The C3RS Peer Review Team (PRT) met March 18.

“It went great,” Signal Instructor Clint Jonas said. “There isn’t a situation where someone doesn’t have pertinent experience.”

With 10 craft employees on the team, all unions are represented at meetings. 

Since the start of the year, the team has reviewed 11 cases. These initially are submitted by Belt employees to NASA. The agency ensures that the submission is entirely anonymous and then places them on a portal where the PRT can download it. Then during the PRT meeting, the facilitator, most recently Machinist Ryan Dolatowski, will read through the case. It will be discussed by the team in the hopes of eliminating or mitigating any issues discovered with corrective actions. Pertinent data from the case, such as incident time of day, department and employees’ years of experience, will be recorded to help note trends and guide safety efforts.

Jonas said the PRT’s work has led to several safety enhancements. He notes that NASA uses case data to chart industry trends, so Belt submissions help enhance industry safety.