Lessons Learned from Assessments of the Safety of Construction, Demolition and Maintenance Work at U.S. Department of Energy Sites
Office of Enterprise Assessments
June 30, 2023
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June 2023,
Lessons Learned from Assessments of the Safety of Construction, Demolition and Maintenance Work at U.S. Department of Energy Sites
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environment, Safety and Health Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted 18 independent assessments from January 2018 through November 2022 which included aspects of construction, demolition, and/or maintenance (CDM) in the assessment scope. Fifteen were assessments of work planning and control at 13 DOE sites and 3 were assessments of construction safety at 2 DOE sites. This lessons learned report is focused on the CDM aspects of these assessments as they relate to occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, radiological protection, electrical safety, explosive safety, and DOE field element oversight. The flow down of safety requirements to subcontractors was also assessed at selected sites.