FOI #17-204 - Subject - Safety, Competence, primarily the Unexpected Release of Hazardous Energy: Gampel, 5-13-17
Name - Martin Drobney
Affiliation -
Copies of: (1) Contractors request to Utilities Dept. for assistance; (2) HV Dept Workorder; (3) Utilities confined space permit; (4) Phone records Facilities Workorder Dept. May - June 2017; (5) Facilities contact phone numbers; (6) Facilities employees assigned phone numbers; (7) Facilities Workorder shift notes May - June 2017; (8) The three Lockout/Tagout tags locked to the isolating devices of the temporary boiler and steam piping retrofitted to Gampel applied 5-13-17 OSHA report; (9) University OSHA citations 2016 - 2017, status; (10a) Gampel Steam Schematic As-Builts; (10b) Temporary boiler specifications, rental contract, retrofit design; (11) Startup date; (12) Schematic: Underground and building oriented high pressure steam and condensate loop, including isolation valve locations, (Primary Topic); (13) Departments notification to isolate; (14) Isolation locations; (15) Notification of effected employees, contractors; (16) Contractors work scope; (17) Purpose of Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) policy; (18) LOTO policy (Control of Hazardous Energy); (19a) Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), instructional requirements; (19b) Information provided to trainee's at conclusion of training requirement; (20) EHS, Group LOTO requirements (Request Topic Specific); (21) Group LOTO applied (Gampel house valves) previous to startup; (22) Facilities Management's solution to the unexpected release of hazardous energy; (23a) Installation, Operating Instructions Gampel's house valves; (23b) EHS, Facilities records of periodic LOTO inspections, 2012 - 2017; (24a) Employee accessibility of LOTO policies and procedures prior to 5-13-17; (24b) Employee accessibility of LOTO policies and procedures after 5-13-17; (25a) Availability of LOTO tags, locks, hardware prior to 5-13-17; (25b) Availability of LOTO tags, locks, hardware after 5-13-17, per Departments; (26) Facilities Dept. (management of skilled trades) core mission; (27) LOTO reviews, trainings, meetings, conducted by Facilities Management after 5-13-17, content; (28) LOTO utilized North Campus summer shutdown of high pressure steam, all other building, projects with the same requirements, 2012 - 2017; (29) Design, purpose, of installation 2" electric high pressure steam valves to North Campus steam heating system 2015, status; (30a) Uncontrolled release of Friable Asbestos, White Building, May 2016, EHS Report, Facilities Report, EPA Report, OSHA Report, Employee's exposed (White Building, Contractor, Facilities, EHS), Contractor notification of CT DPH, Air testing data; ) Number of permit required confined spaces; (31a) Buildings under Facilities Preventive Maintenance Program (PMP); (31b) Equipment List, PMP (building specific); (31c) Treatment of steam and water of systems, independent of Central Heating Plant; (32) Specifics to be achieved by Facilities Workorder system.