The Safety and Health Learning Alliance is an inter-agency knowledge sharing program. The vision is to develop a virtual learning consortium with operational safety and occupational health leaders in the government, defense, professional organizations, and industry. Participants log into a live webcast, listen to an informative briefing, and ask questions and share ideas and experiences. The goal of the program is to collaborate with other government agencies and civilian safety and health organizations to facilitate the flow of knowledge, information and resources for NASA Safety & Mission Assurance and NASA Occupational Health practitioners.

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National Aeronautics Space Administration
Safety and Health Learning Alliance Program
An interactive knowledge sharing event for Safety and Mission Assurance and
Occupational Health excellence

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The Safety and Health Learning Alliance (SHLA)
 An affiliation of Agency, Department of Defense, and
professional Safety and Health organizations
 Initiated and managed by the NASA Safety Center
 Objectives:
– COLLABORATE- Create a forum for collaboration with
repeatable process with trusted advisors
– CONCENTRATE- Accelerate learning with “quick hits” on
timely, topical issues and new approaches
– CONTEXT- Learn from your peers what they do and how they
do it. Knowledge + Experience = Wisdom
– CONNECT- Establish networking opportunities which extend
beyond our events for personal and professional development

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 American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics
 American Institute of
Chemical Engineers
 Defense Logistics Agency
 Department of Defense
 Department of Energy
 Los Alamos National Labs
 NASA
 National Institute of
Occupational Health
SHLA Participating Organizations
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 National Safety Council
 National Transportation Safety
Board
 Nuclear Regulatory Commission
 Office of the Secretary of
Defense
 University of Texas at Arlington
 US Air Force Safety Center
 US Coast Guard
 US Marines Safety Center
 US Naval Safety Center

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Presenter’s slides and contact info
Summary Sheet of highlights
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How We Capture SHLA Knowledge
Full event video using Adobe Connect

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Why an Agency/DoD Learning Alliance?
 Save time, augment shrinking federal budgets
for learning, improve quality and results by
– Developing a “community of practice” to encourage
networking, collaboration and informal partnerships
– Understanding the critical thinking process and
rationale behind decision making and actions
– Insight on current topics, issues, and opportunities
– Accelerating learning via the identification of leading
practices
Within the context of an Agency
and/or DoD Safety and Health perspective

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SHLA Guidelines for Events
 Quarterly webinars on Safety and Health topics
 Blended learning approach
 Format: Panel session of organizations sharing their
experience on the selected topic
– Minimal slides
– Videotaped
– 1-1.5 hours
 No SBU/Secret/Classified information
 Participating organizations will push out invitations
through their internal communication channels
 NSC coordinates events, communications and
knowledge sharing at https://nsc.nasa.gov/SHLA

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Where We Have Been

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SHLA Event: Leading Indicators- June, 2013
Gary DeMoss
Chief, Performance & Reliability
Branch, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission
Mr. Dave Loyd
Chief, Safety & Test
Operations Division,
Johnson Space Center
Jeff Ruebesam
Vice President,
Health, Safety & Environmental,
Fluor Engineering

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SHLA Event: Safety Culture- September, 2013
Dr.Tracy Dillinger
Manager, Safety Culture
NASA Headquarters
Rizwan Shah
Org. Culture Program Advisor
U.S. Department of Energy
Earl Carnes
Senior Advisor, High Reliability
U.S. Department of Energy
Capt. Jody
Bridges
Director, School of Aviation Safety
U.S. Naval Safety Center
Jody Hudson
Deputy Chief Human Capital
Officer
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Diane Sieracki
Senior Safety Culture Program
Manager
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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SHLA Event: NIOSH- December, 2013
Mr. Steve Wurzelbacher
NIOSH
Director of the Center for Workers’
Compensation Studies
Dr. Ted Scharf
NIOSH
Research Psychologist
Ms. Amanda Harney
NIOSH
Health Communications Specialist

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SHLA Event: Risk Management- March, 2014
Mr. Mark Nunn
US Air Force Risk Management
Program Manager
Mr. Chris Toms
US Coast Guard
Senior Risk Management and
Operations Research Manager
Mr. Dave Marciniak
General Services Administration
Safety and Health Manager

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SHLA Event: Mandatory Standards- June, 2014
Mr. John Nakoski
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Program Manager
Mr. Adam West
NASA
Office of the Chief Engineer

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SHLA Event Metrics
 We poll SHLA participants with a brief questionnaire to
measure interest and applicability
 We solicit qualitative feedback for follow up questions,
topics for events, and operational improvements
Number of Participants 4 Point Scale
NASA Agency
/DoD
TOTAL ALIVE &
INTERESTING
INCREASE
KNOWLEDGE
OVERALL
TOTALS 268 122 390
(Avg 78
people
per
event)
93% 75% 89%

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2015-2016 SHLA Schedule
 Mishap Investigation Process and Corrective
Action Plans- Mar 2015
 Pressure Vessel Systems- June 2015
 Leading Indicators- Sep 2015
 Risk Management- Mar 2016
 Electrical Safety- June 2016
• Have a topic you would like to recommend?
• Is there a new or reoccurring issue?
• Want to learn more about leading approaches?

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SHLA Goals for 2015-2016
 Design a more interactive event addressing how
Agency and DoD organizations solve common
problems
 Ask Agency and DoD speakers to highlight
– What challenges has your organization faced?
– How has your organization addressed this issue?
– What are you most proud of?
– What can others learn from your experience?
– How will your operate differently?

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How Agencies/DoD Can Participate in SHLA
 Identify your Agency/DoD contacts to expand the group
 Identify experts within your organization as SHLA
speakers
– Who are your experts on a topic?
– What groups or organizations would benefit from the discussion?
– A PoC to push through your internal communication channels
 Help identify “moment of truth” scenarios for speakers to
demonstrate how they solve common problems
 Access the SHLA web page for all past and future events
https://nsc.nasa.gov/SHLA

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How SMA and OH Offices Can Participate
 Identify the best point of contact in your SMA and/or OH
Office to route SHLA communications
 Access the SHLA web page for all past and future
events https://nsc.nasa.gov/SHLA