December 19, 2016 | Volume 1 | Issue 17 | The Quonset Point Weekly Information Bulletin

DIRECTORY (When calling from an outside line,

remember to dial 268 and the last four digits of the

numbers below)

EMERGENCY …..……………… 2-2222

Fire Marshal’s Office…… 2-2446/ 2-2626

Competent Person/ ……….………………

Tank Requests……….…………….. 2-2685

Medical Dispensary…..……………. 2-2244

Safety Ind Hygiene………………… 2-2243

Security …..……………….………… 2-2410

Van Pool ..……………...…...……… 2-2470

Employee Benefits …...…….……… 2-2279

EEO Officer ....………...…..……… 2-2693

Employee Relations .....…..…..…… 2-3554

Employment…..…………….……… 2-2400

Environment………..……………… 2-2717

Training…..………………………… 2-2335

Workers Comp……..……………… 2-2416

Payroll / Timekeeping ..…………… 2-2646

Process Improvement…..……..…… 2-2765

Fairwater Store …..…………..…… 2-2452

Mail Room…..……………...……… 2-2285

Optician (off site)

…..………401-667-7259, Fax 401-667-7270

EB FAMILY PHARMACY

(888) 578-3457 ebrx@walgreens.com

Hours:

Monday & Friday – 6:30 am - 5:30 pm

Tuesday & Thursday – 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Wednesday – 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Saturday – 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

http://www.gdeb.com/qp/

The QP WIB is produced by

EB Communications. To submit ideas,

contact grose1@gdeb.com

Trouble Calls – Help Us Help You Requests for D962 Maintenance and ECC support are primarily done electronically through the “Maintenance & Facilities Services” link on QP website, more commonly known as the “Trouble Call” system. For D962 to be successful in supporting you, it is essential that these requests are correct and complete. Over time, the trouble call tem-plates have evolved to ensure that the information we need is contained on each re-quest. The speed and accuracy of Maintenance and ECC support of you is dependent on the quality of the information provided on these trouble calls. Trouble calls should be executable without additional information from the requestor. Poor quality trouble calls can have unfortunate results. Recently, on a module that was due to ship, the accuracy of a submitted trouble call was the root causes of a 4 hr ECC job taking nearly 2 days to complete, resulting in delays to the Trades and inefficient ECC performance. In this case, a preheat request identified joints that did not exist on the boat and some of the joints that required preheat were not listed at all. Please help us to help you by accurately completing each request. Maintenance trouble calls are both a means for identifying immediate problems but also are used for identifying reoccurring problems that, over time, can become the jus-tification for modification to or replacement of equipment. Maintenance trouble calls are typically unambiguous allowing D962 to properly tool themselves for the work before heading to a job – thank you – the more detail associated with the issue at hand is always appreciated. If you happen to stop someone from D962 to help you with “something quick” and they get you back in service, please submit a trouble call after the fact and note that the work is complete. This helps us with documenting the work that has been done. Finally, some trouble calls are more difficult to complete than others. They may re-quire further evaluation, requisitions to be written or bids received, may require creat-ing a funding source, etc. You can check the status of your trouble call using “Find an Existing Trouble Call” or “Find an Existing Service Request”. Currently, the system only allows you to view closing comments. In the near future, you will be able to view D962’s “in process” comments associated with your request to track progress. The entire D962 team is committed to doing their part to get you to work as quickly as possible. Please ensure that the information you provide to us is complete and accurate so that we can do that.

Dan Careb

Senior Manager: Facilities, Maintenance, ECC & Tool Crib

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Insider Threat Program An insider threat is defined as “the likelihood, risk or potential that an insider will use his or her authorized access, wittingly or unwittingly to do harm to the security of the United States”. Effective November 30, 2016, the Defense Security Service (DSS) has required Electric Boat to es-tablish and maintain an Insider Threat Program to comply with the requirements and minimum standards to prevent, deter, detect, and mitigate actions by malicious insiders who represent a threat to national security or DoD person-nel, facilities, operations, and re-sources.

History shows that most insider attackers had exhibited prior warning signs that went ignored. Because many insider attacks could have been easily prevented with proper training, education and awareness, all employees must complete the required DSS Insider Threat Program training prior to May 31, 2017. You will be notified by your supervisor or through Plateau for employees with computer access when this training will be available. EB’s Insider Threat hotline number: (860)433-8370. If you have any questions related to the Insider Threat Program, please contact Nicole Cavanagh, Facility Securi-ty Officer at 2-2381 or Bruce Snow, Manager of Security at 2-2401.

NEW BENEFIT OFFERED TO EB EMPLOYEES ENROLLED IN THE ACCOUNT BASED HEALTH PLAN FOR 2017

Know Your Numbers

We will be working on an as requested

basis so call Teter and schedule today.

