Guidelines - std10690012

DOE-STD-1069-94

3.4 Guidelines

3.4.1 Storage and Issuance

3.4.1.1

Applicable departments and/or individuals should be assigned

responsibility for the proper storage and issuance of tools and equipment.

3.4.1.2 Departments and/or individuals who use and maintain specific tools on a

day-to-day basis should receive permanent issuance of these tools. Other

tools and equipment should be available for issue on an as-needed basis.

For these items, proper storage facilities should be centrally located to

shops and normal work areas and should be readily accessible to the

craftspersons, to promote worker efficiency. Controls, such as sign-out

sheets and tool-control attendants, should be considered for these storage

areas to provide accountability and availability of tools. A method should

also be established for the storage, issuance, decontamination, and reuse

of contaminated tools and equipment.

Special tools and equipment sometimes are obtained on a temporary

3.4.1.3

basis from other sources such as a vendor or contractor. A method

should be established that identifies the availability and sources for these

special tools and equipment so that they are obtainable and ready for use

when needed. When these special tools and equipment are on site, they

should be controlled in the same manner as facility tools and equipment.

The use of vendor and/or outside contractor tools and equipment in the

RCA should be controlled, to minimize the possibilities of contamination.

3.4.1.4 Policies governing the control of tools and equipment should be clearly

established. Policies and procedures should emphasize personnel

accountability and item traceability. These policies should address all

aspects of tool control including inventory, issue, tracking, use, and return.

An inventory system should be established for tools and

equipment. This inventory should be computer-based,

compatible with existing facility inventory systems, and adaptable

to daily supply changes.

A computer-based issuance and tracking system should be

established, using a bar-code identification attached to tools or

to containers of equipment. Permanent laser-affixed codes

should be used where possible to prevent inadvertent loss of