RESPONSE TO RECOMMENDATION NO. 14 OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SURVEY OF THE OFFICE OF MEDICAL SERVICES

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• Publication Date: January 17, 1977
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17 JAN 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
FROM Robert W. Gambino
Director of Security
SUBJECT Response to Recommendation No. 14 of the
Inspector General Survey of the Office of
Medical Services
1. This memorandum is for your information. It refers to
the Inspector General findings in the course o a survey of the
Office of Medical Services which included Recommendation No. 14
that "the DDA make a thorough review to determine if the Agency
should have its own industrial hygienist."
2. Since an Office of Securit ILLEGIB
Report of 1963 pointed out that the Agency was not meeting the
requirements to provide for the Health and Safety of its employees,
there have been two subsequent Insp ector General reports and a
Building Security Committee report that have STATINTL
reiterated the same concern. The Building Security Committee was
the first to state specifically that this Agency was not addressing
the dangers of toxics and flammable vapors. The most recent, and
probably most. important report was that of the 1974 audit of the
Agency's Safety and Health Program by the Office of Federal Agency
Safety Programs, Department of Labor. Recommendation No. 3(B)
specifically pointed out the need for a full-time industrial
hygienist.
STATINTL 3. During the past year the Agency contracted with
to conduct an Industrial Hygiene
STATINT*urvey of the Printing and Photography Building, at a cost of
I0 .600. The survey took approximately one month to complete.
also looked at one re roduction room of concern in
the Headquarters Building. The I lat STATINTL
STATIN L also provided assistance in another case for a
two-day period. As a result of these problems, consideration
was given to utilization of a commercial. concern on a retainer
basis. However, this would not provide the capability to make
the preplanned inspections, including overseas, necessary for a
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problems because of the sensitive areas involved, e.g., IL STATINTL
in view of the rather frequent turnover of industrial hygienists
in industry.
4. As a result of the increased frequency of industrial
hygiene related problems, the Chief, Safety Branch, made a presen-
tation to the Safety Committee on this subject in November 1976.
Nine specific instances which occurred in August and September
1976 were covered. In each of these cases, the Safety Branch
was reactive rather than preventative because the Agency does not
have an industrial hygienist. At the same time, nine other
Safety and Health programs which could be addressed by a hygienist
were listed. At the end of the presentation, the Committee
unanimously endorsed the need for the Agency to have adequate
industrial hygiene expertise. Based on the Safety Committee's
endorsement, the Chief, Benefits and Services Division (BSD),
Office of Personnel was requested to obtain information from the
Civil Service Commission and other interested agencies on position
descriptions, position classification standards, and job descrip-
tions to aid in the preparation of a'position paper to the
Deputy Director for Administration in his capacity as the Agency
Safety and Health official. The Chief, BSD provided the last of
the needed information on 12 January 1977. The final paper will STATINTL
be completed for your consideration by 31 January 1977.
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As you will note from the
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attached, a definitive proposal
on the subject of an industrial
hygienist for the Agency will be
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forwarded to your Office by the
end of the month. We are con-
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winced that a legitimate need for
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such an officer exists but do not
at this point see how we can
absorb this activity within the
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confines of our current ceiling.
As you undoubtedly know, OMS
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also supports the case for the
Agency needing such resident expert
and they are deferring to this
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Office on how the coverage is
to be obtained.
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