(4) Ensure that any information concerning non-compliance or potential
noncompliance with the requirements in this document is not concealed nor
destroyed.
b. Reporting and investigation.
(1) Report and investigate accidents, injuries and illness (reference
DOE O 225.1B, Accident Investigations; DOE O 231.1B, Environment,
Safety and Health Reporting: and 29 CFR 1960 Subpart I.
(2) Analyze related data for trends and lessons learned (reference DOE O 225.1B,
Accident Investigations, dated 3-04-11.
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: INITIATED BY:
http://www.directives.doe.gov Office of Health, Safety, and Security
U.S. Department of Energy PAGE CHANGE
Washington, D.C.
Approved: 5-17-07
Chg 1: 8-21-12
SUBJECT: DOE O 440.1B, Worker Protection Program for DOE (Including the National
Nuclear Security Administration) Federal Employees
1. PURPOSE. To transmit the revised pages to DOE O 440.1B, Worker Protection Program
for DOE (Including the National Nuclear Security Administration) Federal Employees,
dated 5-17-07.
2. EXPLANATION OF CHANGES. DOE O 440.1B references a number of worker safety and
health directives that have been revised and had their numbers changed or, in some cases,
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a change in directive type. For example, DOE M) 440.1-1A, DOE Explosives Safety
Manual, was converted into DOE Technical Standard (STD) 1212, Explosives Safety.
The page change updates the references from the old directive numbers or type to the
current number or type. This change also cancels the existing DOE M 440.1-1A, which
has been superseded by DOE-STD-1212.
3. LOCATION OF CHANGES.
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1 2.
DOE O 440.1A, Worker
Protection Management for
DOE Federal and Contractor
Employees, dated 03-27-98.
Cancellation of a directive does
not, by itself, modify or
otherwise affect any
contractual obligation to
comply with the directive.
Contractor requirements
documents (CRD) that have
been incorporated into or
attached to a contract remain
in effect until the contract is
modified to either eliminate
requirements that are no
longer applicable or substitute
a new set of requirements.
DOE M 440.1-1A, DOE Explosives
Safety Manual, dated 1-09-06
NOTE: All requirements of this
canceled directive, DOE Explosives
Safety Manual, have been
incorporated into DOE-STD-1212,
Explosives Safety, which is the DOE
successor version of the Manual.
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http://www.directives.doe.gov/
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4 i. (5) Report and investigate accidents,
incidents, injuries, illnesses and
analyze related data for trends
and lessons learned.
Requirements for accident,
injury, and illness reporting and
investigation and trending and
lessons learned are contained in
DOE O 231.1A, Chg 1 and
DOE O 225.1A.
Report and investigate accidents,
incidents, injuries, illnesses and
analyze related data for trends and
lessons learned. Requirements for
accident, injury, and illness reporting
and investigation and trending and
lessons learned are contained in
DOE O 231.1B and
DOE O 225.1B.
8 d. (2) (2) Review and recommend for
approval any exemptions
contained in this Order in
accordance with
DOE M 251.1-1B.
(2) Review and recommend for
approval any exemptions contained
in this Order in accordance with
DOE O 251.1C.
Attachment 1
2 2. FIRE PROTECTION. Establish
and implement a comprehensive
fire protection program with the
objective of providing an
acceptable level of safety from
fire and related hazards for DOE
and NNSA Federal personnel and
for the public. This includes
appropriate facility and site-wide
protection (refer to
DOE O 420.1, Facility Safety).
FIRE PROTECTION. Establish and
implement a comprehensive fire
protection program with the
objective of providing an acceptable
level of safety from fire and related
hazards for DOE, including NNSA,
Federal personnel, and for the
public. This includes appropriate
facility and site-wide protection
(refer to DOE O 420.1B, Facility
Safety),
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2 2. (b) Life Safety Code. NFPA
Standard 101, Life Safety Code,
is applicable to most DOE
facilities. DOE Elements with
Federal worker responsibility
may determine that NFPA 101A,
Alternate Approaches to Life
Safety, can be applied to DOE
facilities where an equivalent
level of life safety to NFPA 101
is needed provided that such an
alternative approach is
determined by a qualified
individual. DOE Elements with
Federal worker responsibility
also should determine the
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additional or modified exit
requirements needed for toxic
and explosive environments if
appropriate. The exit
requirements for explosives
environments should reflect the
criteria contained in the
DOE M 440.1-1A, Explosives
Safety Manual, (available by
searching at
http://www.directives.doe.gov/)
.
