The National Shipbuilding Research Program. Application of Industrial Engineering Techniques to Reduce Worker's Compensation and Environmental Costs - Deliverable A

Abstract

The Safety Process Improvement Team's basic philosophy in developing the project approach was to develop a pilot process and methodology for managing a shipyard safety program which would apply to any shipyard. Thus, the project approach suggested in the abstract and in NASSGO's original project proposal was reevaluated against that criterion. The project team felt that the abstract approach to the project would generate a one time benefit without establishing a lasting process for successfully managing shipyard safety programs. Based on that premise, a different approach was taken to accomplishing the project objectives. The basic premise of the project approach was that the hourly production workers had to be intimately involved in order for any safety program to be successful. Two primary methods of hourly employee involvement were selected for pilot approaches to managing safety.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA450213

Entities

Organizations

  • National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Back Injuries
  • Compensation
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Manufacturing
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Production
  • Protective Equipment
  • Shipbuilding
  • Shipyards
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

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  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.