The Life Safety Commission was formed in 2005 by the Village Board to provide information, guidance and research for the residents. The goal of the committee is to prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from using the Pit as a repository for maintenance dredgings from the Illinois Waterways.

The Lucas Berg Nature Preserve is located at 7600 W 111th Street in Worth and comprised of 74 acres. Approximately 90% of the pit lies in the Village of Worth. The pit was a source of sand and gravel industry for many years until the early 1970s. Later, a conditional permit for the pit to be used as a garbage dump was obtained from a landfill operator but the village was spared the landfill through the actions of citizens and local groups. The Worth Park District and Village Board in coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers requested the MWRD purchase the land so it may be filled with maintenance dredgings from the canal. This alternative for a landfill would provide for land to be used for parks and recreations once the pit was full. A through understand of the nature of chemistry of the dredgings was not known at the time. The Village was let to believe that this would be "Good Clean Fill." Some modifications to the pit, including an installation of a clay liner, pumping tower and sanitary sewer took place prior to the operation. The pit has not been used until now.

The goals of the Life safety Committee are.
1) To ENSURE that the area known as the Lucas Berg Nature Preserve is not utilized by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as a repository for contaminated dredge material from the Cal Sag project and premote its removal from the USACE's list of placement property forever.
2) To PROTECT the fragile ecosystem, flaura and fauna that have since developed at Lucas Berg after 30 years of neglect by the USACE. The Lucas Berg hosts an abundance of fish and wildlife in a wetland that are currently not protected or recognized by the USACE, they will certainly be destroyed should we fail.
3) To PROTECT the safety of the people of the Village of Worth by insisting to the USACE that all protective measures and tools be included in the analysis of this site for use ,while exposing the chemical and biological dangers that contaminants will pose. We insist on the highest level of testing, protections and scientific research.
4) To COMMUNICATE our findings and research with the Worth Village Board and community, suggest courses of action and lobby the USACE for the release of Lucas Berg from the site selection process.
5) To SUGGEST alternate locations and processes ,further away from populated areas, to the USACE in an effort to lessen the possibility of Lucas Berg being selected.
6) To PARTNER with local and federal political representation, suggest legislation, and promote the use of Lucas Berg for recreational, environmental and aestitically pleasing activities open to all people to enjoy.
7) To ACT as stewards of this beautiful land, seek out grants, appropriations and funding that will be used to promote ecology and environmental science within the preserve upon our success.