scope:

Applicability

a. This directive is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers.

b. In this directive, "Center Director" refers to the Center Directors, to the Executive Director, Headquarters Operations, and to the directors of Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers.

c. In this directive, the term "Project Manager" refers to both project managers and program managers.

d. In this directive, the term "workforce" refers to the NASA civil servants and NASA contractors.

e. In this directive, the term "public" refers to non-NASA workforce (i.e. tenants), visitors, and the general public.

f. Unless specifically prohibited, responsibilities and requirements may be delegated. When delegated, the stated role or actor still remains accountable for its implementation and outcome.

g. Where an office or organization is stated as the actor of a requirement, the Official in Charge of that office or organization is responsible and accountable for the action and its outcome.

h. In this directive, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms "may" denotes a discretionary privilege or permission, "can" denotes statements of possibility or capability, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.

i. In this directive, all prohibited actions are denoted by statements containing the term "shall not."

j. Where conflicts exist between provisions of this directive and Federal statutes or regulations, or higher-level NASA directives, those statutes, regulations, and higher-level NASA directives take precedence.

k. Where conflicts exist between a general requirement and specific requirement, the specific requirement applies.

l. Codes and standards incorporated by reference in this directive are considered to be part of the requirements of this directive to the prescribed extent of each such reference. Where conflicts exists between provisions of this directive and provision of standards incorporated by reference herein, the provisions of this directive take precedence, except in those cases where the standard is incorporated by reference in applicable Federal statute or regulation.

m. In this directive, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted. When a specific version is stated, use of more recent versions of cited documents may be authorized by the responsible Institutional Safety Discipline Lead.

Purpose

This directive describes the roles and responsibilities, the required safety and health programs, and the associated Agency requirements that provide the framework for the Agency's Safety and Health Program. The purpose of this program is to protect the public, NASA workforce, and high-value assets from all hazards associated with NASA activities and operations created or controlled by NASA and to protect NASA civil servants while performing official NASA duties from any hazard, regardless of location.