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Office of the Director

NIST Safety Commission

From December 2022 to December 2023, the NIST Safety Commission provided advice on matters relating to safety policies; safety management system, practices, and performance; and safety culture at NIST. The Commission assessed the state of NIST’s safety culture and how effectively the existing safety protocols and policies had been implemented across NIST.

The Commission was composed of seven members who were qualified to provide advice to the NIST Director on matters relating to safety policies; safety management system, practices, and performance; and safety culture.

 

Individuals in hard hats in a lab
Members of the NIST Safety Commission tour the National Fire Research Laboratory during the first Commission meeting.
Credit: Courtesy of Craig Merlic
Individuals in hard hats in a laboratory
Members of the NIST Safety Commission tour the National Fire Research Laboratory during the first Commission meeting.
Credit: Courtesy Craig Merlic
Interior hallway of a building. Man on right stands looking at a group of individuals on the left.
NIST researcher Dr John Bollinger provided a lab tour in Boulder for the NIST Safety Commission where he talked about Dave Wineland’s Nobel Prize and its legacy. Wineland won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2012 for his advances in laser cooling and trapping ions. Ten years later, this work has rapidly advanced quantum computing, precision timekeeping and more.
Credit: NIST
Interior building hallway. Man on left speaks to a group of people on the right.
NIST researcher Dr John Bollinger provided a lab tour in Boulder for the NIST Safety Commission where he talked about Dave Wineland’s Nobel Prize and its legacy. Wineland won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2012 for his advances in laser cooling and trapping ions. Ten years later, this work has rapidly advanced quantum computing, precision timekeeping and more.
Credit: NIST

 

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