Annual Safety Report

To: "DC - All District Chiefs"<distribution>,
        "B  - Branch Chiefs and Offices"<distribution>
From: "Catherine L Hill, ACH/Operations, Reston, VA "<clhill>
Cc: "  NRP Eastern Region Safety Ofcr., Reston, VA "<brrer_cdso>,
        "  WRD Regional Safety Officers, Reston, VA "<rso_wrd>,
        "Catherine L Hill, ACH/Operations, Reston, VA "<clhill>,
        "Dave Grason, Asc Reg. Hydrologist, Reston, VA "<dgrason>,
        "William G Shope Jr., Chief, Br. of Oper. Support, Reston, VA "<wgshope>,
        "Melvin Lew, Hydrologist, Reston, VA "<mlew>,
        "Katherine M Long, Clerk (trainee), Reston, VA "<kmlong>,
        "Alice C Dilandro, Secretary (S), Reston, VA "<dilandro>,
        "  WRD Archive File,  "<wrd-archive>
Subject: Annual Safety Report
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 14:20:51 -0400
Sender: "Alice C Dilandro, Secretary (S), Reston, VA "<dilandro>



In Reply Refer To:
Mail Stop 405

				MEMORANDUM
                                                                          
                      				September 2, 1998

 To:		District Chiefs
		Branch Chiefs     
          
From:		Catherine L. Hill    /signed/
               	Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Operations

Subject:  	Annual Safety Report

            RESPONSE REQUESTED BY OCTOBER 15, 1998

Each fiscal year, Water Resources Division (WRD) districts have been 
requested to submit an "Annual Safety Accomplishments and Goals" report.  
This year the report has been revised and renamed the "Annual Safety and 
Health Program Self-Evaluation."  Each district is to complete the form 
and submit the report to their respective Regional Safety Officer by 
October 15, 1998.  Information from these reports will be used in our 
annual safety report due to the bureau on October 31, 1998.  The report 
can be found under "WRD District Safety Reporting Requirement" on the WRD 
Safety Homepage:

               http://wwwhif.er.usgs.gov/uo/safety.html

The purpose of the Annual Safety and Health Program Self-Evaluation 
Report is to provide a comprehensive, uniform method for compiling this 
information across all WRD districts.  This report will allow districts 
to identify strong points and areas needing improvement in their safety 
programs. Annual analyses of reports will assist Regional and Division 
Safety Managers in identifying priority problem areas on which to focus 
their efforts.  The report was modeled after the annual safety program 
evaluation checklist developed by the U.S. Geological Survey Safety 
Office and modified by the Western Region. If you have any questions, 
please contact your Regional Safety Officer.

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