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Implementing and Effective Safety Program

• Provide contractors with Accident Prevention Methods

• Keep contractors informed on changes to legislation that affects them

• Provide information, resources and training to help contractors meet their legislated responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive safety program

• AHJ for COR™ Certification

CSAM Objectives & Mandate

• Workshop hours

• Emergency Procedures (Muster Point)

• Lunch and break times

• Restroom locations

• Smoking

• Cell phones, pagers etc.

Housekeeping

Steps to Achieving COR™Certification

;l df;ots1. Membership Verification

1)CSAM Member (“400” Grp- WCB)2) Associate Member- $500.00 (WCA/ MHBA Member)

2. Contacting CSAM1)Call CSAM office and/ or;2)Register online for to attend COR™ compulsory courses

3. SECOR™ Required Courses

• Simplified Safety• Safety Auditor• WHMIS/ Train the Trainer

4. Develop Safety Manual Combine Simplified Safety CD/ company specific information to create safety manual: (“Company Specific” Policies/ Procedures/ inspections/ etc.)

5. Implement Safety Program • Train workers on safety program fundamentals: Orientations/ job specific training/ hazard assessments• Generate “completed documents”• Mgmt to review documentation/ records to ensure good understanding

6. SECOR™ Certification Audit Process

Year 1:

1.Company Self Audit2.CSAM Internal Audit3.Independent Audit

* 80% Overall & 50 % per element min.

OptionalDrop off Safety Program Manual at CSAM office for Program Review:

CSAM safety technicians will review and make recommendations on possible revisions/ modifications which can assist you in enhancing your safety program

Maintaining SECOR™ Certification

Year 2- Self Audit/ CSAM AuditYear 3- Self Audit/ CSAM AuditYear 4- *Company Anniversary Date - Self/ CSAM/ Independent

Simplified Safety Materials

• SECOR™ Manual CD

• WSH Act & Regulation

• Informational Folder

• SECOR™ Safety and Health Manual*In-class use

• CSAM Brochure

• Information Pamphlets

• Audit Instrument

• Course Information

• Course Schedule

• WCB Green Forms

• Tag-out Tag

• Toolbox Talk Form

CSAM Information Folder

Objectives

• Overview of COR™/SECOR™

• Basic safety philosophy

• Overview of safety management

• Legislation

• Elements of your safety program

• Implementation guidelines

• Verification of the implementation of an effective safety program

• Ultimate distinction for construction companies

• Nationally recognized

• Endorsed by WSH Division

• Recognized by WCB – Safety Program Accreditation

• Involves Education - Implementation -Evaluation

COR™ Certification

SECOR™ Certification

• Endorsed by WSH Division

• Provincially recognized

• Recognized by WCB – Safety Program Accreditation

• Education - Implementation -Evaluation

• “Simplified Safety” – elements arranged into three sections

*Identify / Communicate / Control

Training Requirement COR™

• Safety Management• Leadership of Safety

Excellence• Safety Auditor Training• Train the Trainer

WHMISHearing ConservationLockout / Tag-out

COR™ / SECOR™ Training

Training Requirement SECOR™

• Simplified Safety• Safety Auditor Training• Train the Trainer

WHMISHearing ConservationLockout / Tag-out

• National Audit Instrument

• 3 – 6 months minimum

• 3 year cycle– Years 1 & 4

• Company Audit• CSAM Audit• Independent Audit

– Years 2 & 3• Company Audit • CSAM Audit – Registered Auditor verification review

COR™ / SECOR™ Audit Process

What is Safety????

• What is safety to you?• How would you define it• What are some of the things you may

associate with safety

SAFETY

Is a state of mind by which a person

is constantly aware of the possibility

of an incident or accident occurring

at any time

Risky Business

• What are the odds?

• Are you willing to take the risk?

