Initiatives

Safety Awards at a Glance Safety culture awareness is recognized - and rewarded - from "every day" Hero Cards to the Director's Award level, usually for lifetime achievement.

Hero Card - on-the-spot acknowledgments from one peer to another for positive everyday safe behavior.

Safety Spot Award - recognizes and rewards outstanding individual and/or team efforts. It is designed as a tool for supervisors to reward workplace contributions that occur on a day-to-day basis and impact the safety of an organizational unit, team, or department.

Director's Achievement Awards - Annual awards to honor exceptional achievement by laboratory employees. One of the award areas is accomplishments and leadership in promoting safety culture.

Safety Resources Hub - A one-stop shop for most all things safety - resources, contacts, programs and more.

Safety Concerns Contact Information - EHS and DOE contact information for reporting safety concerns and observed hazardous conditions.

Safety Culture Self Assessment Lines of Inquiry - A set of questions that aid in preparing a division self-assessment.

Lessons Learned - database of safety incidents and valuable safety information to prevent such incidents.

Principles for Conducting Incident/Event Analyses (PDF) - focuses on understanding the direct cause of an incident, the underlying organizational strengths and weaknesses, and lessons learned, from the LBNL Director's perspective.