Life Safety Code. NFPA Standard
101, Life Safety Code, is applicable
to most DOE facilities. DOE
Elements with Federal worker
responsibility may determine that
NFPA 101A, Alternate Approaches
to Life Safety, can be applied to DOE
facilities where an equivalent level
of life safety to NFPA 101 is needed
provided that such an alternative
approach is determined by a
qualified individual. DOE Elements
with Federal worker responsibility
also should determine the additional
or modified exit requirements
needed for toxic and explosive
environments if appropriate. The
exit requirements for explosives
environments should reflect the
criteria contained in the
DOE-STD 1212, Explosive Safety,
(available by searching at
http://www.hss.doe.gov/nuclearsaf
ety/ns/techstds/standard.html).
4 3. o. Ensure that the transportation,
handling, placarding, and storage
of munitions conform to the
applicable requirements of
DOE M 440.1-1A, DOE
Explosives Safety Manual.
Ensure that the transportation,
handling, placarding, and storage of
munitions conform to the applicable
requirements of DOE-STD-1212,
Explosive Safety.
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4-5 4. 4. EXPLOSIVES SAFETY.
Ensure that applicable explosives
operations comply with
DOE M 440.1-1A. Facility
management must determine the
applicability of the requirements
to research and development
laboratory-type operations
consistent with the DOE level of
protection criteria in the
manual. The administration
and management of
DOE M 440.1-1A, and any
deviations from it must follow
the process specified in Chapter I
of the manual. Revisions to the
manual are made through
concurrence of the DOE
Explosives Safety Committee.
4. EXPLOSIVES SAFETY. Ensure
that applicable explosives operations
comply with DOE-STD-1212,
Explosive Safety. Facility
management must determine the
applicability of the requirements to
research and development
laboratory- type operations
consistent with the DOE level of
protection criteria in the technical
standard. The administration and
management of DOE-STD-1212,
Explosive Safety, and any deviations
from it must follow the process
specified in Chapter I of the
technical standard. Revisions to the
technical standard are made through
the established Technical Standards
revision process.
9 a. (2) Ensure that the work-related
injuries and illnesses of federal
workers and
contractor/subcontractor workers
are recorded and reported
accurately and consistent with
DOE M 231.1-1A,
Environment, Safety and Health
Reporting, dated 9-9-11.
Ensure that the work-related injuries
and illnesses of federal workers and
contractor/subcontractor workers are
recorded and reported accurately and
consistent with DOE O 231.1B,
Environment, Safety and Health
Reporting, dated 6-27-11.
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9 a. (3) Comply with the applicable
occupational injury and illness
recordkeeping and reporting
workplace safety and health
standards referenced in
paragraph 4m of this Order
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unless otherwise directed in
DOE M 231.1-1A.
Comply with the applicable
occupational injury and illness
recordkeeping and reporting
workplace safety and health
standards referenced in paragraph
4m of this Order unless otherwise
directed in DOE O 231.1B.
9 b. (1) (1) Report and investigate
accidents, injuries and illness
(reference DOE O 225.1A,
Accident Investigations;
DOE O 231.1A, Environment,
Safety and Health Reporting: and
29 CFR 1960 Subpart I.
(1) Report and investigate accidents,
injuries and illness (reference
DOE O 225.1B, Accident
Investigations; DOE O 231.1B,
Environment, Safety and Health
Reporting: and 29 CFR 1960
Subpart I.
9 b. (2) Analyze related data for trends
and lessons learned (reference
DOE O 225.1A, Accident
Investigations, dated 11-26-97
(2) Analyze related data for trends
and lessons learned (reference
DOE O 225.1B, Accident
Investigations, dated 3-04-11
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY:
DANIEL B. PONEMAN
Deputy Secretary