• Normally based on:• Experience• Severity• Probability• Exposure

Marriage ending in divorce

Losing your job in the next year

Being injured in an elevator ride

Struck by lightning in the next year

Infected by the Flesh Eating Disease

Dying once infected by FED

Winning the Irish Sweepstakes

Child dying in the USA

Child dying in Asia

Someone stealing your car

Hit by a celestial body

Injured in a workplace accident in MB

1 in 10

1 in 2

1 in 8

1 in 1.5billion

1 in 145

1 in 170,000

1 in 4

1 in 750,000

1 in 33

1 in 100

1 in 1,000,000

1 in 5,245,786

Marriage ending in divorce

Losing your job in the next year

Injured in an elevator ride

Struck by lightning

Flesh eating disease

Dying once infected

Winning Irish Sweepstakes

Child dying in USA

Child dying in Asia

Stealing your car

Hit by a celestial object

Injured in a workplace in MB

Purpose of Safety Management

• Awareness of potential hazards and understanding to control measures aimed to reduce:

Safety Management

“ A systematic, organized process to reducing the human and financial costs of workplace incidents”

• Moral obligation

• Financial benefits

• Legal requirements

Moral Obligation

• Quality of life

• Protection of those you employ from illness or injury

• Good conscience

Financial Benefits

Indirect &

Hidden Costs

Loss of EfficiencyCrew Break-up

Lost Time bySupervisor

Cost of BreakingIn New Person

Lost Time byFellow Workers

Economic Loss toInjured Family

Loss of EarningPower

Time Loss of Injured Worker

Loss of Production

Spoilage -Fire, water,explosion

Failure tofill orders

Overhead CostsDuring disruption

Damage to ToolsOr Equipment

Time DamagedTool out of Service

Spoiled Work

Direct Costs

Legal Requirements

• Workplace Safety and Health Act– 1977– All workplaces– General duties

• Workers Compensation Act

• Highway Traffic Act

• Building Codes

• Fire Codes

• Criminal Code

Legal Duties of Employers

• Ensure so far as reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare of all workers

• Comply with the W210 Act and Regulations

• Provide and maintain a workplace, all necessary equipment, systems and tools that are safe and without risk to health

• Provide to all his workers such information, instruction, training, supervision and facilities to ensure their safety, health and welfare


• Know all safety or health hazards that their workers may encounter and ensure they are familiar with the use of PPE provided for their protection

• Conduct work to ensure all persons who are not in his service are not exposed to risks to their health and safety

• Consult and cooperate with the WSH committee or representatives regarding the duties they are responsible for, respond to recommendations made by the committee

• Cooperate with any person exercising a duty imposed under the W210 Act


• Ensure all workers are supervised by a person who is competent and familiar with the Act and Regulations that apply to work being performed

• Advise the Prime Contractor of the name of the supervisor of the workers on the project

• Employers must provide training to workers• Before performing a work activity• When performing different work • If worker is moved to another area or site

• Written safety & health program

Supervisors

• Comply with the Act and Regulations, cooperate with any person exercising a duty under the Act

• Ensure work is performed in accordance with the Act and Regulations

Supervisors

• Make workers aware of risks

• Take all reasonable precautions to protect their S & H

• Ensure workers use all devices, clothing and PPE

S & H Committee / Rep

• Required on all construction sites, for every employer

• Recommendations to employer concerning S & H (respond by 30 days)

• Participate in:• Inspections• Investigations• Right to Refuse

• Entitled to be given copies of inspections, audits, investigation, monitoring reports

What’s the best bet?

Simplified Safety

• Identification of Hazards

• Communication of Hazards

• Control of Hazards

• Hazard Assessment

• Inspections

• Accident Investigation

Identification of Hazards

Hazard Assessment

• Necessary to ensure:

• Workers legal Right to Know• Share required information• Due diligence• Corrective measures are completed

» Reduce risk» Reduce injuries/property damage» Improve productivity» Improve employee morale

Hazard Assessment – things to look for

• Unsafe condition

• Unsafe act

– People– Environment– Materials– Equipment and Tools

Conducting a Hazard Assessment

Prior to:

New Area

Unfamiliar Way (job/equipment/tools)

• Ask yourself “What If?”