Blood Pressure, Pulse and a Cholesterol

screening in just a few minutes.

Contact Erik Teter at 2-2490

(eteter@gdeb.com) to set up a Know

Your Numbers: House Call - No CTN

Employees and eligible dependents enrolled in the ABHP for 2017 are eli-

gible to receive free diabetic medications and supplies at the EB Family

Pharmacy.

In order to receive these medications and supplies at no cost, the member

MUST enroll and maintain follow up appointments in a diabetes manage-

ment program - Dimensions - that will be administered by pharmacists

trained in diabetes education at the EB Family Pharmacy sites in Groton

and QP beginning January 01, 2017.

The goal of the program is to optimize therapeutic outcomes for individuals

diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes through health education and

hands on support.

Honorable Mention: Thank you

Tony Jones for entering this year’s Safety

Slogan contest. We will be featuring the

runner up entries throughout 2017.

Early Closing

The QP Optical

Shop will close at

3:30 on Tuesday,

12/20

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December 19, 2016 | Volume 1 | Issue 17 The Quonset Point Weekly Information Bulletin

Q: What is a weld associated hydrogen-induced crack (HIC)? A: Hydrogen-induced cracking may also be called cold cracking or delayed

cracking (Figure 1). The principal distinguishing feature of this type of crack is that it occurs in ferritic steels (e.g., HY-80, HY-100, HY-130, etc.). The concentrations of hydrogen gas at the time of welding are always the greatest, and if HIC is to occur, it will generally occur within a few shifts/days of fabrication. Hydrogen is very dangerous, where cracking usually occurs at ambient temperatures. It is caused by the diffusion of hydrogen to highly stressed, hardened microstructural regions - especially weld defects, where it exerts its deleterious effects.

HIC only occurs when three conditions are being met simultaneously:

1) The presence of hydrogen within the weld/HAZ; 2) Tensile stresses/loading acting upon the weld/HAZ; 3) The presence of a susceptible weld metal/HAZ microstructure. The base

metal composition has a major influence on hardenability, and with high cooling rates, the risk of forming a hard brittle martensitic micro-structure. The hardenability of a material is usually expressed in terms of its carbon content, or when other elements are taken into account, its carbon equivalent (CE) value. As the CE value increases, the risk for HIC increases. Steels with a CE value of <0.4 are generally not susceptible to HIC - for reference, the nominal CE values for HY-80 = 0.79, HY-100 = 0.81, and HY-130 = 0.78. In addition, limiting the maximum hardness of the weld/HAZ during welding is an effective method to mitigate HIC tendencies.

Welding Matters Reference Documents Y10 Welding Procedure Sheets, Rev. E, 30-October

-2009. Y10N02 Welding Technique Sheet, Rev. D, 28-October-2016.

Fairwater Store –

Quonset Point

Thank you all for your

continued business &

support throughout the

year!

The Fairwater Store

wishes every General

Dynamics Electric Boat

employee a safe & hap-

py holiday & a very

prosperous New Year!

OPEN 5 DAYS A WEEK

MONDAY - FRIDAY - 7am to 4pm

Great Deal On Providence Bru-

ins Tickets

Make it a Merry Christmas with this great deal on seats at

one of two great games in January.

Popcorn and soda at the game and a slice of Papa Gino’s

after. Call or email Lindsay now. Payroll deduction

makes it easy.

Fig. 1 – HIC weld/HAZ cracks may be intergranular, trans granular or a mixture. In fillet and butt welds, cracks are more likely to be initiated at stress riser locations, par-ticularly at the toe and/or root of the weld. In butt welds, cracks may be trans-verse as pictured, or may be oriented parallel to the weld bead.

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QP FIRE - ON SCENE PROVIDNCE

Shawn MacDonald, our Deputy Chief on 2nd shift, and his

wife Donna, a former Providence firefighter, were photo-

graphed last Monday at the Washington Street Public Safety

complex in Providence. They will be featured in a coffee

table book being shot by famed celebrity photographer Paul

Mobely. Congratulations to Shawn and Donna. Here are a

few shots from that evening.

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QUONSET FACILITY 2016 RECORDABLE INCIDENCE RATE

RECORDABLE CASES = 262RECORDABLE CASE RATE = 8.5 2016 GOAL = 7.9

2016 RIR YTD 2016 RIR GOAL

The facility is OVER goal as of 12/10/16

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LOST TIME CASES = 114LOST WORK DAY CASE RATE = 3.7 2016 GOAL = 3.1

2016 LWIR YTD 2016 LWIR GOAL

Goal - 3.1

The facility is OVER goal as of 12/10/16