147 action resulting from a storm on 17 December 1955. The total direct cost of this damage was estimated at $70,256.00. One of the high points relative to safety during the Operation was the presentation of the National Safety Council President’s Medal to a Holmes & Narver, Inc. employee. The presentation was made by the H&N Resident Manager on the evening of 21 May 1956 over Armed Forces television station WXLE-TV. Award of the medal was made for saving the life of a member of TG 7.2 on site Fred by the application of the Holger-Nielson back-pressure arm-lift method of artificial respiration on the afternoon of 5 August 1955. In the matters of safety, fire protection, and health, extensive liaison with AEC and Task Group officials was necessary for coordinating test activities with Holmes & Narver operations. Through periodic visits to the Jobsite by representatives of the Safety and Fire Protection Division of ALOO, clan- fication of the reports required by AEC and interpretation of the safety requirements of the AEC Manual were effected. These representa- CHAPTER II!, SECTION 5 tives provided valuable suggestions for incorporation into the Contractor’s safety program as well as descriptive material or sources of material for use in safety activities. RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY. Experience during previous test operations indicated the need for more direct control by the Contractor over employees in the matter of radiation exposures. As a result of this, the AEC assigned to Holmes & Narver the responsibility for radiological safety of AEC and the Contractor’s personnel. On 15 August 1955, the Contractor’s Rad-Safe unit was activated within the Industrial Relations Division( later changed to Administration Division) as a section of the Safety Department. This unit functioned independently, except for policy direction by the AEC Radiological Officer, until 15 April 1956, at which time it was integrated into the TG 7.1 radiological safety unit for REDWING operational purposes. Upon departure of TG 7.1 from the Proving Ground on 6 August 1956, the responsibility for radiological safety reverted to the Contractor’s Rad-Safe Unit. Shag eo wee. MED : cada pe Aen i et Figure 3-9. Decontamination Area - Elmer Page 3-23