March 2016

Lessons Learned From Targeted Reviews of Activity-Level Work Planning and Control

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Worker Safety and Health Assessments within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA) conducted a series of Activity Level Work Planning and Control (WP&C) targeted reviews at six DOE sites from July 2014 to September 2015.  Two of the sites reviewed are managed under DOE’s Office of Environmental Management while the remaining four are managed under DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Additional WP&C reviews are scheduled for 2016.  For each review, EA focused on contractor performance at the activity level regarding implementation of the integrated safety management core functions (Define Scope of Work, Identify and Analyze Hazards, Identify and Implement Controls, Perform Work Safely within Controls, and Feedback and Improvement).  Each review also included an evaluation of the DOE/NNSA field element oversight of the contractor’s WP&C program. This report summarizes and analyzes the results of these targeted reviews.