• Use a checklist

• Rank hazards according to severity and probability

Hazard Ranking Priority

Severity

1. Imminent Danger

2. Serious

3. Minor

4. O.K.

5. Not Applicable

Probability

A. Probable

B. Reasonably Probable

C. Remote

D. Extremely Remote

Inspections

• Identify and control hazards• Ongoing (informal) inspections• Planned (formal) inspections

• Inspection policy• Objectives clearly stated• Direction and responsibility clearly stated

Inspection Purposes

• Identify existing and potential hazard and safety violations

• Determine causes of hazards

• Monitor hazard controls

• Determine corrective action

• Reinforce safe work practices

Inspections – things to look for


• Unsafe act


Key Things to Look For

• Critical equipment parts

• Structural, functional & ventilation problems

• PPE

• Deviations from safe work practices

• Housekeeping *

• Signage* Root cause for many incidents

Incident Investigation

Incident Investigation – Terms

Incident Investigation – Terms

Accident:Accident: Loss to people, equipment, Loss to people, equipment,property and/or productionproperty and/or production

Near Miss:Near Miss: Event that Event that could havecould have resulted in resulted in loss, given different circumstances loss, given different circumstances

Incident: Incident: Describes both the Describes both the aboveabove

Incident Reporting

• Serious Injuries– Workplace Safety and Health Division.

• Medical Aid– Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba

• All incidents– Reported to supervisor immediately (within 24

hours)

Why Investigate a Near Miss?

Why Investigate a Near Miss?

Investigations of serious accidents often reveal earlier incidents of a similar

nature that were dismissed as insignificant

600 Near Misses

30 Property Losses

10 L.T.A.

1 Major

The Near Miss Pyramid

Incident InvestigationSteps

Incident InvestigationSteps

• Tend to injured parties & control hazards

• Gather physical evidence

• Conduct interviews

• Check background information

• Determine Causes

• Recommend corrective action

• Determine Costs

• Write the Report

Incident Investigation – things to look for


• Unsafe act


Simplified Safety




• Communication Policy

• Training

• Legislation

Communication of Hazards

• That may affect the S & H of others

• Necessary to identify and control existing and potential hazards

• Know and identify ALL companies contracted to do work on site– Names supplied to whoever contracted you

Say What??

Communication Policy

• All personnel are responsible

• Supervisor / Lead hand on all sites

• Worker Safety Rep on all sites

• Prime Contractor– Who, what, when, how

• Document / post serious items *Site start-up checklist, hazard assessments,

inspections

Training

• Ensure all employees are competent for the task assigned

• The employer MUST have competent supervisors with experience and knowledge

• EMPLOYEES must participate and apply the training received

• Due Diligence

Safety Training

• Essential to the success of your safety program

• All training is safety training!

• Minimum training requirements• New Hire Orientation• Job Specific Training• Toolbox Talks• WHMIS

New Hire Orientation

• Mandatory requirement – before work begins!

• Standardized and based on a written plan or checklist

• Review of company policies, procedures and rules

• Mandatory training requirements

Jobsite Orientation

• Mandatory requirement – before work begins!

• Prime Contractor• Site rules, policies, procedures• Name of supervisor, safety rep• Emergency plans• First Aid

Sub-Contractor Orientation

• Criteria for evaluating and selecting employers and self-employed persons

• Prior to hiring (WCB in good standing, safety program, etc.)

