Preparation
The TG 7.1 Administrative Plan of November 25, 1955, established
safety as a corimand responsibility and assigned a Safety Advisor to Feadquarters, [G 7.1, for consultation on all matters pertaining to accident prevention.
Although home laboratories incorporated safety requirements into their
preparations for Redwing, the TG 7.1 Safety Advisor, by invitation, visited
the Livermore Site, UCRL, and SC in February 1956 for consultation of
safety problems associated with devices, experiment stations, and handling,
shipping, and storage of hazardous materials,
Experimental wenpon systems and the procedures associated with their
assembly and testing were reviewed at LASL during the development of these
devices,
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it would be convenient for them to obtain the data from those units after
each detonation to complete each section of the report.
*Consideration should be given to the purchase of an ozalid duplicating
machine for use by the photographie group, TU-8, for preparation of such
reports within the Administrative Compound. The present method of duplicating such documents under special controls in the H&N area is not the
preferred method for handling restricted data reports.
1955.
A letter on “General Health and Safety Considerations - Pacific Proving Grounds" was distributed to all. TG 7.1 personnel before their departure
to the FA.
Close liaison was maintained with J-4 of TG 7.1, and through them
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"Aboit™ procedures were al.> worked out to an extent deemed reason-
able on the basis of past experience and existing knowledge of the Redwing
devices. However, in this regard, following the performance failure of the
first attempt with Egg device, only part of the preplanned proceduresfitted
the circumstances, and other necessary steps were developed as indicated
by the problems that arose and as advice was received from LASL. (This
incident ig discussed further in Section 3.17.3.)
In consultation with J-6, safety considerations were reviewed in the
design and construction of new facilities and in major alterations of cxisting
facilities.
The TG 7.1 Safety Advisor discussed “Safety Problems in the Forward