The DOE Corporate Operating Experience Program facilitates the sharing of lessons learned and best practices across the DOE complex to prevent adverse operating incidents. The program encourages a graded approach in tailoring local operating experience programs based on the nature of work, hazards, and organizational complexities. This program includes:
Operational (OPEX) Awareness Notices
OPEX Awareness Notices are developed and shared with the DOE community when Environment, Safety and Health (ES&H) trending topics and issues occur. The awareness notices are a tool used to quickly circulate non-OE level notifications. These notices are for reference and informational awareness only.
DOE Corporate Lessons Learned Program
The DOE Lessons Learned program was developed to facilitate continuous and systematic information sharing and learning across the DOE complex.
Information is shared via the DOE OPEXShare Lessons Learned database. The DOE OPEXShare database is used to collect and share lessons learned and best practices pertaining to all DOE activities. Note: Project Management lessons learned are still being entered into the DOE Corporate Lessons Learned database (see link below).
For further information, please contact Beverly Tucker via OPEXShare mailbox.
Safety Alerts (SAs) - ARCHIVED
Special Reports (SRs) - This corporate Operating Experience product delineates significant ES&H trends DOE-wide that may require corrective action. Action is Recommended, Applicability Determined by Recipient, Unless Otherwise Stated. SRs include Electrical Safety, Just-in-Time Reports, DOE Hoisting and Rigging activities, and A Review of Electrical Intrusion Events at DOE. These document are dated 2004 - 2010 and have been archived.
Safety Bulletins (SBs) - ARCHIVED
This corporate OE product provides information on potentially significant ES&H issues that require management awareness and/or with longer term impacts. Action is Recommended. Operating contractors should take the recommended actions, and must report back to DOE Headquarters with positive or negative findings of applicability. This document collection is dated 2005 - 2011 and is archived.
Safety Advisories (SA) - ARCHIVED
This Corporate Operating Experience Product is issued on an as-needed basis when our analysis of operating experience data shows an event or trend that warrants senior Headquarters and field manager awareness but whose safety significance does not warrant an SOR, SA, or SB. An SA highlights important environment, safety, and health issues for senior management attention and potential action. No response to an SA is required. This document collection is dated 2005 - 2011 and is archived.
Suspect/Counterfeit & Defective Items
DOE is committed to ensuring that items and components installed in safety-related or mission-critical applications meet their intended function and operability requirements. The Office of Health, Safety and Security has established a process to identify SCIs or DIs that are deemed safety-significant and broadly applicable to DOE facilities.