• Procedures for regularly monitoring employers and self-employed persons

• Showing due diligence• Onsite at the same time• Clearly defined expectations

Job Specific Training

• Required procedures to complete a task safely

• Formal or informal – completed onsite, after general orientation

• Written or performance test

• Involvement of the S & H committee or safety rep, supervisor

• Documentation

Safety Meetings

• Toolbox / Tailgate / Tailboard Meetings

• Legislated Responsibility• 5 or more workers• 30 minutes every two weeks

• Document topics and those in attendance• Job / Site specific

WHMIS

Generic WHMIS Training • Labels, MSDS, Education• Required for all employees working with /

around controlled products• Done as part of general orientation

Job Specific WHMIS Training• Controlled products onsite• Part of hazard assessment

Safety Training Methods

10%

30%

50%

70%

90%

Participation in a Discussion

Watching a Video

Watching a Demonstration

Doing the Real Thing

Reading

Legislation

Chapter W210 - Workplace Safety and Health Act

Manitoba Regulation 217 / 2006 – Workplace Safety and Health Regulation– Minimum standards– Applies to all provincially regulated workplaces– All industries

Workers Rights– Right to Refuse– Right to Know– Right to Participate

Workplace Safety and Health Act

Legal Duties and Responsibilities for:

• Employers Section 4(1) - 4(6)

• Supervisors Section 4.1

• Workers Section 5

• Self-Employed Persons Section 6

Legal Duties and Responsibilities for:

• Prime Contractors Section 7(1) - 7(3)

• Contractors Section 7.1

• Owners Section 7.2

• Suppliers Section 7.3

Workplace Safety and Health Act

Simplified Safety




• Rules

• Personal Protective

Equipment

• Emergency Preparedness

Control of Hazards

• Practices / Procedures

• Maintenance

• Statistics and Records

Why Control?

• To try and reduce or control the hazard

• Elimination• Substitution• Engineering Process• Administrative Controls• Personal Protective Equipment

General Safety Rules

• “Thou shall” and “Thou shall not” statements that leave no room for discretion

• KISS principle

• Management and supervisors must lead by example

• Defined disciplinary action

Personal Protective Equipment

• Used only when engineering controls and administrative controls are ineffective or insufficient


• Basic PPE• Should be worn at all times • Hard hats, eye protection, safety footwear,

appropriate clothing

• Specialized PPE• Worn for specific jobs or for protection from

specific hazards• Gloves, welders goggles, respirators, fall

arresting equipment

• Selection of PPE• Regulations• Injury reports• Experience of management and workers


Emergency Preparedness

• Plan or contingency to deal with all potential emergency situations – every site

• At minimum:• Provide first aid to the injured• Provide transportation to medical aid• Conduct initial attack on fire• Promptly contact outside agencies for help

• Pre-job planning and/or hazard assessment may identify other potential emergency situations

Safe Work Practices

• Means of controlling hazards• Doing jobs with a minimum of risk to people and property

• General accepted safe working practices of what you should or should not do that are specific to your company:

ie: Hand Tools

Ladder Safety

Circular Saws

Safe Work Procedures

• Means of controlling hazards• Doing jobs with a minimum of risk to people and

property

• Specific written description of how to do a job from start to finish

Safe Work Procedures

• SWP are required by law– All tasks in which hazards are identified

• Conduct JHA or JSA• Select job to be analyzed• Break job down into sequence of steps• Identify potential hazards• Determine control methods

• Write safe work procedure

Maintenance

• Reduce the risk of injuries, damage or lost production

• Comply with Legislation

• Comply with manufacturer’s specifications

Maintenance

• Ensure that tools, equipment and vehicles are properly:

• Inspected• Maintained • In good repair

• Lock Out/Tag-Out System• Identify• Communicate• Control

Safety Records & Statistics

• Documentation

• Prevention

• Measurement

• Safety orientations and training records• Toolbox and safety committee meetings• Incident investigation reports• First aid treatment reports• Inspection reports• Annual and monthly statistics • Safety rule and PPE violations• Maintenance records• Hazard assessments

Safety Records & Statistics




Simplified Safety

What’s the best bet?

• Employers should have a safety program in place

• Workers and employers must be competent for tasks and suitably trained

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