Specific Administrative Controls - DOE-STD-1120-1-20050014

DOE-STD-1120-2005/Vol. 1

DSA.

Task hazard analyses should be conducted throughout the life of the project as disposition tasks

are planned and scheduled. The following guidelines should be used when conducting a task

hazard analysis:

The DSA should be used as the basis and an input for performing a task hazard analysis. The

DSA analysis and control set provides an umbrella for all other work activities and provides

controls at the project or facility level.

The analysis should evaluate each step in the task's work instruction for hazards in the

workplace and those introduced from chosen work methods. This process is accomplished

most effectively by performing a walkdown of the work area, as needed, feasible, and

permissible, based on existing facility hazards (e.g., high radiation areas), using the workers

who will perform the task. The analysis should review task steps and evaluate hazardous

substances and physical hazards. This typically provides the basis for selecting the

appropriate immediate worker protection measures such as Personal Protective Equipment

(PPE) or local monitoring. DOE 440.1 and its implementation guide DOE G 440.1-1, Worker

Protection Management for DOE Federal and Contractor Employees Guide, provides further

guidance on evaluation of worker hazards.

The analysis should involve a multi-disciplinary team with the appropriate subject matter

experts.

Tasks should be screened against the DSA to ensure planned work is within the analyzed

safety basis and to determine whether updates to documentation are necessary. This screening

is accomplished consistent with the change control process discussed in Section 2.4.

The extent of work planning efforts and associated task hazard analysis will vary depending on

experience and familiarity in conducting the task. Detailed work planning is necessary to

support many work tasks, but the extent of these efforts can be graded where appropriately

justified. For example, a work task such as a previously conducted maintenance activity that is

documented in current procedures and well understood, may rely on a review of task steps and a

simple hazard checklist. Whereas, a task that is new and unfamiliar to workers may warrant a

more detailed task hazard analysis and prescriptive process instructions.

2.4 Specific Administrative Controls

The purpose of this section is to provide guidance on specific administrative controls (e.g.,

inventory control limits, directed employee actions, combustible control limits, etc.) that is

germane to decommissioning or environmental restoration projects. Specific administrative

controls (SACs) provide a safety function that is of a similar level of importance as safety

structures, systems or components (SSCs). Guidance provided in DOE-STD-1186-2004,

Specific Administrative Controls, should be followed for establishing specific administrative

controls, together with additional guidance provided in this Standard.

SACs are an integral and important part of the safety basis for decommissioning and

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