Safety News

The Emergency Management and Preparedness team with Hanford Site contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) gave a presentation at the 2024 Emergency Management Symposium.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Portsmouth Site recently partnered with a labor union to develop a course to enhance the safety and effectiveness of facility inspections across the site.

With help from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM), the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently hosted its annual Safety Expo, featuring over 70 informational booths designed to educate and engage employees on a range of topics that underpin the site’s legacy of safety culture and performance.

Crews with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently met a fiscal year goal at the West Valley Demonstration Project by shipping eight containers of legacy waste each weighing up to 94,000 pounds for offsite disposal.

Safety professionals with U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) recently deployed a small device intended to have a big effect when it comes to worker safety at the Hanford Site.

Nearly 1,000 people from across the United States attended Safety Fest TN last week to take advantage of free safety and health training. The four-day event offered more than 130 courses, seminars and demonstrations on a wide range of topics.

A recent addition of high-tech concrete equipment and enhanced processes at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site is producing more durable and level flooring during construction, enhancing safety for U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) construction crews.

When weather and fuel conditions are right, workers may hear a morning announcement that the U.S. Forest Service will conduct a prescribed fire on Savannah River Site (SRS) that day.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) HAMMER Federal Training Center and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory co-hosted this year’s gathering of the Training Working Group of the Energy Facility Contractors Group at the Hanford Site.

The Hanford Fire Department is using prescribed burns at the 580-square-mile EM cleanup site to reduce wildfire risks in the late spring and summer.