scope:

PURPOSE

This directive defines the requirements for the implementation and management of the Occupational Health Program at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The purpose of the GSFC Occupational Health Program is to enhance overall mission effectiveness by protecting human resources in the workplace, reducing costs, and improving performance in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The basic strategy of the Center occupational health program is to encourage the interrelationships within the Safety, Environmental, and Occupational Health (SEOH) organizations to build a better workforce. This is accomplished through collaboration and integration working toward the following:

a. Structuring SEOH actions to minimize interference with and maximize support of operations while not exposing personnel to undue risk;

b. Prioritizing work based on risk reduction, the opportunity to improve performance and/or reduce costs;

c. Providing SEOH technical expertise to workplace supervisors to support risk management and improve productivity;

d. Coordinating and working with other installation SEOH professionals to achieve the most effective operations for NASA and GSFC; and

e. Compliance with legal requirements.

APPLICABILITY

This directive is applicable to all GSFC personnel, facilities, and activities, including all permanent and temporary sites. This directive shall also apply to all GSFC tenant organizations, contractors, grantees, clubs and other persons operating under the auspices of GSFC or on GSFC property as required by law and as directed by contractual, grant, and agreement documents. For this document, the term GSFC shall encompass GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Wallops Island, VA; Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), New York, NY; and Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Fairmont, WV.

The GSFC Health Unit is available to non-NASA employees in instances of emergency only. The GSFC, Greenbelt, Fitness Center is not open to non-NASA employees at any time. At WFF, the fitness facility is a club under WEMA and is open to all personnel on the facility.