Since 2006, the Department analyzed its Occurrence
Reporting and Processing System (ORPS) data to assess the
underlying risk of six major events, which align very well
with the Strategic Outcomes:
Potential Offsite Loss of Control of Radiological and Contaminated
Material
Potential
Offsite Environmental or Public Impact (Non-Radiological)
Potential
for Inadvertent Criticality
Potential
for Fire or Explosion
Potential
for Radiation or IH Exposure
Potential
for Injuries
Under this approach, DOE corporate safety performance is
defined in terms of the Department’s ability to avoid
such unacceptable outcomes. Poor performance in preventing
these outcomes would likely indicate serious systematic
failures and impact the Department’s success. The Department
determined Corporate Safety Indicators should:
- Allow for response, correction, and prevention;
- Have the ability to be measured;
- Be evaluated against a set of benchmarks to establish performance;
- Use existing data; and
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Be normalized and severity
weighted. Severity weighted score x 100,000
Man-hours
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Each Corporate Safety Indicator is based on a repeatable,
transparent evaluation of specific safety performance data
obtained from a corporate safety database such as the Occurrence
Reporting and Processing System (ORPS). This database is
administered by the Office of Health, Safety and Security
at DOE Headquarters, with data provided directly by the
Field.
Since the goal of the Corporate Safety Indicator process
is to measure the Department’s ability to avoid an
unacceptable outcome, and not simply count each time an
outcome occurred, each Corporate Safety Indicator requires
its own set of specific performance measures that are relevant
(i.e., can be seen as a predictor or precursor) to each
Corporate Indicator. This report does not seek to comment
on the indicators, but will leave the interpretations to
the reader.
