Assessment of Safety Culture Sustainment Processes at U.S. Department of Energy Sites
Office of Enterprise Assessments
June 23, 2020
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June 2020
Assessment of Safety Culture Sustainment Processes at U.S. Department of Energy Sites
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environment, Safety and Health, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted a targeted assessment of safety culture sustainment processes at multiple DOE sites. The purpose was to evaluate DOE’s progress in improving and monitoring safety culture and to determine whether the maturity of the site processes is consistent with DOE expectations for continuous improvement. Also, this assessment was conducted within the context of a prior U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit recommendation for DOE to examine the maturity of assessment processes for evaluating and monitoring the work environment to continuously improve safety culture and promote employee willingness to raise safety concerns.