Assessment of Work Planning and Control at the Pantex Plant
Office of Enterprise Assessments
June 25, 2018
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June 2018
Enterprise Assessments Assessment of the Pantex Plant Work Planning and Control Program – June 2018
Assessment of Work Planning and Control at the Pantex Plant
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Worker Safety and Health Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted an assessment of work planning and control (WP&C), explosives safety, and selected elements of feedback and improvement at the Pantex Plant. EA conducted this assessment February 12-15 and February 26 – March 1, 2018. This assessment was conducted within the broader context of a series of targeted assessments of WP&C at sites across the DOE complex. EA also examined selected areas of the contractor assurance system as it applies to WP&C activities. The focus was on assessing implementation of the WP&C program by looking at a sample of ongoing work activities. The assessment is based on a sampling of data within the Maintenance, Manufacturing Production Tooling, and Explosives Technology departments with a focus on maintenance, craft shops, and explosives safety operations. Observed activities included maintenance field work; work in the Production Tooling machine shops, Inert Machining Shops, and Maintenance Shops; and the Explosives Technology Division.