Director's Safety Council
Charter:
The purpose of the Director's Safety Council is to review the structure and performance of Environmental, Safety, Health and Quality related efforts at Jefferson Lab (JLab), thereby ensuring senior line management attention to, and action to resolve, safety related items.
This Council is an integral part of JLab's commitment to safety and quality as defined by the Lab's Integrated Safety Management (ISM) and Quality Assurance (QA) programs.
The Council is established by the Laboratory Director, and the Director has designated the following members:
- Director
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Scientist
- Associate Director, Accelerator Operations
- Associate Director, Experimental Nuclear Physics
- Associate Director, Free Electron Laser
- Associate Director, 12 GeV Project
- Associate Director, ESH&Q
- Chief Financial Officer
- PM and Integration Manager
- Engineering Manager
- Facilities and Logistics Manager
- Chief Information Officer
- Worker Safety Committee Chairperson
- Accelerator Division Safety Officer
- Physics Division Safety Officer
The Council will meet no less frequently than monthly. Meetings will be chaired by the Chief Operating Officer.
The Council has the following roles and responsibilities:
- Review significant work and safety management issues; these issues may be selected by the Council or may include items requested by Laboratory committees, departments, or other organizations.
- Monitor ESH&Q performance measures of laboratory
- Review activities of the Worker Safety Committee, Electrical Safety Committee, Emergency Management Committee, Training Committee, Hoisting and Rigging Committee, Radiation Review Panel, and the Senior Safety Advisory Committee
- Determine and provide direction for important safety issues
- Evaluate the effectiveness of corrective action plans for important safety issues
- Review assessment results affecting the lab broadly
Sponsor and charter working groups to provide recommendations on cross-cutting ESH&Q issues.