DOE-HDBK-1148-2002, DOE HANDBOOK: WORK SMART STANDARDS (WSS) USERS HANDBOOK (FEB 2002)

DOE-HDBK-1148-2002, DOE HANDBOOK: WORK SMART STANDARDS (WSS) USERS HANDBOOK (FEB 2002)., A set of Work Smart Standards (WSS) is the product of the Necessary and Sufficient Closure Process. This Handbook provides amplification, practical examples, and cross references to assist users in the application of the Necessary and Sufficient (N&S) Closure Process within the context of the Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS)1. This Handbook is based on practical experience and lessons learned in applying the Process across the DOE complex over the course of four years. It reflects not only the collective principles of the ISMS and the N&S Process, but the applied knowledge of many people who have successfully used the Process in a variety of applications. The N&S Process is based on the same safety philosophy as prescribed for DOE’s Integrated Safety Management System which begins with a thorough understanding of the work and associated hazards. Within the contractual framework of ISMS, DEAR 970.5204-78, Laws, Regulations, and DOE Directives, requires contractors to use a DOE approved process to identify environment, safety and health (ES&H) requirements appropriate for work and the associated hazards. The N&S Process provides a DOE approved means of identifying sets of standards that, when properly implemented, will provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection of workers, the public, and the environment. The N&S Closure Process can be used for the identification of standards in situations where there exists significant uncertainty: about the definition of the work; the nature of the hazards associated with a piece of specific work definition; or in regard to what work plan(s) can provide the assurance of adequate protection from those hazards. Significant uncertainty may exist simultaneously in all these aspects of standards identification and approval. Accordingly, the N&S Closure Process incorporates features that are intended to systematically build confidence in the resulting WSS set. Confidence is created during the course of recognizing, eliminating or mitigating the potential effects of the various uncertainties that arise from the need to do the specific work.