"Integrated Safety Committee"

Wackenhut Services, Incorporated - Savannah River Site

Integrated Safety Committee (ISC) was created to provide a continuing review of the following: (1) WSI-SRS policies and practices relating to performance-based training (which includes the use of firearms, munitions, and related equipment) to ensure that an adequate level of safety and risk assessment is provided; (2) the creation or significant modification of permanent posts and fighting positions; and (3) the first time procurement of equipment (e.g., tactical vests, firearms, holsters, and uniforms), post equipment (e.g., portable x-ray equipment and hand-held detectors), office furniture (e.g., desks, chairs, stools, and computer workstations), and special use vehicles for specific applications.

A cross-functional users' group is a mix of non-supervisory personnel representative of all anticipated users An example of a users' group evaluation is the proposed handgun change. A users' group of 26 potentially affected employees, plus the Senior Armorer and Armorer, the Firearms Instructors, and the Senior Operational Safety Officer, to evaluate a wide variety of handguns and make a recommendation to the ISC. This user's group's members varied in height, weight, sex, dominant hand (right or left), and hand size. After the evaluation, the user's group's recommendation was reviewed; and WSI is pursuing the purchase of the handgun the users' group recommended.

To learn more about this program or to obtain program documents or procedures, please contact Jim Brown at 803-952-7973, or via e-mail at gjim.brown@srs.gov